New Brunswick pauses applications for the Provincial Nominee Program
The province of New Brunswick has announced that it will be pausing applications to the provincial Express Entry stream until it can reduce the backlog due to an unprecedented surge in applications. Quote by Immigration Minister Arlene Dunn: “The province has seen exponential population growth over the last year and we are happy to see this continue in unprecedented applications to our programming. If it was allowed to continue on its current track, the large demand on our current programming would jeopardize access to immigration for certain sectors or client types when it is required, such as internationally-educated nurses or international students who are currently in New Brunswick and graduating later this year” In the first quarter of 2022, the provincial PNP welcomed 700 new permanent residents, among which 525 immigrants came in through the AIP. Last year the province welcomed 5,320 new permanent residents and in the first qua...