Keep Submitting Expressions of Interest, Says PEI Immigration

Prince Edward Island immigration says it wants candidates to continue submitting Expressions of Interest despite the coronavirus crisis.

In an email, the PEI Office of Immigration said: “We encourage all potential applicants to create an expression of interest when they meet program criteria as we may perform unscheduled draws in this period of uncertainty.”

The Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP) already indefinitely postponed its March 19 draw due to COVID-19 restrictions.

A further draw was planned for April 16, according to the schedule released at the start of 2020.

However, with the immigration office closed and staff working remotely, PEI says it is not sure when the next EOI draw will take place.

The March 19 draw would have been the third of 2020 through PEI Expression of Interest.

PEI PNP draws feature invites for the province’s immigration streams for Express Entry, Labour Impact and Business Impact candidates.

In two draws so far in 2020, 276 invites have been issued through the PEI PNP. They include 253 Express Entry and Labour Impact invites and 23 Business Impact candidates.

PEI launched its Expression of Interest system at the start of 2018 and has made monthly draws ever since.

PEI PNP Immigration Draws 2020

Date	Category	Invites Issued	Minimum Score
20-02-2020	Labour Impact/Express Entry	143	N/A
20-02-2020	Business Impact	10	122
16-01-2020	Labour Impact/Express Entry	110	N/A
16-01-2020	Business Impact	13	125

Colin Singer

Colin Singer is an international acclaimed Canadian immigration lawyer and founder of immigration.ca featured on Wikipedia. Colin Singer is also founding director of the Canadian Citizenship & Immigration Resource Center (CCIRC) Inc. He served as an Associate Editor of ‘Immigration Law Reporter’, the pre-eminent immigration law publication in Canada. He previously served as an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec and National Immigration Law Sections and is currently a member of the Canadian Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Colin has twice appeared as an expert witness before Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. He is frequently recognized as a recommended authority at national conferences sponsored by government and non-government organizations on matters affecting Canada’s immigration and human resource industries. Since 2009, Colin has been a Governor of the Quebec Bar Foundation a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of the profession, and became a lifetime member in 2018.