{"id":145196,"date":"2018-01-10T02:45:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T07:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=145196"},"modified":"2018-01-10T02:45:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T07:45:16","slug":"alberta-announces-higher-nomination-intake-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/10\/alberta-announces-higher-nomination-intake-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta announces higher nomination intake for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alberta has announced that its maximum Provincial Nominee Program allotment for 2018 is 5,600 nominations. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alberta has announced that its maximum Provincial Nominee Program allotment for 2018 is 5,600 nominations.<\/p>\n

The 2018 maximum represents an increase of 100 nominations over the\u00a0Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP)<\/a>\u2019s 2017 allotment of 5,500.<\/p>\n

Alberta was expected to receive a slightly higher allotment in 2018 as a result of the federal government\u2019s\u00a0multi-year immigration plan<\/a>, which was announced November 1, 2017. The federal plan includes an\u00a0increased Provincial Nominee Program target\u00a0of 55,000 for 2018, up eight per cent over 2017\u2019s target of 51,000.<\/p>\n

New streams due in 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The AINP is currently divided into three immigration streams, the\u00a0Strategic Recruitment Stream<\/a>,\u00a0Employer-Driven Stream<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Self-Employed Farmer Stream.<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2018, the Strategic Recruitment Stream and the Employer-Driven Stream and their sub-categories are due to be condensed into one stream, the\u00a0Alberta Opportunity Stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alberta is also expected to introduce a second stream aligned with the federal Express Entry pool in 2018, but the criteria for this stream have yet to be made public.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Alberta Express Entry Stream<\/a>\u00a0will allow the AINP to nominate \u00a0a limited number of candidates in Express Entry pool, which includes candidates from the federal government\u2019s three economic immigration classes \u2014 the\u00a0Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC)<\/a>, the\u00a0Federal Skilled Trades Class (FSTC)<\/a>, and the\u00a0Canadian Experience Class (CEC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the AINP, the following 10\u00a0National Occupational Classification codes<\/a>\u00a0make up\u00a0more than half of applications for provincial nomination certificates.<\/p>\n