Canada Immigration – Alberta Nominates 129 Candidates at 305 CRS

Over the years Alberta province plays a significant role in inviting a good number of overseas candidates. The province is full of natural resources and beauty. Moreover, the less crowded areas attract a lot of candidates who are looking to Migrate to Canada. But from the last almost five months the province did not declare any draw that was only the area concern. However, recently the authorities have published the latest draw’s result.

Alberta Publish the latest draw figures that have nominated 129 candidates. The Comprehensive Ranking System score (CRS) of the lowest-ranked candidate who received a Notification of Interest letter was 305 points. After a break of almost five months, the province declared a draw. Moreover, the data of the draw is also published almost after one and a half months.

Nomination Certification Limits

• As per the latest update by the department till January 17, 2023, the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) has already issued all the IRCC nomination certificates for the year 2022.
• As a result, they continue to analyze the applications that are in the queue. However, they also specify that they will not issue any further certificates until this month.
• Last year, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) set nominations limits for the AAI Program for each year.
• As far as, for the year 2022, the IRCC has given 6500 nomination certificates target to Alberta.

AAIP Streams for the Skilled Workers

Three streams fall under the AAI programs. As per the record, the AAIP is assessing applications that are received before November 3, 2022, approximately.

• Alberta Opportunity Stream – approx 1152 applications were received after the given date, which are yet to assign to the immigration officers for further assessment.
• Alberta Express Entry Stream – approx 276 applications were submitted after the said date. These applications came under consideration as an Expression of Interest. As a result, not went for the review. In addition, the applications that come under the Accelerated Tech Pathway will be processed on a priority base.
• Rural Renewal Stream – the applications’ volume is very low. As a result, no applications are in the queue.

High Volume Occupations Based Applications

• 62020 – Food service supervisors
• 62010 – Retail sales supervisors
• 63200 – Cooks
• 13110 – Administrative assistants
• 21231 – Software engineers and designers
• 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants
• 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
• 73300 – Transport truck drivers
• 13100 – Administrative officers
• 21222 – Information systems specialists

Conclusion

As per the nomination certification limits for the year 2022, the target given to the province was 6500. However, the province just reached the number of 2449 Notification of Interest letters by December 8, 2022. Even if we considered the in-line applications, still the province reaches only 3800+ applications. Canada Immigration cannot be completed without the support of the Alberta provincial nominee program. These numbers indicate the potentiality of the province. This year, there are likely chances that the province may meet the nomination target.

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