Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP)

Overview

The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) is an economic immigration program that nominates people for permanent residence in Alberta. Nominees must have skills to fill job shortages or be planning to buy or start a business in Alberta. They must also be able to provide for their families. The program is run by the governments of Alberta and Canada.

If you are nominated through the program, you may apply for permanent residence status together with your spouse or common-law partner, and dependent children.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada manages applications for permanent residence. The federal government also makes final decisions on these applications.

Alberta Express Entry Program comes under the federal skilled worker express entry program. There is no separate express entry profile creation to apply for Alberta Express Entry Program. Applicants will have to create a Federal express entry profile and will have to select the province Alberta under their wishlist provinces to migrate.

Alberta Express Entry program is a stream under the AINP to nominate skilled people for a permanent residency visa in Alberta. This stream gives permission to the province to nominate a limited number of qualified people from the federal express entry pool.

 Alberta PNP (AINP) Eligibility Criteria

The Alberta PNP Express Entry program is one of the fastest ways to get a residency permit in the city of Alberta. All the applicants are required to fulfill certain eligibility or selection criteria in order to be nominated by the program.

• Applicants should have an active Express Entry profile in the federal Express Entry pool.
• Minimum 1 years of work experience in any occupation which supports Alberta’s economic development and diversification.
• A CRS score of 300 or above
• Applicants need to have an IELTS score of band 6 or above in each module
• Intention to work and live in Alberta