January 2020 AINP NOI

[NiclasB]

My noc is 6322 and crs 429

That's annoying. I have 444 and noc 6322. Inland in alberta. But without job offer. And I created my profile in November.

 

[NiclasB]

They won't contact you employer before issuing NOI, they might contact him further in you application.

Where in Jasper do you work? I'm trying to figure out restaurants that are able to do an lmia

 

[Sukh_3$]

That's annoying. I have 444 and noc 6322. Inland in alberta. But without job offer. And I created my profile in November.

As you do not have job offer may b That is the reason why they are delaying the process to issue NOI

 

[NiclasB]

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

 

[swapnil14]

What is your NOC and CRS?

NOC 2232 and EE profile is not required to apply under AOS.

 

[wjillm]

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]

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]

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.

 

[ingoingoingo]

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]

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]

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.

 

[NiclasB]

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]

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]

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!

 

[ingoingoingo]

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!