ARTICLE · 03 AUGUST 2017

How You Could Jump Queue For Prince Edward Island Immigration

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August 3, 2017 - Candidates settling in rural areas will jump the queue for Prince Edward Island immigration in new provincial government plans.

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August 2, 2017 – Candidates settling in rural areas will jump the queue for Prince Edward Island immigration in new provincial government plans.

Four new advisory councils will advise P.E.I. immigration officials on specific needs in the province's rural communities.

Information will be passed to immigration agents based abroad, who will then look to recruit candidates with the right skill sets.

Currently new immigrants are concentrated in provincial capital Charlottetown, accounting for a population surge of more than 13,000 in Queens County in the last decade. Over the same period, the populations of the more rural Kings County and Prince Country have both shrunk.

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