PEI Government Eliminating Entrepreneur Provincial Nominee Program

The Prince Edward Island ("PEI") provincial government will no longer accept applications from immigrants looking to set up a business in the province in exchange for immediate permanent residency. This move eliminates the entrepreneur stream of the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and moves Prince Edward Island in line with most jurisdictions across Canada. However, the province will accept applications from individuals to come and open a business if they meet a series of controls proving the business is successful and continuously operational for at least a year. As is done in other jurisdictions across the country, only then would they be considered for permanent residency.

Prince Edward Island will continue to accept applications for workers coming to the province to fill jobs that employers have not been able to fill locally.