How does this work? How do we make them see that we have uncles and aunts living in Alberta from 15 odd years?
AINP do pick from EE profiles, and that is not the place we declare the provinces our relatives live in. So where exactly do we declare this?
This is in the first section of EE profile under “Family” and you can put in any relatives including uncle/aunt in Alberta. We’re told that only first degree relatives will improve chances of getting selected, not uncles, aunts, cousins etc. Other connections to Alberta are: education, work experience, job offer.
It’s all on the AINP website as follows:
If you have one or more of the following adaptability factors, this may increase your likelihood of receiving a Notification of Interest letter:
- Alberta job offer and/or work experience
- A graduate of a Canadian post-secondary institution
- A relative that is living in Alberta: parent, child, brother and/or sister
With a low demand NOC and no connections, it’s less likely to get NOI. Certainly in recent months. But honestly no-one really knows unless they work for AINP (and even then it’s probably a computer algorithm that sends the NOIs). You can try searching for the NOC to find out other people’s experience and timelines. Or look at opportunities for temporary immigration for work/study and, in time, your options for permanent immigration may improve. But if your goal is to come to Canada and not specifically Alberta, then it might be worth exploring other options too including provincial nomination elsewhere.