Before you start
- Use only your own government account.
- Never share government or email credentials.
- Confirm fees, deadlines and checklists when you act.
CHANGING CONDITIONS
Provincial streams, intake windows, invitations, allocations and nomination validity change. Recheck the selected province and federal profile at every handoff.
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Responsibilities, outputs and checkpoints
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Choose the province and linked stream to research
Record the intended province or territory and open its current Express Entry-linked stream instructions without claiming that the applicant qualifies or should choose it.
- Expected output
- A dated province, stream and official-source record.
- Checkpoint
- The stream is currently listed and the applicant controls the program choice.
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Align the federal profile and provincial facts
Prepare the Express Entry profile number and validation code plus matching work, language, education, status, family, destination and settlement facts required by the province.
- Expected output
- A federal-to-provincial fact reconciliation.
- Checkpoint
- Occupation, dates, family and destination facts agree across both systems and no code is guessed by FileNorth.
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Complete the provincial entry step
Submit the expression of interest, direct application or authorization for provincial consideration through the exact current stream channel and retain the confirmation.
- Expected output
- A dated provincial profile, interest or application record.
- Checkpoint
- A profile or expression of interest is not recorded as an invitation or nomination.
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Respond to a provincial invitation
If the province issues an invitation or notification of interest, verify its stream and deadline, complete the province-specific forms and upload the current supporting evidence.
- Expected output
- An invitation-linked provincial application and receipt.
- Checkpoint
- The filing time, stream and evidence match the official invitation and current profile.
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Retain and accept the nomination
If nominated, compare the certificate and account message with the applicant, province, stream and expiry and accept the nomination in Express Entry when the current process requires it.
- Expected output
- A verified nomination certificate and federal acceptance confirmation.
- Checkpoint
- The nomination remains valid and the applicant still intends to reside in the nominating province.
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Update the profile and await an invitation
Ensure the nomination and all changed facts appear in the federal profile, then monitor official rounds without treating nomination as final PR approval.
- Expected output
- A current nominated Express Entry profile and account-message file.
- Checkpoint
- Only an actual IRCC invitation starts the federal PR submission stage.
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Submit the invitation-linked federal PR case
After an IRCC invitation, complete the personalized PR application with the nomination, reconcile profile changes and answer federal medical, police, security and other requests.
- Expected output
- A nomination-backed federal PR submission and final decision record.
- Checkpoint
- The nomination and federal application remain consistent and every time-limited record is current.
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DOCUMENT PREPARATION SUMMARY
What this procedure organizes
- Prepare the chosen province/stream record, Express Entry profile number and validation code, matching work/language/education/status/family/destination evidence, provincial EOI or application, invitation, forms and receipt, nomination certificate and acceptance, updated profile, federal invitation, personalized PR checklist, admissibility records and decisions.