Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP)

Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program

The Saskatchewan PNP, better known as the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) can potentially provide an easier and/or expedited means of entry into Canada. Saskatchewan reserves and retains the right to nominate eligible applicants to the federal government for landed immigrant status.

Some of the streams of the SINP have imposed application caps. A quick consultation of the SINP website will provide an updated list of caps and determine if your program is still accepting applications.

International Skilled Worker Category

The International Skilled Worker Category is for applicants with a valid full time permanent job offer in Saskatchewan. This program may or may not be accepting applications due to program caps within the province and/or federally.

Requirements for International Skilled Worker Category:
Score a minimum of 60 points on 100 on the point assessment grid
In the past ten years, have a minimum of 1 year of work experience in your intended occupation.
Have obtained a minimum score of 4.0 on the Canadian Language Benchmark assessment.
If the occupation is in a regulated trade or compulsory occupation, proof of appropriate licensure is required.
Have an offer of full time permanent employment from an employer in Saskatchewan that is either classified as a Type 0, A or B occupation with the NOC classification or is a designated trade.

Note: The International Skilled Worker Category is subject to applications caps for both applicants applying with a job offer and applicants applying without a job offer.

Saskatchewan Experience Category

This category of application is designed for foreign nationals who are already living and working in Saskatchewan who want to become permanent residents. the program is divided into a number of streams.

Existing Work Permit Sub-Category
Skilled workers who have been working in Saskatchewan for 6 months under a closed work permit or under the International Experience Canada program qualify. Your full time permanent job offer must be from the company you have been working at for the past 6 months.

Long-Haul Truck Driver Sub-Category
Foreign workers who are currently working in Saskatchewan for a trucking firm qualify.

Health Profession stream:
Foreign workers who are currently working in Saskatchewan in one of the following occupations are eligible to apply:

Food/Beverage server

Food Counter Attendant/Kitchen Helper

Housekeeping/Cleaning Staff.

Student Streams:

Requirements for Students graduated from a Saskatchewan Institution

You have graduated with a certificate, diploma or degree from a recognized post-secondary educational institution in Saskatchewan. The program’s duration must be minimum 1 academic years (8 months of study).
If you graduated from a recognized post-secondary institution in Saskatchewan you must have worked for at least six months (with minimum 960 hours) of paid employment in Saskatchewan.
You have applied to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to receive a post-graduation work permit,
You have a current, permanent, full-time job offer from a Saskatchewan employer
If your job offer falls into a NOC A, B or 0.

Entrepeneur and Farm Category

Farm Owners/Operators

Farm Owners/Operators Stream:

Requirements for Farm Owners/Operators Stream:

Applicants shall make a good faith (refundable) deposit of CDN $75,000
Can exhibit marketable employment skills
Have a net worth of CDN $500,000
Demonstrate that they are knowledgeable farm operators
Mandatory visit to Saskatchewan for a minimum of 5 working days and a meeting with an SINP representative

Young Farmers Stream

Requirements for Young Farmers Stream

Have a net worth of CDN $300,000 which is verifiable to 80% certainty

Are under the age of 40

Provide a signed proposal for a Saskatchewan commercial farming business. In Saskatchewan, a qualified farming business has a minimum of CDN $10,000 revenue per year

Have at least three years of experience in farm operations or management

Have marketable employment skills

Must make a minimum equity investment of CDN $150,000 in a new or existing farming operation in Saskatchewan

Entrepreneurs

Potential business entrepreneur immigrants can apply by submitting an Expression of Interest (EOI).

Requirements for Entrepreneurs

A verifiable minimum net worth of $500,000 CAD

Verifiable accumulation of net worth through legal means

Minimum three years’ worth of entrepreneurial/relevant business management experience

Create a business that aligns with guidelines in the Entrepreneur Category Points Grid, if applicable (for investment amount and sector)

Own at least one third (33%, 1/3) of the equity business in Saskatchewan unless the total investment is $1 million CAD or more

Engage in active and continued participation in daily management of the business

If you are establishing a business in Regina or Saskatoon, create at least two employment opportunities for Canadian citizens or permanent resident of Saskatchewan (non-relative workers)

Note: Potential applicants need to be aware that application criteria can be changed at any time and that applications will be processed based on the criteria on the SINP website at the time that the application is submitted.

In addition, there are nomination limits set by the federal government which again cannot be altered by the Government of Saskatchewan. No Expression of Interest is guaranteed to be accepted and/or nominated.