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January 2020 AINP NOI

NiclasB

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Sep 15, 2019
161
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As you do not have job offer may b That is the reason why they are delaying the process to issue NOI
I'm hoping it's just a delay and that they haven't decide not to issue one to me. So far I haven't seen any cooks without a job offer get a noi
 

wjillm

Star Member
Feb 15, 2020
118
52
Alberta
Category........
AINP
Where in Jasper do you work? I'm trying to figure out restaurants that are able to do an lmia
I don't have LMIA, I'm on my Young professional visa. The LMIA process is not convenient for employers and they have to pay fee 1000CAD. I heard about one restaurant here in Jasper (Something Else restaurant) who sponsors for LMIA not sure if it's true though.
 

ingoingoingo

Star Member
Jan 25, 2020
182
130
Alberta
Category........
AINP
Visa Office......
Sydney
NOC Code......
3111 (CRS 1058)
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
31-01-2020
Nomination.....
11-03-2020
AOR Received.
07-02-2020
IELTS Request
30-11-2019
Med's Done....
07-02-2020
VISA ISSUED...
29-09-2020
LANDED..........
29-09-2020
When does Alberta contact our employers... before issuing the NOI or before nomination?
Before nomination. For me this was immediately before (as in <30 minutes). But as has been said, they don’t necessarily contact.
 

ingoingoingo

Star Member
Jan 25, 2020
182
130
Alberta
Category........
AINP
Visa Office......
Sydney
NOC Code......
3111 (CRS 1058)
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
31-01-2020
Nomination.....
11-03-2020
AOR Received.
07-02-2020
IELTS Request
30-11-2019
Med's Done....
07-02-2020
VISA ISSUED...
29-09-2020
LANDED..........
29-09-2020
I was told the same thing by an immigration consultant company regarding the O&G business going down. He said that Alberta economy is extremely poor and housing prices have doomed and due to this the creation of jobs look negative. In addition, he stated that if Alberta draws happen in the future, the processing time would be close to a year because Alberta doesn't require immigration at least in the near future. I don't know how true this is.
It sounds a bit extreme to me... day to day life goes on fine in Alberta. But natural resources are huge part of the overall economy and I understand have never really recovered over past 10 years. I doubt you’ll get a job in that sector as an immigrant (in fact a lot of related NOCs are on excluded list on AINP website). But they’re definitely looking for immigrants in other sectors.

Processing time for me from NOI to nomination was around 2 months (but prep time significantly longer, to get to point of being able to submit EE profile and before that to come on temporary visa with correct Canadian professional certifications ... started around April 2018!). Will take another 6 months for PR. If you went outside of express entry then both provincial and federal stages would likely be significantly longer ... around 5 and 15-19 months respectively, so more like 2 years.
 
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ingoingoingo

Star Member
Jan 25, 2020
182
130
Alberta
Category........
AINP
Visa Office......
Sydney
NOC Code......
3111 (CRS 1058)
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
31-01-2020
Nomination.....
11-03-2020
AOR Received.
07-02-2020
IELTS Request
30-11-2019
Med's Done....
07-02-2020
VISA ISSUED...
29-09-2020
LANDED..........
29-09-2020
I don't have LMIA, I'm on my Young professional visa. The LMIA process is not convenient for employers and they have to pay fee 1000CAD. I heard about one restaurant here in Jasper (Something Else restaurant) who sponsors for LMIA not sure if it's true though.
That’s a great restaurant!
 

ingoingoingo

Star Member
Jan 25, 2020
182
130
Alberta
Category........
AINP
Visa Office......
Sydney
NOC Code......
3111 (CRS 1058)
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
31-01-2020
Nomination.....
11-03-2020
AOR Received.
07-02-2020
IELTS Request
30-11-2019
Med's Done....
07-02-2020
VISA ISSUED...
29-09-2020
LANDED..........
29-09-2020
What I mean to say is whether Alberta contacts employer before issuing the NOI?
No they don’t. Probably a computer algorithm issues the NOIs. They assume what you’ve said is true. They confirm this during the review of your application after NOI. And then confirm everything again and some more things during PR process at federal level.
 

