Saskatchewan PNP Draw Invites 99 Applicants

The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) held a draw on October 23, 2023, inviting 99 applicants to apply for permanent residency (PR) under the occupation-in-demand and Express Entry categories.

This draw targeted candidates with scores of 84 or above in the below-listed 26 occupations

• Production and transportation logistics coordinators
• Computer and information systems managers
• Data scientists
• Cybersecurity specialists
• Business systems specialists
• Information systems specialists
• Database analysts and data administrators
• Computer systems developers and programmers
• Software engineers and designers
• Software developers and programmers
• Web designers
• Web developers and programmers
• Mechanical engineers
• Industrial and manufacturing engineers
• Computer network and web technicians
• User support technicians
• Medical laboratory technologists
• Medical sonographers
• Retail and wholesale trade managers
• Accommodation service managers
• Technical sales specialists – wholesale trade
• Cooks
• Facility operation and maintenance managers
• Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
• Welders and related machine operators
• Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors

In a noteworthy development on August 16, 2023, SINP issued 642 invitations to apply (ITAs) under the two categories for permanent residency: occupation in-demand and express entry. This draw marked a first-of-its-kind Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draw in Canada, not only considering candidates based on their occupations or NOC codes but also factoring in their country of residence.

Saskatchewan extended invitations to applicants residing in India, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, and Ukraine. Of the total invitations, 268 were for the Express Entry category and 232 for the occupation-in-demand category.

These latest rounds of invitations by SINP occurred after a gap of more than two months, and notably, the cutoff score is one of the lowest compared to previous Saskatchewan PNP Draws. To create an Expression of Interest (EOI) profile, Saskatchewan requires a minimum score of 60, and this draw exclusively invited valid profiles meeting this qualifying score.