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Canadian Experience Class (CEC ) vs. Provincial Nomination ?

billcphx

Newbie
Apr 9, 2014
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Which is faster for getting my permanent resident status: the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) or the Canadian Experience Class (CEC)?

I've been working in Canada (Winnipeg) for the past three years. I'm an intra-company transferee from the United States. I recently received a nomination from Manitoba.

When I looked up the average processing times for CIC to process PR visa applications in indicates under the Canada Experience Class category it's 13 months while Provincial Nomination category (submitted through the Los Angeles office) is 31 months.

I thought applications submitted under the Provincial Nomination category were prioritized and processing times were considerably less than another other category ?

Which category would be best (fastest) for me to apply under?

Any information and/or suggestion you could offer would sincerely be appreciated !
 

gladaki

Champion Member
Jul 15, 2012
1,683
27
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-11-2013
AOR Received.
30-12-2013
IELTS Request
submitted with application
Med's Done....
Upfront on 29th April..Updated on Ecas on 26th May
Passport Req..
11-07-2014
VISA ISSUED...
17-07-2014
LANDED..........
20-07-2014
billcphx said:
Which is faster for getting my permanent resident status: the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) or the Canadian Experience Class (CEC)?

I've been working in Canada (Winnipeg) for the past three years. I'm an intra-company transferee from the United States. I recently received a nomination from Manitoba.

When I looked up the average processing times for CIC to process PR visa applications in indicates under the Canada Experience Class category it's 13 months while Provincial Nomination category (submitted through the Los Angeles office) is 31 months.

I thought applications submitted under the Provincial Nomination category were prioritized and processing times were considerably less than another other category ?

Which category would be best (fastest) for me to apply under?

Any information and/or suggestion you could offer would sincerely be appreciated !
apply for both
 

atuls1317

Star Member
Jun 4, 2012
108
3
Category........
Visa Office......
OTTAWA
NOC Code......
0714
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12 September 2013
AOR Received.
5 November 2013
Med's Request
01-04-2014
Med's Done....
12-05-2014
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
27 May 2014
VISA ISSUED...
05 June 2014
If you've already been nominated by the province, that shouldn't take you much longer, at least it didn't take my friends too long. and It's also not very complicated process after Nomination. All of my friends have got it.
BUT YOU SHOULD GO FOR BOTH

In case PNP takes too long , there will be CEC as a solution. And hopefully you'll get at least 1 of them approved. :D All the Best
 

razerblade

VIP Member
Feb 21, 2014
4,197
1,355
billcphx said:
Which is faster for getting my permanent resident status: the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) or the Canadian Experience Class (CEC)?

I've been working in Canada (Winnipeg) for the past three years. I'm an intra-company transferee from the United States. I recently received a nomination from Manitoba.

When I looked up the average processing times for CIC to process PR visa applications in indicates under the Canada Experience Class category it's 13 months while Provincial Nomination category (submitted through the Los Angeles office) is 31 months.

I thought applications submitted under the Provincial Nomination category were prioritized and processing times were considerably less than another other category ?

Which category would be best (fastest) for me to apply under?

Any information and/or suggestion you could offer would sincerely be appreciated !
I don't know about PNP, but under CEC, applicants are getting approved within 8-9 months (on average) from the application date.

CIC has really sped up the process starting this year.
 

akhan127

Star Member
Mar 20, 2011
100
4
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP- Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-06-2013
AOR Received.
29-07-2013
IELTS Request
Sent with application
Med's Request
11-02-2014 RPRF Request..: 31-03-2014
Med's Done....
26-02-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
07-04-2014
LANDED..........
17-04-2014
billcphx said:
Which is faster for getting my permanent resident status: the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) or the Canadian Experience Class (CEC)?

I've been working in Canada (Winnipeg) for the past three years. I'm an intra-company transferee from the United States. I recently received a nomination from Manitoba.

When I looked up the average processing times for CIC to process PR visa applications in indicates under the Canada Experience Class category it's 13 months while Provincial Nomination category (submitted through the Los Angeles office) is 31 months.

I thought applications submitted under the Provincial Nomination category were prioritized and processing times were considerably less than another other category ?

Which category would be best (fastest) for me to apply under?

Any information and/or suggestion you could offer would sincerely be appreciated !
Go for CEC..They are processing applications really fast nowadays. As mentioned above, it's taking 8-10 months on average now.
 

shuki

Star Member
Mar 12, 2014
62
3
Category........
Visa Office......
CPC-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-05-2014
AOR Received.
02-jul-2014
IELTS Request
sent with application
With PNP, there is a risk of cancelling your nomination in case of lay off.
CEC is probably faster but CIC is strict with evaluating your eligibility.
If you can afford it, PNP could be a good backup
 

siriPR2014

Hero Member
Dec 3, 2013
207
3
124
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-Dec-2013
AOR Received.
23-Jan-2014
IELTS Request
Sent along with Application
Med's Request
UFM on 8th-May-2014
Med's Done....
Status updated on ECAS on 6th June 2014
Hi, my dear friend

even I am eligiblr for cec and have mpnp LOA but i applied for federal itself and once it gets rejected then i thought to apply for mpnp.

CEC takes 8-9 months, if u r lucky even less as well as now a days there are very fast...

MPNP takes around 11 months for processing..

basically have mpnp as a back up and apply for cec..
 

Mike1981

Star Member
Jan 29, 2014
115
0
Category........
Visa Office......
CPC - Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01-03-2013
AOR Received.
15-04-2013
Med's Request
21-12-2013
Med's Done....
05-01-2014
Interview........
Waived - RPRF January 14th 2014
Passport Req..
19-03-2014
VISA ISSUED...
24-03-2014
LANDED..........
28-03-2014
According to this article released April 8th 2014, PNP is going to be the fastest way of getting permanent residency by January 2015:
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=836509&_ga=1.111274887.2069542866.1390788035
 

Maxim1251

Star Member
Sep 17, 2013
125
2
GTA
Category........
Visa Office......
CPC-O
NOC Code......
2173
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
2013-07-12
AOR Received.
2013-09-12
IELTS Request
Submitted with package
Med's Request
2014-02-25
Med's Done....
2014-03-04 (received on 2014-03-13)
Passport Req..
2014-04-10
VISA ISSUED...
2014-04-14
LANDED..........
2014-04-17
Felix14 said:
I got ppr today 7 mos in cec
There are numbers of other applicants from July, June or even May 2013 (9, 10 and 11 months respectively) as well as few earlier applicants. So no one can tell you how long it will take to process your case. Personally, I had to wait full 4 weeks from medicals received to passport request late last week.