Saskatchewan Holds A Draw and Invites 858 Candidates In Popular Categories

Saskatchewan is marching on the road of issuing many invitations and has issued 4,704 of them during the past six weeks. It held another immigration draw on October 31st for candidates belonging to sub-categories of Express Entry, as well as Occupation In-Demand and also issued 858 invitations. The draw was in the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program pathway, which neither requires the local job offer, nor any work experience in Canada, for eligibility.

This Express Entry category of the Program has a link with the system of federal Express Entry which manages the candidates for Federal top skilled immigration in the categories of:

• Federal Skilled Trades Category 

• Canadian Experience Class

• Federal Skilled Worker Category 

The Occupation In-Demand category caters to such candidates who do not have the profile in Express Entry.

 

The Program held six selection rounds in the Express Entry and five in the Occupation In-Demand category after September 25. Totally it issued 4,704 invitations to candidates seeking the provincial nomination related to these categories, in 11 invitation rounds.

SINP has adopted a new approach to jobs considered eligible in these sub-categories and the draws are following it. There is a requirement of one year experience of work in top demand occupations in Saskatchewan relevant to the study field.

The SINP backed off from the limited top Demand Occupation List and is presently following the Excluded Occupations List. Additionally it has expanded the list of eligible occupations to 200 from 19.

Furthermore in the October 31 draw invitations were issued to candidates in 58 jobs like human resource professionals, analysts/ consultants in Information systems Database analysts, data administrators, Drafting technicians and technologists as well as aircraft inspectors and mechanics.

For obtaining the consideration candidates must register the EOI with the province. Candidates holding the Eligibility get a score from 100 as per the Assessment Grid for the Program. There is a focus on factors of age, education, work experience, English or French proficiency and a connection to the province. The candidates on top rank get the invitation to apply in regular draws held by SINP.

All eligible candidates who scored 69 points got the ITA. The Program also selected qualified candidates who scored 68 points and had 10 years work experience and CLB 7 language proficiency in French/English.

Successful candidates in Express Entry applying for and obtaining the nomination from the province get 600 extra points in the Comprehensive Ranking System score that guarantees the invitation to seek permanent residence in the country.