The Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program (SINP) regularly searches the IRCC’s Express Entry pool to find candidates who may meet the criteria of one of Saskatchewan’s Express Entry immigration streams. The SINP collects individuals from the Express Entry Pool to personally invite them to live and work in Saskatchewan.

Through the SINP, Saskatchewan:

• invites residency applications from non-Canadians who want to make Saskatchewan their home; and
• nominates successful applicants to the federal government, so they can gain permanent residency in Canada.

Latest Saskatchewan PNP Draws 2021 (SINP):

Source: VisaPlace

On October 31, Saskatchewan conducted another draw for its provincial nomination. This is the 11th draw since September 25, and more than 4500 invitations have been issued. The SINP issued 858 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to candidates using the EOI system.

What is EOI?

EOI serves as ‘pre-application’ in SINP. Candidates have to answer questions based on work experience, education, and proficiency in English or French, etc. The candidates are given a score out of 100 based on their answers. One has to score a minimum of 60 to qualify. The candidates are then ranked based on their scores.
The candidates were chosen from the federal Express Entry system and Saskatchewan’s Occupation In-Demand sub-category. Neither of these requires the candidate to have a job offer.

Federal Express Entry

The minimum cut-off score for Express Entry candidates for this draw was 68 points. The Express Entry candidates who received an invitation for SINP received an extra 600 points in their CRS score. It will increase their probability of receiving an Invitation to Apply (ITA) in the next Federal draw. Express Entry consists of the following three categories:

• Federal Skilled Worker Class
• Federal Skilled Trades Class
• Canadian Experience Class

SINP Occupation In-Demand

In mid-September, SINP changed to an Excluded Occupations List making the number of eligible occupations to more than 200. The candidates who received an invite through the Occupations In-Demand sub-category will be able to apply for Canadian PR directly through SINP.