the CanadaVisa Team - 06 November, 2015
The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) 'International Skilled Worker - Express Entry' sub-category for Canadian immigration has reached its allocation cap within four days of reopening.
The SINP had announced the reopening of this enhanced Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) stream on November 2, with a further allocation of 500 spaces being made available. Candidates who had prepared for the possible reopening of the program by gathering supporting documents and familiarizing themselves with the process were well positioned to submit an application within hours or days of the announcement.
This sub-category enables the SINP to nominate individuals in Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Express Entry pool and who have the education, skilled work experience, language ability and other factors to help them to successfully establish and integrate into Saskatchewan’s labour market and communities.
A successful nomination through this stream will result in successful applicants being awarded 600 points under the Comprehensive Ranking System and an Invitation To Apply (ITA) at a subsequent draw from the pool. This sub-category first opened in June, 2015, but capped out soon afterward. The latest announcement of the sub-category having reached its cap again on November 6, 2015, means that the sub-category has opened and filled quickly twice in just a few months.
Located in the Prairies of Western Canada, Saskatchewan is one of Canada's most economically stable provinces, with the lowest unemployment rate of any Canadian province or territory. Applicants and their families can obtain Canadian permanent residence through the SINP, with the government of Canada aiming to process applications within six months of a complete application being submitted at the federal stage. As candidates are selected by the province from the federal Express Entry pool, all candidates must be eligible for one of the federal economic immigration programs:
The SINP Express Entry sub-category has a points assessment grid that is unique to the SINP. Furthermore, though a job offer is not necessarily required in order for eligible applicants to submit an application, candidates with work experience in one of 60 “in-demand” occupations are in a particularly good position to immigrate to Canada through this sub-category of the SINP.
The announcement of the reopening of the SINP International Skilled Worker - Express Entry sub-category was covered in-depth this week by CICNews. You can read that article by clicking here.