ingoingoingo

Star Member
Jan 25, 2020
182
130
Alberta
Category........
AINP
Visa Office......
Sydney
NOC Code......
3111 (CRS 1058)
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
31-01-2020
Nomination.....
11-03-2020
AOR Received.
07-02-2020
IELTS Request
30-11-2019
Med's Done....
07-02-2020
VISA ISSUED...
29-09-2020
LANDED..........
29-09-2020
Does anyone know if updating your express entry profile puts you further back in the ainp line? I created my profile in November. But changed the name of the company in my work history last week
No it doesn’t. And it doesn’t seem like there’s a queue with AINP compared with standard federal ITAs, which have a tie-break date. My guess is they have a list of NOCs (according to demand etc) and allocate a certain number of people to each, first prioritizing those with connections (and particularly job offer). But this is just speculation. Given the purpose of AINP is to get people to live in Alberta long term and contribute to the province’s prosperity, this makes sense.
 
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NiclasB

Star Member
Sep 15, 2019
161
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I don't have LMIA, I'm on my Young professional visa. The LMIA process is not convenient for employers and they have to pay fee 1000CAD. I heard about one restaurant here in Jasper (Something Else restaurant) who sponsors for LMIA not sure if it's true though.
Interesting. I thought you had a valid job offer though?

I'm on the young professional visa too. Really hopping I get a noi, as that is pretty much my only way to stay now. Corona is shutting down a lot of places here in Canmore and Banff. Not really anyone offering lmia
 

MatAb

Star Member
Jan 30, 2020
78
61
Before nomination. For me this was immediately before (as in <30 minutes). But as has been said, they don’t necessarily contact.
No update today..weird after seeing your turnaround time hah. Boss replied last night. Staying patient with it as much as possible..thought i was going to get it in the am.
 

ingoingoingo

Star Member
Jan 25, 2020
182
130
Alberta
Category........
AINP
Visa Office......
Sydney
NOC Code......
3111 (CRS 1058)
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
31-01-2020
Nomination.....
11-03-2020
AOR Received.
07-02-2020
IELTS Request
30-11-2019
Med's Done....
07-02-2020
VISA ISSUED...
29-09-2020
LANDED..........
29-09-2020
No update today..weird after seeing your turnaround time hah. Boss replied last night. Staying patient with it as much as possible..thought i was going to get it in the am.
Hope it comes through for you soon, especially before next Wed. Maybe they’ve also contacted someone else like old employer? Or might be that the officer working on your file works less-than-full-time and doesn’t work Thursdays? Nobody knows! So much uncertainty!

Keep strong!
 
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ingoingoingo

Star Member
Jan 25, 2020
182
130
Alberta
Category........
AINP
Visa Office......
Sydney
NOC Code......
3111 (CRS 1058)
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
31-01-2020
Nomination.....
11-03-2020
AOR Received.
07-02-2020
IELTS Request
30-11-2019
Med's Done....
07-02-2020
VISA ISSUED...
29-09-2020
LANDED..........
29-09-2020
People may have seen that the federal Immigration Minister announced numbers for 2020 today. See https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2020/03/canada-announces-plan-to-continue-growing-the-economy-and-creating-middle-class-jobs-through-responsible-increases-in-newcomers.html.

Nationally, they plan for 67,800 (range 65,500-74,000) via PNPs.

For Alberta, I could not find the breakdown of allocated nomination certificates published as yet. In 2019, it was 6000 of 61,000 target (9.8%). And in 2018, it was 10,269 of 62,427 (16.4%). So should be around 6500 to 12,000. The official 2020 figures will perhaps be published when they next update the AINP website.

AINP have only issued 651 NOIs under AEES in Jan/Feb, which won’t all convert to Nominations/PR. They currently have 1575 applications under AOS since Oct 2019.

In 2019 under AEES, they issued 2552 NOIs in Mar/Apr vs 716 in Jan/Feb.

So although there is little certainty with things like this, everyone has good reason to be hopeful that things will finally start to happen!