Saskatchewan issues 646 invitations to apply to immigrate to Canada in PNP draw

The Prairie province of Saskatchewan is trying to recruit up to 646 skilled workers from Ireland, India, Poland, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia, and the Ukraine through its Express Entry and Skilled Worker Occupations-In-Demand immigration program draws.

The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) issued those Invitations to Apply (ITA) in draws on Wednesday, Aug. 16.

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The province is trying to recruit 35 Irish workers with two draws. The first draw on Aug. 16 saw 12 ITAs sent to Irish candidates is under the SINP’s Occupations-In-Demand with a minimum score of 60. 

Saskatchewan recruiting 35 Irish workers through Aug. 16 draws

In the second, Express Entry draw, the province sent out 23 ITAs to candidates with the same score.

Those draws sought to recruit workers in the following 28 occupations, here categorized by their National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes,  to the province.

• Financial managers (NOC – 10010)
• Other business managers (NOC – 10029)
• Financial and investment analysts (NOC – 11101)
• Other financial officers (NOC – 11109)
• Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations (NOC – 11202)
• Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers (NOC – 12011)
• Health information management occupations (NOC – 12111)
• Chemists (NOC – 21101)
• Data scientists (NOC – 21211)
• Cybersecurity specialists (NOC – 21220)
• Business systems specialists (NOC – 21221)
• Information systems specialists (NOC – 21222)
• Database analysts and data administrators (NOC – 21223)
• Software engineers and designers (NOC – 21231)
• Software developers and programmers (NOC – 21232)
• Web developers and programmers (NOC – 21234)
• Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) (NOC – 21311)
• Chemical technologists and technicians (NOC – 22100)
• Land survey technologists and technicians (NOC – 22213)
• Computer network and web technicians (NOC – 22220)
• User support technicians (NOC – 22221)
• Occupational health and safety specialists (NOC – 22232)
• Business development officers and market researchers and analysts (NOC – 41402)
• Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC – 41404)
• Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC – 43100)
• Financial sales representatives (NOC – 63102)
• Construction managers (NOC – 70010) 
• Facility operation and maintenance managers (NOC – 70012)

176 ITAs sent to candidates in Poland, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia, and the Ukraine

In support of another recruitment mission, this one to Poland, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia, and the Ukraine, the SINP also issued 176 ITAs in two draws, one under the Occupation-In-Demand stream and the other under the Express Entry system, to candidates from those countries to fill jobs in the following 70 occupations:

• Senior managers – financial, communications and other business services (NOC- 00012)
• Financial managers (NOC – 10010)
• Purchasing managers (NOC- 10012)
• Banking, credit and other investment managers (NOC – 10021)
• Advertising, marketing and public relations managers (NOC – 10022) 
• Other business services managers (NOC – 10029)
• Telecommunication carriers managers (NOC – 10030) 
• Financial and investment analysts (NOC – 11101)
• Other financial officers (NOC – 11109)
• Human resources professionals – (NOC – 11200)
• Professional occupations in business management consulting (NOC – 11201) 
• Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations (NOC – 11202)
• Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers (NOC – 12010)
• Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations (NOC – 12013) 
• Executive assistants (NOC – 12100)
• Accounting technicians and bookkeepers (NOC – 12200)
• Administrative officers (NOC – 13100)
• Administrative assistants (NOC – 13110)
• Legal administrative assistants (NOC – 13111)
• Medical administrative assistants (NOC 13112)
• Engineering managers (NOC – 20010)
• Computer and information systems managers (NOC – 20012) 
• Chemists (NOC – 21101)
• Biologists and related scientists  (NOC 21110)
• Agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists (NOC – 21112
• Public and environmental health and safety professionals (NOC – 21120)
• Architects (NOC – 21200) 
• Data scientists (NOC – 21211)
• Cybersecurity specialists (NOC – 21220)
• Business systems specialists (NOC – 21221)
• Information systems specialists (NOC – 21222)
• Database analysts and data administrators (NOC – 21223)
• Computer systems developers and programmers (NOC – 21230) 
• Software engineers and designers (NOC – 21231)
• Software developers and programmers (NOC – 21232)
• Web designers (NOC – 21233) 
• Web developers and programmers (NOC – 21234)
• Civil engineers (NOC – 21300) 
• Mechanical engineers (NOC – 21301) 
• Electrical and electronics engineers (NOC – 21310) 
• Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) (NOC – 21311)
• Computer network and web technicians (NOC – 22220)
• User support technicians (NOC – 22221)
• Civil engineering technologists and technicians (NOC – 22300) 
• Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians (NOC – 22301)
• Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians (NOC – 22310)
• Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) (NOC – 22311)
• Medical laboratory technologists (NOC – 32120)
• Administrators – post-secondary education and vocational training (NOC – 40020)
• Managers in social, community and correctional services (NOC – 40030)
• University professors and lecturers (NOC – 41200) 
• College and other vocational instructors (NOC – 41210)
• Social workers (NOC – 41300) 
• Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC – 41400)
• Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts (NOC – 41401) 
• Business development officers and market researchers and analysts (NOC – 41402)
• Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC – 41403) 
• Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC – 41404)
• Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC – 41405) 
• Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC – 43100)
• Corporate sales managers (NOC – 60010)
• Retail and wholesale trade managers (NOC – 60020)
• Accommodation service managers (NOC – 60031)
• Technical sales specialists – wholesale trade (NOC – 62100) 
• Financial sales representatives (NOC – 63102)
• Construction managers (NOC – 70010) 
• Managers in agriculture (NOC – 80020)
• Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors (NOC – 82030)
• Manufacturing managers (NOC – 90010)
• Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing (NOC – 93101)

Under the Occupation-In-Demand stream, the SINP issued 78 ITAs to candidates with jobs in Canada in those occupations from those countries with a minimum score of 60.

