New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP)
Overview.
The New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program targets qualified candidates who meet specific economic and labor market needs in the province.
Under the NBPNP, candidates can qualify through one of five categories:
- New Brunswick Express Entry Stream.
- New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream.
- New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream for Truck Drivers
- New Brunswick Entrepreneurial Stream.
- New Brunswick Post-Graduate Entrepreneurial Stream.
- Atlantic Immigration Pilot
Mandatory Requirements
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The New Brunswick Express Entry Stream targets candidates with profiles in the federal Express Entry Pool.
They must have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to New Brunswick’s economy and be ready to live and work permanently in the province.
Candidates must meet the initial eligibility requirements, before being assessed and scored on six factors: age, education, language skills, work experience, job offer and adaptability.
New Brunswick Express Entry Stream: Initial Eligibility Requirements
1) Connection to New Brunswick.
Candidates must meet one of the following requirements:
- Be living in New Brunswick and working paid, full-time employment from a New Brunswick company in an occupation listed as skill type 0 or skill level A or B of the NOC.
- Have an offer of continuous, paid, full-time employment from a New Brunswick company in an occupation listed as NOC 0, A or B.
- Have been selected by New Brunswick from the Express Entry pool in response to provincial labour market needs.
2) Intend to reside in New Brunswick.
Candidates must prove a genuine intention to reside in New Brunswick. Examples of ways intent can be established include:
- Description of actions taken to permanently settle in New Brunswick.
- Current employment in New Brunswick.
- Employment search details.
- Length of any previous and/or current period of residence in New Brunswick.
- Community involvement.
- Ability to support yourself in New Brunswick.
- Connections to New Brunswick through work, study or family.
- Professional networks and affiliations.
- Residency including household lease agreements and/or property ownership.
- Family ties and other social relationships and connections.
- Details of prior visits to Canada.
- Connection to other jurisdictions in Canada.
3) Have the required settlement funds.
Settlement funds required for New Brunswick Express Entry are the same as federal government settlement funds.
4) Meet the minimum qualifications of occupations classified as NOC 0, A or B.
5) Receive a genuine job offer (if applicable).
A job offer is not required for the New Brunswick Express Entry Stream.
However, who one has been obtained, it must be permanent, full time and non-seasonal employment in an eligible occupation. Full time means a minimum of 30 hours per week or 1,560 hours per year.
6) Be offered a competitive wage (if applicable)
Where a job offer is included in an application, the wages offered must:
- Meet or exceed the median wage level for the occupation in the specific region of New Brunswick.
- Be comparable to the rate paid to workers with a similar level of experience and training for equivalent jobs in New Brunswick.
- Be consistent with the wage structure of the employer.
New Brunswick Express Entry Stream: Selection Factors
One of the eligibility requirements are met, candidates are scored based on six selection factors. Candidates must score 67 points out of a possible 100 to qualify. Click here to Calculate.
The New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream for Truck Drivers is aimed specifically at candidates under NOC 7511 for Transport Truck Drivers, who have secured a permanent, full-time job offer from a New Brunswick employer.
New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream for Truck Drivers: Eligibility Requirements
1. Intend to reside in New Brunswick
Candidates may be asked to demonstrate their intention to reside in New Brunswick by providing evidence that may include training as a truck driver in Atlantic Canada, driving logs showing time spent in the province, residency in the province, family ties etc.
2. Work Experience
Candidates must have 2 years of work experience in the last 5, including 6 months in New Brunswick on a Labour Market Impact Assessment-supported work permit, or a Post-Graduation Work Permit.
3. Job Offer
a) To be eligible, employers must:
- Have been in continuous, active operation in New Brunswick for at least 2 years under the same ownership.
- Have a physical presence in New Brunswick.
- Be in good standing with federal and provincial employment standards.
- Not be in violation of the Immigration and Refugees Protection Act (IRPA) or Immigration and
- Refugees Protection Regulations (IRPR).
- Be actively engaged in the NB business, and therefore directly connected to the employment of the candidate.
b) Job offer must be permanent, full-time and non-seasonal for at least 30 hours per week, or 1,560 hours per year.
c) Wage offered must be competitive with New Brunswick wage rates for the occupation.
d) Candidates must have a valid New Brunswick Class 1 Driving License.
4. Selection Factors
One the eligibility requirements are met, candidates are scored based on six selection factors. Candidates must score 60 points out of a possible 100 to qualify.Click here to Calculate
The New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program Entrepreneurial Stream is aimed at professionals ready to invest in a business in the province and move there with their families.
The primary requirements are:
- Have an eligible connection to New Brunswick.
- Be aged between 22 and 55.
- Minimum two years post-secondary education degree or diploma.
- Score at least level 5 on the Canadian Language Benchmark exam for speaking, listening, reading and writing in English or French.
- Have completed at least two years full time post-secondary education.
- Legally-acquired personal net worth of at least $600,000, of which $300,000 must be available in unencumbered liquidity.
- Invest at least $250,000 in a New Brunswick business, taking ownership of at least 33 percent.
- Sign a Business Performance Agreement with the New Brunswick provincial government and pay a deposit of $100,000.
- Business must create significant economic benefits to New Brunswick.
- Show business experience – either three years of ownership or five years of senior management experience in the last five years.
- Submit a business concept of 1,000 to 1,500 words.
- Conduct an exploratory visit to New Brunswick, or participate in an information session offered by the New Brunswick provincial government.
- Intend to live permanently in New Brunswick.
Application Process
1.Submit Expression of Interest (EOI)
Candidates submit a self-assessed Expression of Interest scored on the factors listed above.
2.Invitation to Apply (ITA)
Selected candidates receive an Invitation to Apply. Candidates have 90 days to submit an immigration application to the New Brunswick immigration department.
Candidates who receive an ITA must use a designated accounting services provider to complete a net worth verification report.
3.Application Assessment
New Brunswick officials assess your application, including the quality and feasibility of the business plan. This stage may include an invitation or an interview.
4.Nomination Decision
Approved candidates receive a letter with instructions for submitting a signed and dated Business Performance Agreement and the deposit of $100,000 to the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour. This must be done within 60 days of receiving the letter.
5.Permanent Residence Application
Successful candidates received a nomination from New Brunswick, for use in applying to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada for permanent residence.
The New Brunswick Post-Graduate Entrepreneurial Stream targets international graduates from recognized New Brunswick universities or community colleges.
Candidates must have started or acquired a New Brunswick business and operated it for at least one year, while holding a Post-Graduation Work Permit.
Eligibility Requirements
- Be aged between 22 and 40.
- Score at least level 7 on the Canadian Language Benchmark for speaking, listening, reading and writing in English or French.
- Have completed at least two years full-time post-secondary education at a recognized New Brunswick university or community college.
- Have lived in New Brunswick for the duration of the course (distance-learning courses do not qualify).
- Have 100 per cent owned and operated a business for one full year.
- Have a valid Post-Graduation Work Permit.
- Intend to live permanently in New Brunswick.
Application Process
1. Submit Expression of Interest (EOI)
Candidates submit a self-assessed Expression of Interest scored on the factors listed above.
2. Invitation to Apply (ITA)
Successful candidates receive an Invitation to Apply.
3. Submit Application
Candidates submit a full application to the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program and participates in an interview.
4. Permanent Residence Application
Candidates apply for permanent residence to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
5. Land In New Brunswick
Applicant reports landing within 30 days to NBPNP offices in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
The Atlantic Immigration Pilot is a joint federal-provincial program targeting skilled workers and international students.
It is an employer-driven immigration program.
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