Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan has issued 1,727 invitations so far in 2021.

The province invited candidates with work experience in one of 81 in-demand occupations.

The Tech Talent Pathway will open a new immigration option for tech workers in 11 occupations who wish to move to Saskatchewan.
On March 7, Saskatchewan launched the new Tech Talent Pathway under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) to attract tech workers into the province.
The Tech Talent Pathway is intended to ease critical labour shortages in Saskatchewan’s tech sector. With this new pathway to permanent residence for tech workers, employers in Saskatchewan’s technology and innovation sectors will be able to attract more talent to support growth and increase Saskatchewan’s global competitiveness.

The province of Saskatchewan has reopened its ] International skilled worker program through Express Entry selection under Saskatchewan PNP program . The province will accept up to 600 new applications. This sub-category allows eligible candidates in Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s will obtain 600 additional points in the selection pool therefore will receive ITA to apply for Permanent Residency .

The International Skilled Worker stream of the popular SINP is divided into the three sub-categories. These are the latest updates for each sub-category:

The International Skilled Worker Programme (SWP) of the Saskatchewan province of Canada has been re-opened for accepting applications. This is the third intake announcement. the first and second intakes did take place in January and September respectively each of 1000 cap . The province will accept another 500 applications as of November 2nd.

The province of Saskatchewan will have 5,500 immigration nominations accepted in 2015, an increase of 775 (or 16 per cent) on the 2014 total. The government of Saskatchewan, which had been seeking an increase in its program for Canadian immigration, has stated that the increased quota will help to alleviate labor market shortages. Saskatchewan currently has the lowest unemployment rate of all the Canadian provinces.

The end-of-year rush on Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) Express Entry nominations being issued continues, with Saskatchewan having announced on December 16, 2015 that, effective immediately, 500 additional applications will be accepted under the international skilled worker of Express entry as a sub-category of the Saskatchewan provincial nominee program (SINP).Saskatchewan also announced a corresponding increase to the year’s application quota for this sub-category, from 2,500 to 3,000. As this is an enhanced immigration stream, a successful nomination will result in applicants being awarded 600 points under the ranking system (CRS) and receiving an an invitation to apply (ITA) at a subsequent draw from the Express Entry pool.

The Cap for  has reached its intake of 600 qualified candidates began on May 16. This intake cycle was the longest for some time, as the sub-category has often reached its intake within a couple of days, or even shorter, on previous occasions.

Accounting technicians, bakers and paramedical occupations among those invited in June 20 EOI draw

Computer programmers and interactive media developers are among 13 professions that have been added to Saskatchewan’s In-Demand Occupations List.

Saskatchewan held an Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand draw on November 28, inviting 460 skilled workers to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence.

Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand candidates were invited in the November 28 selection round .

To help Canadian employers fill labour and skills gaps in their organizations when there are no qualified and available Canadians or permanent residents (PR), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) operates the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).

Immigrants are successful at finding employment

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Today marks the first day of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program’s new Expression of Interest system for its Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand sub-categories. The move to an Expression of Interest system brings an end to the first-come, first-served model that Saskatchewan had used for these two International Skilled Worker sub-categories, which shut the door to many qualified applicants who couldn’t get their applications in on time.