The province also issued another 98 ITAs to candidates with job offers in Canada in those occupations and minimum scores of 60 through its Express Entry. 

SINP recruiting 431 workers from India in latest EOI draws

On the same day, Saskatchewan immigration issued 431 ITAs also recruited 431 candidates from India under the Occupation-In-Demand and Express Entry streams to fill the following jobs in support of a recruitment mission.

The 25 occupations the candidates from India are to being called to fill are:

• Senior managers – construction, transportation, production and utilities (NOC – 00015)
• Property administrators (NOC – 13101)
• Public and environmental health and safety professionals (NOC – 21120)
• Drafting technologists and technicians (NOC – 22212)
• Occupational health and safety specialists (NOC – 22232)
• Civil engineering technologists and technicians (NOC – 22300)
• Construction estimators (NOC – 22303)
• Construction managers (NOC – 70010) 
• Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations (NOC – 72010)
• Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations (NOC – 72011) Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades (NOC – 72012) 
• Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades (NOC – 72013)
• Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers (NOC – 72014)
• Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades (NOC – 72020)
• Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews  (NOC – 72021)
• Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors (NOC – 72100)
• Welders and related machine operators (NOC – 72106)
• Electricians (except industrial and power system) (NOC – 72200)
• Plumbers (NOC – 72300)
• Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers (NOC – 72301)
• Bricklayers (NOC – 72320)
• Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics (NOC – 72400)
• Heavy-duty equipment mechanics (NOC – 72401)
• Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers (NOC – 72410)
• Crane operators (NOC – 72500)
• Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) (NOC – 73112)

Saskatchewan immigration issued 207 ITAs to candidates from India with minimum scores of 60 to fill these jobs under its Occupation-In-Demand stream.

Under the Express Entry stream, the SINP issued 224 ITAs to candidates from that country with minimum scores of 60 in its bid to fill jobs in those occupations during the Aug. 16 draw.

Latest Saskatchewan Expression of Interest Draws

Ireland recruitment support

Poland, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Slovakia, and Ukraine recruitment support

India recruitment support

Under Saskatchewan’s EOI selection process, candidates must submit and EOI profile and enter EOI candidate pool. They are then selected by the province which sends them an ITA in a regular draw and have 60 days to submit a full application.

The Occupation-In-Demand sub-category requires the candidate have a minimum score of 60 points on the SINP points assessment grid, a language score of at least Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 4 – although employers and regulatory bodies may ask for greater language proficiency – and have completed one year of post-secondary education, training or apprenticeship comparable to the Canadian education system. 

Express Entry let foreign nationals gain permanent residence in Saskatchewan

The candidate must have earned a diploma, certificate or degree. Degrees and diplomas obtained outside Canada are subject to an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA).

Candidates must also have at least one year of work experience in the past 10 years in their field of education or training, and in an eligible occupation in NOC TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3. 

When necessary, candidates must obtain the appropriate licensure in Saskatchewan as immigration authorities will not process an application without that licensure.

The sub-category also requires proof of settlement funds and a settlement plan – and that applicants pay a non-refundable $300 application fee online.

Under the Saskatchewan Express Entry sub-category, candidates from outside Canada, or with legal status in Canada, qualify for Saskatchewan immigration as long as they are not refugee claimants.

Additionally, Express Entry candidates must:

• have a profile in the Express Entry Pool, with profile number and job seeker validation code;
• score a minimum of 60 points on the SINP points assessment grid;
• provide valid language test results from a designated testing agency matching those in the Express Entry profile;
• have completed one year of post-secondary education, training or apprenticeship comparable to the Canadian education system and have earned a diploma, certificate or degree.

Degrees and diplomas obtained outside Canada are subject to an ECA.

Express Entry candidates must also have at least one of the following experience requirements in their field of education or training occupation:

• one year of work experience in the past 10 years in a skilled profession (non-trades);
• two years of work experience in a skilled trade in the past five years, or;
• one year of work experience in Canada in the past three years (trades and non-trades).

The work experience must be in a high-skilled, eligible occupation in NOC TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3. 

Candidates in this sub-category must also obtain the appropriate licensure in Saskatchewan when their profession is regulated, or is a skilled trade. For skilled trades, a certificate is required from the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission.

Applicants must pay a non-refundable $300 application fee online and have proof of settlement funds and a settlement plan.