A candidate's Express Entry profile was set to expire just before an anticipated provincial draw, having narrowly missed an earlier ITA by hours after receiving their provincial approval. They asked how to handle re-linking a new profile to the existing nomination without missing the next draw.
What the thread advised:- Contact the provincial office (e.g., OINP) as soon as your profile actually expires, sending them the IRCC notification email along with your new profile's details so they can relink the nomination.
- Provincial offices were described as generally responsive — members estimated the relinking could happen anywhere from a couple of hours to about a day, rather than a long delay, though this can vary.
- You generally can't notify them before the profile actually expires — a member noted the office needs the expiry confirmation first, so there's an unavoidable small risk of missing a draw that lands in the gap between expiry and relinking.
The practical takeaway: don't try to preemptively contact the PNP office before expiry — wait for the official expiry notice, then immediately forward it with your new profile details to minimize the relinking delay.