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In the third Expression of Interest draw held within three weeks, Saskatchewan invited 559 Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. The draw held on October 8 invited candidates with work experience in any one of the 15 targeted occupations.
The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) expanded its list of occupations eligible under Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand sub-categories on September 18. SINP’s decision to drop the In-Demand Occupation List in favour of an Excluded Occupation List also saw the number of eligible occupations jumping from 19 to 218.
Ever since, SINP has conducted three Expression of Interest draws and issued 1938 invitations in total. In the two Expression of Interest draws that preceded the latest draw, which were held on September 25 and October 2, a total of 769 and 610 invitations were issued respectively.
In the October 8th draw, candidates with work experience in one of the following occupations were invited:
- Financial managers (NOC 0111)
- Human resource managers (NOC 0112)
- Other administrative services managers (NOC 0114)
- Banking credit and other investment managers (NOC 0122)
- Managers in agriculture (NOC 0821)
- Other financial officers (NOC 1114)
- Administrative officers (NOC 1221)
- Administrative assistants (NOC 1221)
- Accounting technicians and bookkeepers (NOC 1311)
- Information systems analysts and consultants (NOC 2171)
- Database analysts and data administrators (NOC 2172)
- Computer programmers and interactive media developers (NOC 2174)
- Architectural technologists and technicians (NOC 2251)
- Financial sales representatives (NOC 6235)
- Bakers (NOC 6332)
- Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairs (NOC 7321)
In order to be eligible to apply for provincial nomination under the Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand sub-categories of SINP, the candidate must have minimum one year of work experience in an eligible occupation related to their field of study, besides meeting other criteria. However, neither a job offer nor Canadian work experience is required.
The Express Entry sub-category is aligned to the federal Express Entry system. In order to be considered for provincial nomination from Saskatchewan, an Express Entry candidate must first register an Expression of Interest (EoI). The candidates are then ranked on the basis of various eligibility criteria such as previous connection to the province, work experience and language proficiency. The highest scoring candidates are invited to apply for provincial nomination. The Express Entry candidates who are nominated by Saskatchewan are awarded an additional 600 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score points. Eligible skilled workers with work experience in an eligible occupation can apply through the Occupation In-Demand stream, which also requires an Expression of Interest. In the October 8th draw, the highest number of invitations, 382 in total, were issued to candidates from Occupation In-Demand sub-category.
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