New Brunswick Skilled Worker with Employer Support Stream

Indeed, if you are already living and working or studying in New Brunswick — or if you called New Brunswick home in the recent past — your chances of success under the NBPNP Skilled Worker with Employer Support stream can improve substantially.

And if you have been unable to become eligible under the federal Express Entry system, or are languishing in the Express Entry pool with no sign of an invitation to apply for permanent residence, note that the New Brunswick Skilled Worker with Employer Support stream is not aligned with Express Entry. Therefore, it’s a good idea to look into this stream in detail, so let’s do exactly that.

Eligibility criteria

As a Skilled Worker Applicant with employer support:

• You are between 19 and 55 years of age.
• You demonstrate, at a minimum, basic language ability. Applicants must provide valid results from a language test (IELTS-General, CELPIP-General and/or TEF) from a test taken within the last two years. Applicants in National Occupation Classification (NOC) Training, Education, Experience, Responsibilities (TEER) category 4 and 5 must achieve a minimum standard of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 4 across all four categories: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
• You have the education, qualifications and, or licenses needed to fulfill your job duties. You will provide evidence that you have, at a minimum, been awarded a high school diploma for education completed after junior/middle school and before college, university and other formal training.
• You will live and work in New Brunswick.
• Your offer of employment is genuine. The company must have been operating for at least one year at the time the application is received. You will demonstrate that you have been interviewed and hired by your employer.
• You are a permanent full-time employee of a New Brunswick company. You are expected to regularly work the standard number of hours fixed by the employer for employees in the Occupational Group in which you are employed. Your job will not have a pre-determined end date.
• Your job is represented in one of the following National Occupation Classification (NOC) TEER categories: TEER category 0, 1,2,3, and certain TEER category 4 and 5 occupations.
• You score a minimum of 60 points in the selection factors outlined below.

Employers should note the following:

• The employer must demonstrate that they have been unable to find a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada to perform the job duties.
• The job must provide a comparable industry rate of pay. Accommodations provided by the employer will not be considered as part of the compensation package.
• The job complies with New Brunswick employment standards.

Selection factors

Age (Maximum points: 10)

Language (Maximum points: 28)

Scoring is based on your ability to speak, read and write English and/or French. If you cannot speak, read and write either English or French, or both, at a basic level you will be refused.

Education (Maximum points: 20)

Adaptability (Maximum points: 12)

You must demonstrate your genuine intention to settle in New Brunswick.

Work experience (Maximum points: 20)

The number of years you have worked in your intended occupation during the last five years.

Priority occupation (Maximum points: 10)

You may be awarded 10 points if your intended occupation is in the education, health care, manufacturing, transportation or the business service centres sector, and your employer can demonstrate that they have been unable to identify qualified candidates in the local labour market.

Application Process

Step 1: Get a valid offer of employment from a New Brunswick employer

In order to be eligible for this stream, you must have accepted an offer of full-time, permanent employment from a New Brunswick employer who is willing to support you through the NBPNP process.

Step 2: Submit your candidate profile online

Once you’re ready to apply, you must create and submit your candidate profile. This is done online using the Immigration New Brunswick online portal.

Step 3: Receive your invitation to apply and submit your application

As long as you meet the stream requirements, you will receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) which enables you to submit your application for provincial nomination. After receiving your Invitation to Apply you have 45 days to submit your complete application via the New Brunswick online portal.

Step 4: Receive your provincial nomination and apply for PR

If your application is approved, you’ll receive an official provincial nomination. Receiving this nomination enables you to submit a federal application for Canadian permanent resident status. Please note that this stream is not aligned with the federal Express Entry system, meaning that you must submit a paper-based PR application.

Applications for the New Brunswick Skilled Worker with Employer Support stream are not accepted from applicants who:

• Have an application in process under another immigration program in Canada.
• Are not lawfully residing in their country of residence at the time an application is received at the NBPNP
  Office. (Proof of lawful residence is required.)
• Have an unresolved humanitarian and compassionate claim in Canada.
• Are failed humanitarian and compassionate claimants living in Canada.
• Have an unresolved refugee claim in Canada.
• Are failed refugee claimants living in Canada.
• Are under a removal order in Canada.
• Are prohibited from entering Canada.Are engaged in full-time post secondary education.
• Are live-in caregivers.
• Are seasonal workers.

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Are you ready to apply for immigration to Canada through the New Brunswick Skilled Worker with Employer Support stream? If so, visit here to see the document checklist and take the next steps in your journey to Canadian permanent residence.