The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program PNP for Business (MPNP-B) is intended to speed up the immigration process. This is done by selecting nominated applicants and providing them with a “Manitoba Nomination Certificate”, which allows faster processing times when applying for permanent residency through the Canadian government. The MPNP-B stream has been renamed the Business Investor Stream (BIS), and it has been split into two pathways the Entrepreneur Pathway and the Farm Investor Pathway.

Manitoba Business Investor Stream (BIS) previously MPNP-B, require qualified applicants to start their business within the first twelve (12) months of their arrival in Manitoba, with priority given to business in rural Manitoba outside Winnipeg.  Applicants in the Entrepreneur Pathway they still have to sign a business performance agreement to purchase an existing business in the province or start a new business. Qualified applicants do not have to provide a good-faith deposit of $100,000 and in return they would receive a temporary work permit and, The province released that the new criteria came into effect in May 2018.

The Business Investor Stream is now open for any new Expressions of Interest (EOI). The Manitoba immigration office will not be issuing any Letter of Advice to Apply (LAA) until further notice. To learn more about the requirements then you can Click here