Long-Haul Truck Drivers

This sub-category allows trucking firms to bring long-haul truck drivers to Saskatchewan. To qualify for this project, long-haul truck drivers:

• Must begin working for an approved trucking firm in Saskatchewan on a temporary foreign work permit.
• If an approved trucking firm offers permanent employment, the trucker may apply to the SINP for permanent resident status after at least six months employment.
• Meet the sub-category criteria. Criteria can change at any time, but we'll use what was on this website when we received your complete application.

Eligibility

To apply for SINP nomination through this sub-category, you must:

• Be working for an SINP-approved Saskatchewan trucking firm for at least six months on a temporary work permit. The permit must be issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and based on a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) from Service Canada;
• Have a current Saskatchewan Class 1A driver's licence;
• Have an offer of full-time, permanent employment from your employer which must be an approved trucking firm in Saskatchewan; and,
• Have at least Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) 4 or higher English language ability in all four categories (listening, speaking, reading and writing).
  
  • See Learning English for more information on acceptable language assessments.
• Have a valid SINP Job Approval Letter.

See the Saskatchewan Trucking Association for a list of firms that may be hiring foreign drivers. Check with companies to see if they’ve been SINP-approved. Only apply after they’ve been SINP-approved.

The federal government sets the amount of nominations the SINP can make every year. The SINP also accepts a maximum number of applications for each year. No application is guaranteed to be accepted and/or nominated.

Adaptability Matrix

The Adaptability Assessment Matrix is used to evaluate your potential to successfully settle in Manitoba and become economically established by starting a business. In order to be nominated, you must score a minimum 60 (out of a maximum 100) points on this matrix.

 1: AGE

2. BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE

3. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

•  Length of experience is counted only for senior management or business ownership experience as defined by the PNP-B. No points will be awarded for other experience. For example, middle or entry level management experience or self-employed business ownership experience will not score any points under this criteria. 

4. NET WORTH

5: LANGUAGE FLUENCY

To be scored for this criterion, an applicant must submit test results from an approved language-testing organization (IELTS test score or equivalent language competency test score) as proof of language proficiency.

Language tests accepted by the MPNP

The MPNP has approved two English testing agencies – International English language Testing System (IELTS) General and Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP)-General (available in Canada only). These are the same agencies and tests used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

You must take one of these tests no more than two years before the date you submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to the PNP-B, and must submit the official results as a required document with your PNP-B application.

Applicants are assigned points based on their Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level. The PNP-B uses the following table to determine CLB levels from language test results.

 « NCLC » signifie niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens/Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB).

You must submit results from the following TEF tests as proof of your French language proficiency: compréhension écrite; compréhension orale; expression écrite; expression orale.

6. ENHANCED SETTLEMENT FACTORS

The Exploratory Visit must be conducted no more than one year prior to submission of an EOI.

A close relative must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and residing in Manitoba for more than one year. A close relative is defined as a sister/brother, aunt/uncle, niece/nephew, grandparent or first cousin. Proof of relationship must be provided. If your relative has lived in Manitoba for more than one year, provide proof that he/she is well-established in Manitoba (proof of employment, proof of residence, Canada Revenue Agency Notice of Assessment, etc.)

You must provide documents supporting the enrollment of your children in an accredited Manitoba educational institution.

Preparing Business Intent

Qualifications

Exploratory Visit | Business Experience | Business Intent | Preparing the Business Intent | Eligible Investments

Guidelines for Preparation of the Business Intent

The following is an outline of what the Summary of the Business Intent should contain:

I. Business Idea/Venture

Describe proposed business idea or venture and include:

• A description of the proposed business idea.
• Products or services that will be provided.
• Market segment business will compete in.
• Who the target customers are.
• The geographic coverage – local, regional or national.
• Identify whether this is a new business start-up or a partial/whole takeover of an existing business.

II. Personal Details

• Education background
  
  • Does your education relate to the proposed business idea?
  • Business experience?
  • Do you have business experience in the proposed business idea?
  • If no relevant experience, can your knowledge or experience be applied to the proposed business idea?
• Qualifications and skills
  
  • Other training or learned skills that are relevant to the proposed business idea.
• Language skills
  
  • Language proficiency
  • Language barriers

III. Critical Factors

• Identify government regulations that will be applicable to the proposed business idea such as environmental regulations, health regulations, municipal zoning requirements, and labour rules.
• Are there special insurance requirements?
• Outline any overall anticipated challenges in addition to those identified above.

