Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program
Alberta has one of Canada’s fastest-growing economies. The province is home to two of Canada’s largest cities, Calgary and Edmonton, and is the most populous of the country’s three ‘Prairie provinces’. It is also renowned as one of the most beautiful parts of North America, with famous national parks, such as Banff and Jasper.
The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) is Alberta’s Provincial Nominee Program. The province’s natural resource portfolio includes natural gas, oil, coal, minerals and the famous Alberta oil sands, making Alberta Canada’s energy province. Through this program, prospective immigrants with the right mix of skills and work experience needed by the province may receive an Alberta Provincial Nomination Certificate. The Alberta Immigration authority is the largest immigration body in the province and deals exclusively with the entry of foreign immigrants with PR visa into the state.
The AINP accepts skilled worker applications under the Opportunity Alberta stream and under the Express Entry system. The program is operated by the Alberta government in partnership with the federal immigration department, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Interested candidates must follow a two-stage process: apply for nomination to the provincial government, and then, if nominated, apply for permanent residence to the federal government.There are a variety of different sections and categories, which are broken up into three main immigration streams:
The Strategic Recruitment Stream
The Employer-Driven Stream
The Self-employed Farmer Stream
Documents Required
The following is a set of minimum requirements which need to be fulfilled in order to qualify for immigration nomination through the Alberta Immigration Nominee Program (AINP):
◾ All applicants should have a job offer letter for full-time and/or permanent employment from an Alberta employer.
◾ All applicants are required to possess the basic work experience as required by the employer to qualify for immigration nomination.
◾ An applicant needs to attain the minimum scores necessary in IELTS or CLB examination to qualify for nomination.
◾ All applicants need to demonstrate their intention of living and working in Alberta.
◾ All applicants considered for immigration need to possess a legitimate work permit and also have other associated documents.
◾ Each applicant must identify their occupation as per the NOC categories – O, A and B.
◾ Applicants must furnish documents validating their legal residence in their home country.
◾ Applicants need to attain a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) confirmation letter.
