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The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has added more jobs to its list of in-demand occupations, including IT jobs. Some of the newly added jobs are:
- Biomedical engineer
- Electrical engineer
- Mechanical engineer
- Infrastructure engineer
- Software developer
- UI/UX developer
- AI developer
- Python developer
- Web developer
- .NET developer
The occupations in the list are exempt from labour market testing and employers in Newfoundland can hire foreign workers and international graduates for vacancies under these occupations. The list is applicable to multiple streams under the Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP).
Some other exempt technical occupations in list are:
- Security specialists
- Cloud specialists
- Bioinformaticians
- Computer network support specialists
- Research associates
- Rov operators
- Data analytics experts
- Ocean mapping specialists
- Offshore technicians
- Technical writers
Earlier this year, Newfoundland had exempted eight categories healthcare jobs including:
- Physicians in family medicine, psychiatry, pathology, general internal medicine, radiology, obstetrics and gynecology, anesthesia, pediatric intensivists; neonatologists; pathology (hemopathology)
- Nurse practitioner
- Licensed practice nurse
- Radiation therapist
- Clinical psychologist
- Medical physicist
- Dosimetrist
- Personal care attendant
Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP)
The Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Nominee Program has three categories for skilled workers and international graduates, which are:
- Express Entry Skilled Worker
- Skilled Worker
- International Graduate
According to the province, the occupations which are exempt from labour market testing have high demand in both public and private sectors. More IT jobs have been exempted with an aim to attract more new immigrants with experience in these occupations to the province. The Newfoundland & Labrador PNP is part of Atlantic Immigration Pilot, which is a joint federal-provincial program which targets skilled workers and international students.
Newfoundland has successfully attracted more permanent residents in the past two years. The total number of new immigrants who moved to the country in 2019 was 1850, which is 64 per cent more compared to 2015.
Provincial Nominee Programs are a viable pathway for migration to Canada, as CRS requirement is low and options are vast. To know what options are available for you to migrate to Canada under PNP, talk to the expert Canada immigration consultants of CanApprove.