IV. Market Analysis

• Market size
  
  • What is the size of the market? Is it local, regional, national, or export-oriented?
• Market segment
  
  • Which segment of the market will the proposed business target? For example, the motor vehicle market is made up of many segments: luxury, family, compact, 4WD.
• Market trends
  
  • Is the market growing, contracting, or static? What is the industry forecast?
• Target market and customer profile
  
  • What kind of customers will your proposed business target? Provide demographics data.
• Competition
  
  • List the existing competitors.
  • How will the proposed business compete against competitors?
  • How to differentiate product from competitor (can be part of marketing/promotion).
• Marketing and promotion
  
  • What marketing efforts will be required to promote the business and products?

V. Resource Requirements

• Location and distribution
  
  • Will the premise be owned or leased?
  • Where will the premise be located?
  • Is the planned location close to suppliers, customers, trucking routes?
• Plant and equipment
  
  • What type of equipment will be required? Is there any special equipment?
• Suppliers
  
  • Identify suppliers that will supply the raw material or services.
  • Is there a contingency plan if a vital supply source fails?
• Distribution Channel
  
  • What channel will be used to distribute products or services–retail, internet, door-to-door?
  • Will you be the exclusive distributor, or will you resell to other retailers?
• Professional Advisors
  
  • Do you plan to use outside professional services? Normally accountants and lawyers are required for financial and legal matters.
  • Others may include web developers and marketing consultants.

VII. Human Resource Requirements

• Your role
  
  • You must outline your intended role and clearly demonstrate that you will have an active and ongoing day-to-day role in the management of the business.
  • Please provide an organization chart.
• Employees
  
  • Will you employ workers? If so, what are the strategies around finding, hiring and keeping employees?
  • Have you taken into consideration federal and provincial regulations around occupational safety and health, as well as labour issues such as wages?
  • Will you employ an accountant for payroll issues? If not, are you familiar with requirements for making payroll deductions, such as Income Tax, Employment Insurance (EI) and Canada Pension Plan contributions (CPP)?

VI. Financial Feasibility

• Capital requirements
  
  • How much capital is required to get the business started?
  • How much capital is required to keep the business going before break-even occurs?
• Credit requirements
  
  • Will financing be required? How much?
  • Source of financing? (Financial institutions? Private investors?)
• Breakdown of investment
  
  • List the total amount of investment.
  • List how the investment will be broken down.
  • List the amount of personal funds to be invested as well as amount to be financed (borrowed).

Eligible Business Investments

Student

This sub-category is for students who:

• Have graduated from a recognized post-secondary educational institution in Canada.
• Want to apply for nomination by the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP).
• Meet the sub-category criteria. Criteria can change at any time, but we'll use what was on this website when we received your complete application.

Students may apply to any of the other SINP categories, if they meet their criteria.

Eligibility

Students who have graduated from a Saskatchewan institute

• You may qualify in this sub-category if:
• You’ve graduated from a recognized post-secondary educational institution in Saskatchewan with:
  
  • A certificate;
  • A diploma; or
  • A degree.
• You’ve worked for a minimum of 6 months (or 960 hours) of paid employment in Saskatchewan.
  • Eligible types of work experience in Saskatchewan include:
    
    • On- campus;
    • Off-campus;
    • Co-op terms;
    • Graduate fellowships that can be verified by your institution; and
    • Work experience gained on a post-graduate work permit.
• You’ve applied for and received a valid post-graduation work permit from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• You have a current, permanent, full-time job offer in your field of study from a Saskatchewan employer. The job should be:
  
  • In an occupation in the National Occupation Classification (NOC) Matrix level “A”, “B”, “0” or
  • In a designated trade, or
  • A job offer that is related to your field of study and requires post-secondary education.
    
    • Food and Beverage Servers/Persons must apply under the Hospitality Sector Project sub-category.
• You have a valid SINP Job Approval Letter.
• You must have a minimum language score of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 4 if your job offer is in a NOC ‘C’ occupation.

Students who have graduated from an institute in Canada

You may qualify in this sub-category if:

• You’ve graduated from a program equivalent to at least one academic year (8 months) of full-time study from a recognized post-secondary educational institution in Canada (outside of Saskatchewan) with:
  
  • A certificate;
  • A diploma; or
  • A degree
• You’ve applied for, and received a valid post-graduation work permit from IRCC.
• You’ve worked after graduation with a post-grad work permit for at least six consecutive months (minimum 960 hours) of paid employment in Saskatchewan in a position related to your field of study.
  
  • Eligible types of work experience in Saskatchewan include work experience gained on a post-graduate work permit.
• You have a current, permanent, full-time job offer in your field of study from a Saskatchewan employer. The job should be:
  
  • In an occupation in the National Occupation Classification (NOC) Matrix level “A”, “B”, “O” or
  • In a designated trade, or
  • A job offer that is related to your field of study and requires post-secondary education.
    
    • Food and Beverage Servers/Persons must apply under the Hospitality Sector Project sub-category.
• You have a valid SINP Job Approval Letter.
• You must have a minimum language score of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 4 if your job offer is in a NOC ‘C’ occupation.

