The Alberta Immigrant Nominee
Program, one of the Provincial Nominee Programs from Canada has reached its
maximum allocation limit for 2017 of 5,500 nomination certificates.
According to AINP, all the
applications that have been submitted already will be processed, however, no
more certificates will be given out till 2018.
It has been told by AINP that
till December 4th, more than 3,050 applications were in the line for
processing and assessing.
Experts are of the view that
Alberta will get benefit from the higher allocations for the year 2018 due to
the multi-year immigration plan announced by the federal government on November
1st.
As per plans from the federal
government, the target for Provincial Nominee Program has been increased for
2018 to 55,000. This number is 8% more than the target which was set by the
government for the year 2017 of 51,000.
Alberta can send nomination to
prospective immigrants through the AINP, with experience and skills that
fulfill labor market demands of the province. Alberta is the largest producer
of oil and gas products in the country.
2018 will have New Express Entry
Stream
Two new provincial nomination
streams will be introduced by Alberta in the coming year 2018 – The Alberta
Express Entry Stream and the Alberta Opportunity Stream.
The Alberta Opportunity Stream
will be a combination of the present Employer-Driven Stream and the Strategic
Recruitment Stream and 11 sub-categories. All this will be consolidated into
one set of eligibility criteria.
A limited number of candidates
will be nominated by the AINP under the Alberta Express Entry Stream from the
Express Entry pool of the federal government. The federal government includes
candidates in three economic immigration classes – the Federal Skilled Trades
Class (FSTC), the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC) and the Canadian
Experience Class (CEC).
Express Entry candidates who are
nominated under the Alberta Express Entry Stream get an additional 600 points
in the Comprehensive Ranking System which greatly improves their chance to
receive the Invitation to Apply in the subsequent Express Entry draw.
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