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Employer Driven Stream

Employer Driven Stream

The Employer Driven Stream is for Alberta Employers who want to retain a foreign worker on a permanent, full-time basis where there is a challenge finding Albertans or Canadians to fill the position.

Foreign workers must have a permanent, full-time job offer from an Alberta Employer who intend to live and work in Alberta permanently.

ELIGIBILITY

The Alberta Employer must make a permanent, full-time job offer to a Candidate under one of three categories.

1.        Skilled Workers

Applicants who have a permanent full-time job offer from their Alberta Employer in a skilled occupation described in Canada’s National Occupation Classification (NOC) in levels O, A and B.

2.       International Graduates

Applicants who have recently graduated from a Canadian post-secondary institution and have a permanent, full-time job offer from their Alberta Employer in Canada’s National Occupation Classification (NOC) in levels O, A, B or C.

3.        Semi-Skilled Workers

Applicants who have a permanent, full-time job offer from an Alberta Employer in a semi-skilled occupations described in Canada’s National Occupation Classification (NOC) in levels C and D which are eligible under AINP. Only certain occupations are eligible.

INELIGIBLE OCCUPATIONS IN NOC C and D

1.   (1) Supervisors, foremen and tradespeople, working in a Compulsory or Optional Trade in Alberta (including chefs, cooks, and line cooks);

(2) Compulsory and Optional Trades are eligible under the Strategic Recruitment  Stream, Compulsory and Optional Trades Category.

2.   Clergy, elementary and secondary school teachers, professional athletes and dental laboratory bench workers;

3.   Refugee claimants, or individuals involved in a federal appeal or removal process;

4.   Semi-skilled workers NOT in an eligible AINP industry or occupation;

5.   Live-in caregivers currently living in Canada; and

6.   Temporary foreign workers working and residing in a province other than Alberta.

Other restrictions on eligibility may also apply for each AINP stream or category.

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