PNPs for Tech Workers: Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program

If you’re a tech worker struggling to get a high enough Express Entry score, the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) might be a good option for you. Read below to learn the steps to take to see if you’re eligible, which stream is the best option, what your score is, costs and processing times.

Occupation In-Demand and Express Entry PNP Streams

For tech workers without a job offer in Canada, the best options from Saskatchewan are the Occupation In-Demand and Express Entry streams under SINP. These streams target skilled workers with the education and work experience needed in the province of Saskatchewan.

To see if either stream might be a good fit, start by doing the following:

1) Make sure you’re not on the occupation exclusion list

First, go to this link to determine your NOC code if you don’t know it already. Once you have your NOC code, go to the SINP excluded occupation list and make sure your NOC code is not listed on it.

2) Meet the requirements for Professional Status or Licensure

Saskatchewan requires that certain occupations meet requirements or standards in order to work in the province. Based on your NOC code, go to this list of their requirements, find your NOC code and determine what, if anything, you may need to do to meet their requirements.

3) Calculate your score on the points assessment grid

Both of these SINP PNP streams require a score of 60 out of 100 on the Saskatchewan scoring system. Go to the webpage here to calculate your score and see if you’re eligible.

4) Check the stream requirements

Lastly, you’re going to want to make sure you meet the specific stream requirements for either the Express Entry or Occupation In-Demand stream. If you have an Express Entry profile already created, you should check the Express Entry stream requirements here, and if you don’t, check the Occupation In-Demand requirements here.

Note that it is free to create and submit a profile for either stream, and if you’re invited to apply, there is a government fee of $350 CAD.

If You’re Eligible

If you meet the requirements above, there are a few things to keep in mind. First, you will want to check the recent invitations here, which outline details of recent invites including dates, scores and NOC codes.

Next, you’ll want to create your Expression of Interest profile for the applicable stream, which you can find at the links above that list the requirements for each stream. Lastly, check this page to get an idea of the average processing times for each stream.

We hope you found this guide helpful in determining whether the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program is right for you, feel free to comment with any questions and to join the Visto community and get our best content as soon as it comes out, make sure to join here.

Written by Josh Schachnow

Josh Schachnow is a Toronto-based immigration lawyer. After spending 4 years growing his own law firm and helping hundreds of immigrants and companies navigate Canadian immigration, he realized there was no technology to help make the process easy. So he started Visto, in an effort to automate all of the things he spent years doing manually – generating checklists, filling out forms, sending documents for signature, and more. He now spends most of his time talking to new clients, partners and working closely with the tech team to continue to improve the platform.