Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP)

Saskatchewan is a land of natural attractiveness. It is rich in resources and filled of opportunity for excellence careers, entrepreneurship and learning.

Our province was put up by native people and immigrants from Europe and around the world. These days, immigration is a chief factor in building and sustaining energetic communities and economic growth in Saskatchewan.

Whether you are a skilled worker, professional, business person, student or tourist, Saskatchewan has somewhat for you.

The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) can give an alternating and faster means of entry into Canada. It consents to Saskatchewan to nominate applicants, who meet the requirements under criteria established by the province, to the federal government for landed immigrant status.

The SINP offers:

• The capacity to select applicants whose skills and aptitude best fit the province's needs.
• Application processing times that is quicker than other federal immigration classes.
• Help from Provincial Immigration Officers who are enthusiastically accessible to explain program necessities and processes.

The SINP works through Government of Canada embassies and consulates all over the world and does not take on the private services of any agencies or representatives in any jurisdictions. SINP applicants may decide to take on the services of an immigration consultant or not, though, no immigration consultant has or will be allocated an immigrant quota from the Province of Saskatchewan.

Categories of SINP

1. Skilled Workers
This group is for skilled workers, professionals or managers who contain a full-time, permanent job offer from a Saskatchewan employer.

It is divided into three sub-categories:
i) Skilled Workers/Professionals
ii) Critical Occupations
iii) Existing Work Permit.

2. Family Members
This category is for immigrant families live in Saskatchewan who wants to help their relatives to live and work in the province. Supporting family members must present settlement support to applicants and their dependents, which might include financial support.

3. Entrepreneurs
This category is designed to assist entrepreneurs set up their businesses in Saskatchewan. Business Immigration Officers accessible to assist applicants through every step of the process.

4. Farm Owners / Operators
This category is for persons with confirmed experience in farming and substantial capital existing to invest in a farming operation who intends to buy and operate a farming operation in Saskatchewan.

5. Health Professionals
This category allows internationally-trained health experts, who have been working in Saskatchewan for no less than six months under a temporary work permit, to apply for landed immigrant category under the SINP.
It is separated into three sub-categories:
i) Physicians
ii) Nurses
iii) Other Health Professions

6. Hospitality Sector Project
Under the Hospitality Sector Project the SINP can propose foreign workers that are presently working in Saskatchewan in one of the following categories:
i) Food/Beverage Server
ii) Food Counter Attendant/Kitchen Helper
iii) Housekeeping/Cleaning Staff

7. Long Haul Truck Drivers
This category allows Saskatchewan trucking firms to carry workers to the province for occupations necessitate a high school diploma or on-the-job training under Service Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker policy.

8. Students
This category allows students who have graduated from a recognized, Saskatchewan post-secondary learning institution and worked for as a minimum six months for a Saskatchewan employer under a CIC post-graduation work permit in a field associated to their schooling to apply for landed immigrant category under the SINP.