At this time, there are four categories under the Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program. You are encouraged to read about the individual categories to understand which suits your skills and ability to qualify as a potential immigrant applicant under the Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program.
The four categories under the Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program are as follows:

• Immigrant Partner Category
• Immigrant Entrepreneur Category
• Immigrant Connections Category
• Skilled Worker Category

Immigrant Partner Category
The Immigrant Partner Category of the Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program is intended for prospective immigrants who propose to make a $200,000.00 Canadian dollar investment in a Prince Edward Island company and to take an active role in the investee company. That role may be either as a director or as a senior manager defined at level "O" of the National Occupational Code.
All applications under the Immigrant Partner Category must go through a recognized Prince Edward Island Investment Intermediary.
In this section you will find information on the subjects outlined in the Table of Contents below:
Immigrant Entrepreneur Category
Prince Edward Island is seeking entrepreneurs with the skills and drive - and the marketable concepts - to be successful in PEI’s unique environment. If you have the strengths and experience, applying to the PEI Nominee Program in the Immigrant Entrepreneur category is a good choice: if your business concept matches our strengths, PEI wants you - and wants you to be successful. And that can make a big difference.

What PEI Offers to Prospective Entrepreneurs:

• An educated, skilled workforce with good work ethic and low turnover;
• A market of 2 million people in Atlantic Canada, with 300 million more North Americans within reach;
• A strong core of businesses and institutions supporting bio-science, aerospace, information and communication technologies and other sectors;
• Exceptional agricultural and ocean resources;
• Approximately 1 million tourist visitors each year and a great tourist product with yet undeveloped Asian markets;
• Strong cultural industries, with many artists, musicians, writers;
• Access to the North American Free Trade zone;
• Close proximity to New York, Boston and Toronto;
• Affordable labour and housing costs;
• World class technological infrastructure;
• Overlapping time zones with Europe and Asia;
• Responsive government;
• The opportunity, through the Immigrant Connections category, to bring the skilled and special people you need to make your venture successful.

What Prince Edward Island does not offer to prospective entrepreneurs is a large Island market. We do not encourage entrepreneurs to come to establish business dependent upon large local markets - retail outlets, for example, unless attracting a new market to PEI, or reaching out to North American or global markets through the internet or direct sales.

Immigrant Entrepreneur Criteria

• A minimum net worth of $400,000.
• Willingness to invest a minimum of$200,000 to establish a new enterprise (or to purchase no less than 33% of an existing business).
• A business plan or ”Business Capacity” document to demonstrate that the Immigrant Entrepreneur has the capacity to establish a successful business in the Prince Edward Island business environment.
• Payment of a $100,000 business investment deposit, which is held in escrow and returned to the applicant after one year’s residency and the establishment of the business;
• Immigrant Entrepreneurs are also required to place $25,000 in escrow with the Government of PEI as a good faith deposit. This deposit also gets returned after applicant has resided for one year in PEI.
• Immigrant Entrepreneurs (Partners) whose capacity in English or French is insufficient to be interviewed in that language are required to place $20,000 in escrow with the Government of PEI. This language deposit will be returned, should the applicant demonstrate moderate language skills, in English or French, after arrival in PEI.
• A combination of age, education, language skills and transferrable management skills. The ideal candidate to the PEI PNP is/has:
• less than 55 years of age;
• a minimum 14 years of education, including one (or more) post-secondary certificates or degrees;
• capable of being interviewed in English or French;
• has several years of management (or, preferably, business ownership) experience in a sector with relevance to the PEI economy.

• PEI will accept applicants who are not yet able to speak English or French - some of our finest applicants fall into this category - but, lack of skills in one of these languages must be offset by strengths in education or transferrable management skills. Similarly, exceptional transferrable management skills may offset a lack of post-secondary education.

Immigrant Connections Category
There is qualifying criteria, for the “Champions”, the people who can make such a recommendation, as well as who can be nominated, but in principle, we are looking for people and families, who you believe can earn a living on Prince Edward Island, and who will make a long term, meaningful commitment to your life and to the broader community.
This is an honour-based program. Champions are not required to sign a formal agreement or provide a financial guarantee.
Champions simply commit to make the arrangement work, to the best of their ability. We believe that you will make it work, because it is your close family connections, that are reuniting, .
Family Connections Eligible family to nominate or sponsor includes:

• Daughter or Son
• Brother or Sister
• Niece or Nephew
• Aunt or Uncle
• Grandchild
• First cousin or
• Step relative or in-law of the same level

Qualifying Criteria for Champions
“Champions” eligible to nominate “Connections” to Prince Edward Island require the following Be a Canadian citizen or a Permanent Resident who has lived in Prince Edward Island for more than two years

• Have a regular source of income sufficient for their needs and their dependents
• Have a generally unblemished personal history.
• Testimonials from other Prince Edward Island residents or evidence of volunteer work or community service are beneficial but not essential.

The Champion will make an informal, but written commitment, that they will take every possible action to ensure that the nominee is integrated into the Prince Edward Island community.
Qualifying Criteria for Nominees
The following criteria apply to the Connections Nominee:

• Must prove they are among the eligible family members and can prove the relationship to the Champion
• The individual must have an offer of employment or, in the view of the Province, have a clearly identified capacity to work in Prince Edward Island.
• The intent to live on Prince Edward Island
• The individual and dependent family is in good health.
• The individual and dependent family does not have a criminal record.

Prince Edward Island PNP Skilled Worker
To qualify in the Skilled Worker category, an applicant must have:

• Scored at lease 50 points on the PEI PNP Self-Assessment form;
• A Prince Edward Island job offer;
• Education and training consistent with the position offered;
• A command of the English and French language if required for the position; and
• The intention to settle in Prince Edward Island.