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The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) held an Express Entry nomination draw on July 29 that issued 148 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination.
All these invitations were issued to candidates having an active Express Entry profile. They are now one step closer to applying for permanent residence (PR) in Canada.
The Express Entry system is an application management database for Canadian immigration. It handles applications for three federal programs such as the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program, and the Canadian Experience Class.
All the registered profiles receive a score based on the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). Candidates get points for factors including their age, education, work experience, language ability in English or French, and others. The varying degree of scores will help the government determine a prospective immigrant to succeed in Canada’s labor market.
There are two significant advantages of receiving a provincial nomination under AlNP:
- Qualifying CRS score remains as low as 302, unlike any other provincial draws,
- Those who receive the provincial nomination will automatically get an additional 600 CRS points added to their overall score.
It means that candidates are effectively guaranteed an invitation to apply for permanent residence in the upcoming federal Express Entry draw. In fact, the recent Express Entry invitation round invited 1,002 candidates who had prior provincial nominations.
‘Enhanced’ Alberta Express Entry Stream
Issuing a permanent residency certificate is the exclusive domain of the federal government.
However, provincial governments provide an alternate pathway for obtaining Canada PR through Canada PNP, one particular case in point is Alberta Express Entry Stream.
Alberta Express Entry stream is classified as enhanced PNP under the AINP. It is exclusively for Express Entry candidates who had already submitted their Expression of Interest (EOI) to Alberta.
Major requirements to receive provincial nominations under this stream include strong ties to Alberta. It includes family ties or graduation from any University or College in Alberta, or those who can support the government’s economic development and diversification priorities.
Candidates are also required to have adequate work experience in an eligible occupation. The AINP only provides a list of occupations that are ineligible for the stream’s requirements.
New Entrepreneur Immigration Options For International Graduates in Alberta
Alberta launched a new immigration program in January 2021 to invite qualified international graduates from outside Canada to issue provincial nominations and strength your case of obtaining permanent residence in Canada. For further information, click here.
Canada is keen on achieving its immigration target of 1.2 million new immigrants by 2023. Further, over 60% of the said target will be achieved through various economic-class programs including Express Entry, Provincial Nominee Programs, Business Immigration.
Out of 6,250 allocations to Alberta this year, the province has now invited 2,432 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination since it resumed invitation rounds in January 2021. The province had temporarily suspended its nomination draws since March 2020 due to the pandemic.
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