PAPER-BASED APPLICATIONS GO DIGITAL

On April 1, 2021, IRCC launched an online permanent residence application portal enabling applicants who apply for select economic permanent resident programs to submit their applications online. These programs include

1. Non-Express Entry (base) Provincial Nominee Program 
2. Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot
3. Agri-Food Pilot
4. Atlantic Immigration Pilot 
5. Quebec Selected Investor Program
6. Quebec Entrepreneur Program
7. Quebec Self-Employed Persons Program

The instructions for the Provincial Nominee Program have been updated to replace references to “paper-based” applications with “non-Express Entry” applications. For all other programs and pilots listed above, instructions have been updated to include references to applications submitted online.