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Alberta invited 100 applicants to apply for provincial nomination for permanent residency on October 26, 2023. Profiles under the Express Entry pool with a CRS score of 369 or above, have families in Alberta, and primary occupations in demand were targeted in this round of invitation.

9,028 nomination certificates have been issued by Alberta in all the categories as at November 1, 2023. Alberta has a total quota of 9,750 for 2023, 4,875 out of this number are set aside for Express Entry profiles.

See below latest processing update On AAIP (Alberta Advantage Immigration Program)

See below Occupations With High Volume of Applications

Profiles with the below-listed occupations have a high volume of applications in worker streams and may take longer than usual for processing.

• 62020 – Food service supervisors
• 63200 – Cooks
• 62010 – Retail sales supervisors
• 13110 – Administrative assistants
• 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
• 65201 – Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations
• 13100 – Administrative officers
• 73300 – Transport truck drivers
• 21222 – Information systems specialists
• 60020 – Retail and wholesale trade managers

See below Occupations Eligible for Alberta Dedicated Healthcare Pathway

• Physicians – College of Physicians and Surgeon of Alberta (CPSA)
• Registered Nurses (RNs) – College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA)
• Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) – College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA)
• Nurse Practitioners (NPs) – College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA)
• Physician Assistants – College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA)
• Occupational Therapist – Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT)
• Physiotherapist – College of Physiotherapist of Alberta (CPA)
• Clinical Social Worker – Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW)
• Psychologist – College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP)

See below Occupations Eligible for Alberta Dedicated Healthcare Pathway

• 00012 Senior managers – financial, communications and other business services

  10011 Human resources managers

  10022 Advertising, marketing and public relations manager

  10030 Telecommunication carriers manager

  11200 Human resources professionals

  11202 Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations

  12101 Human resources and recruitment officers

  20010 Engineering managers

  20011 Architecture and science managers

  20012 Computer and information systems managers

  21210 Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries

  21211 Data scientists

  21220 Cybersecurity specialists

  21221 Business system specialists

• 21222 Information systems specialists21233 Web designers

  21223 Database analysts and data administrators

  21231 Software engineers and designers

  21230 Computer systems developers and programmers

  21232 Software developers and programmers

  21234 Web developers and programmers

  21300 Civil engineers

  21301 Mechanical engineers

  21310 Electrical and electronics engineers

  21311 Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)

  22110 Biological technologists and technicians

  22212 Drafting technologists and technicians

  22220 Computer network and web technicians

  22221 User support technicians

  22222 Information systems testing technicians

  22301 Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

  22302 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians

  22310 Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians

  32120 Medical laboratory technologists

  32129 Other medical technologists and technicians

  33101 Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations

• 41402 Business development officers and market researchers and analysts50011 Managers – publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts

  51120 Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations

  52120 Graphic designers and illustrators

  60010 Corporate sales managers

  72200 Electricians (except industrial and power system)

  72201 Industrial electricians

  72205 Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians

Processing timeframes differ as not all invited Express Entry candidates accept the nomination and not everyone arrives within the same year after the invitation.

Need help creating an express entry profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

On Thursday, October 24, 2023, the latest express entry draw sent out 1,548 invitations to apply for Permanent Residency in a PNP-only round of invitation. In this draw, the lowest CRS cut-off score was 776.

IRCC hasn’t held a PNP-only draw since May of 2023 and the CRS cut-off score of this draw increased by 85 points compared to the last PNP-only draw.

See below the Latest Express Entry CRS Score Distribution

See below the CRS Score Trend in 2023

IRCC has added more occupations to the list of occupations eligible for 50 additional CRS points with a certificate of qualification. See below the complete list of 101 professions that can now receive 50 extra CRS points for a certificate of qualification.

1. Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists – 22114
2. Drafting technologists and technicians – 22212
3. Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) – 22311
4. Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics – 22312
5. Chefs – 62200
6. Cooks – 63200
7. Butchers – retail and wholesale – 63201
8. Bakers – 63202
9. Hairstylists and Barbers – 63210
10. Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations – 72010
11. Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations – 72011
12. Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades – 72012
13. Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades – 72013
14. Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers – 72014
15. Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades – 72020
16. Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews – 72021
17. Supervisors, printing and related occupations – 72022
18. Supervisors, railway transport operations – 72023
19. Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators – 72024
20. Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations – 72025
21. Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors – 72100
22. Tool and die makers – 72101
23. Sheet metal workers – 72102
24. Boilermakers – 72103
25. Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters – 72104
26. Ironworkers – 72105
27. Welders and related machine operators – 72106
28. Electricians (except industrial and power system) – 72200
29. Industrial electricians – 72201
30. Power system electricians – 72202
31. Electrical power line and cable workers – 72203
32. Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers – 72204
33. Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians – 72205
34. Plumbers – 72300
35. Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers – 72301
36. Gas fitters – 72302
37. Carpenters – 72310
38. Cabinetmakers – 72311
39. Bricklayers – 72320
40. Insulators – 72321
41. Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics – 72400
42. Heavy-duty equipment mechanics – 72401
43. Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics – 72402
44. Railway carmen/women – 72403
45. Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors – 72404
46. Machine fitters – 72405
47. Elevator constructors and mechanics – 72406
48. Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers – 72410
49. Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators – 72411
50. Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics – 72420
51. Appliance servicers and repairers – 72421
52. Electrical mechanics – 72422
53. Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics – 72423
54. Other small engine and small equipment repairers – 72429
55. Crane operators – 72500
56. Water well drillers – 72501
57. Other technical trades and related occupations – 72999
58. Concrete finishers – 73100
59. Tilesetters – 73101
60. Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers – 73102
61. Roofers and shinglers – 73110
62. Glaziers – 73111
63. Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) – 73112
64. Floor covering installers – 73113
65. Residential and commercial installers and servicers – 73200
66. General building maintenance workers and building superintendents – 73201
67. Pest controllers and fumigators – 73202
68. Other repairers and servicers – 73209
69. Transport truck drivers – 73300
70. Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators – 73301
71. Railway and yard locomotive engineers – 73310
72. Railway conductors and brakemen/women – 73311
73. Heavy equipment operators – 73400
74. Printing press operators – 73401
75. Drillers and blasters – surface mining, quarrying and construction – 73402
76. Supervisors, logging and forestry – 82010
77. Supervisors, mining and quarrying – 82020
78. Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services – 82021
79. Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors – 82030
80. Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services – 82031
81. Underground production and development miners – 83100
82. Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers – 83101
83. Logging machinery operators – 83110
84. Fishing masters and officers – 83120
85. Fishermen/women – 83121
86. Supervisors, mineral and metal processing – 92010
87. Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities – 92011
88. Supervisors, food and beverage processing – 92012
89. Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing – 92013
90. Supervisors, forest products processing – 92014
91. Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing – 92015
92. Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling – 92020
93. Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing – 92021
94. Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing – 92022
95. Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing – 92023
96. Supervisors, other products manufacturing and assembly – 92024
97. Power engineers and power systems operators – 92100
98. Water and waste treatment plant operators – 92101
99. Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing – 93100
100. Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing – 93101
101. Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators – 93102

We expect to see more express entry draws this week from IRCC.

Need help creating an express entry or a provincial nomination profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com