The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (“AINP“) currently has three streams. Employer Driven Stream Strategic Recruitment Stream Self-Employed Farmer Stream Employer Driven Stream The AINP Employer-Driven Stream is for: Alberta Employers who want to retain a foreign worker on a permanent, full-time basis where there is a challenge finding Albertans/Canadians to fill the position; and Foreign workers with a permanent, full-time job offer from an Alberta Employer who intend to live and work in Alberta permanently. It includes the following substreams: Skilled Worker Category International Graduates Category Semi-Skilled Worker Category Please note that individuals in the following circumstances are not eligible under the Strategic Recruitment Stream: Refugee claimants, or individuals involved in a federal appeal or removal process; Live-in caregivers currently living in Canada; Temporary foreign workers working and residing in a province other than Alberta; and International students studying in Canada and doing co-op work placements or internships as part of their study program Skilled Worker Category In order to be eligible under the Skilled Worker Category, the employer must: Be incorporated or registered as a business in Alberta by or under an act of the legislature of a province or the Parliament of Canada and operating as a business … Read More
Western Canada PNP’s Reach Intake Threshold
With four months remaining in the year, both British Columbia’s and Alberta’s provincial nomination programs have announced that they are full. The ability of both provinces to meet the demands of their employers to retain foreign national employees on a permanent basis is clearly being cut off at the knees by federal quotas that appear to bare no resemblance to what is needed.