Skilled Workers Invited to Apply in Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program

A total of 502 Letters of Advice to Apply were issued by the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program in a new draw that was held on May 31 for provincial nomination.

Under the Skilled Worker in Manitoba Stream, 187 candidates were issued the Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) and the candidate at the bottom of this list had scored 485 points.

Next comes the Skilled Worker Overseas Stream which issued a total of 53 LAAs under the Strategic Recruitment Initiative. In this case, candidates with the lowest rank had score 698 points.

The third comes the Skilled Workers Overseas Stream from Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program which issued a total of 262 LAAs. The candidate with the lowest rank in this case who was invited had scored 584 points.

So you want to be considered for the Skilled Worker Overseas Stream from Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP)? You need to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI), but before this you need to have:

·         You have a close relative living in Manitoba or have acquired education or work experience from the province.

·         A minimum of six months of recent work experience in an In-demand Occupations list in Manitoba, and

·         Show a language proficiency of CLB 5 except in case the work experience in a regulated occupation or from a compulsory trade (CLB 6)

The Strategic Recruitment Initiative from Manitoba comprises of recruitment missions and in this representatives of MPNP conducts interview of foreign skilled workers abroad and LAAs are issued to candidates who are found eligible and a formal Expression of Interest is submitted by them in MPNP.

Along with this, MPNP may also invite candidates who have go through a pre-approved Exploratory Visit and have cleared an interview the a program official.

All the skilled workers in Manitoba and overseas who were picked up to receive LAA in the draw conducted on May 31 and whose application for provincial nomination has been accepted successfully, will now be in a position to apply for permanent residence status with the federal government of Canada.

The first step for immigrating to Manitoba is for a candidate to submit an Expression of Interest through MPNP.