The federal government sets the amount of nominations the SINP can make every year. The SINP also accepts a maximum number of applications each year. No application is guaranteed to be accepted and/or nominated.

The Entrepreneur Category

Through the SINP Entrepreneur Program, you and your family can start, obtain or partner in a business in Saskatchewan and be actively involved in managing it, while residing in Saskatchewan.

The Entrepreneur Category Process

There are three steps to the nomination process:

1. Expression of Interest (EOI) submission to the SINP;
2. EOI Selection and Invitation to Submit an Application;
3. Nomination.

Learn more about each steps.

The Expression of Interest (EOI)

The EOI is not an application; it is an expression of your interest in the SINP. Prospective immigrants will indicate their interest in operating a business and living in Saskatchewan by providing required information about their entrepreneurial experience, assets, and Business Establishment Plan (BEP), among other factors.

Candidates who meet the minimum entry criteria will be accepted into the EOI candidate pool.
Once submitted, EOIs are scored and ranked using the Points Grid.
We select EOI’s based on the EOI Points Assessment ranking and SINP nomination targets. Submitting an EOI does not guarantee selection for processing.

Before You Submit Your EOI

Note the following important information, before you submit your EOI:

• To submit an EOI to the SINP, you must:
  • Meet the minimum entry criteria; and
  • Complete the Points Assessment Grid in order to be scored once your EOI is in the pool of candidates.
• To meet the minimum entry criteria you must:
  
  • Have $500,000 (CAD) at minimum in Net Business and Personal Assets;
  • Have a minimum of three years of relevant business management or entrepreneurial experience gained in the past ten years; and,
  • Intend to invest a minimum of $300,000 (CAD) in Regina and Saskatoon or a minimum of $200,000 (CAD) in all other Saskatchewan communities.
• We'll assess the information you provide in your EOI against the points grid to rank your EOI in the pool of candidates. Candidates are then selected from the EOI system based on their score, with top scoring EOIs being prioritized for selection. Selected candidates are invited to apply to the SINP.
• If you are invited to apply you must submit a Business Establishment Plan (BEP) that corresponds to the information in your EOI. Your BEP must include:
  
  • Your plan to establish a business that aligns with the points assigned in the Entrepreneur Category Points Grid, if applicable (for investment amount and sector);
  • Your ownership of at least one third (33 1/3 per cent) of the equity of a business in Saskatchewan, unless your total investment is $1 million CAD or higher;
  • Your commitment to provide active and on-going participation in the day-to-day management and direction of the business; and
  • The creation of two employment opportunities in Saskatchewan for Canadians or permanent residents who are not related to you.
    
    • This only applies if you're establishing a new business in Regina or Saskatoon.

Please note that the SINP reserves the right to have Business Establishment Plans assessed by professional third parties identified by the Government of Saskatchewan. The assessment conducted by Third Parties will focus on the preparation and due diligence conducted by the applicant in preparing their proposed business plan.

Expression of Interest (EOI) Submission to the SINP

Please follow these steps to submit your EOI to the program:

• Only those who meet the minimum eligibility criteria can submit an EOI.
• If you are eligible to apply under the Entrepreneur category review the Points Grid.
• Complete your EOI online. Instructions are provided during the online application. The system will calculate your score based upon the information you enter and your EOI will be placed in a pool for potential selection. Only EOIs with all sections completed can be submitted.
  
  • If selected, your EOI will form part of your application. You must be sure your EOI is up to date at the time of submission, and that all answers are accurate and truthful. If your EOI is not up to date and it's found that you or any person associated with your application omitted relevant information or provided misleading or fraudulent information at the time of assessment, your application will be rejected and you'll be unable to apply to the SINP for a period of two years.
  • Be sure you understand the questions before you provide an answer. If you're unsure, use the help icons or review this page again.
  • There's no fee for submitting an EOI.
  • You won't need to attach any documents to your EOI. However, you will be required to attach documents, including translations if necessary, if you're invited by the SINP to submit an electronic application.
• Your EOI is ranked based upon your points assessment score, after which it's placed in an EOI pool.
  
  • EOI's can remain in the pool for 12 months from the date of receipt.
  • If your EOI is not selected during this time it will be removed from the pool and you will be able to reapply if you want to.
  • If you're able to acquire additional points after starting your EOI, you can update your pending EOI with current information before it's submitted.
  • Once your EOI has been submitted you'll not be able to update it. If your EOI is selected it will be removed from the pool and you'll no longer be able to update it. Points for age are awarded based on your age on the date you submit your EOI.

Application for Nomination

To qualify for nomination, you and your immediate family must be residing in Saskatchewan and you must meet the terms of your BPA, including:

• Transferring the required funds to Canada;
• Maintaining legal status in Canada; and
• Operating your business in accordance with your BPA for at least six months before requesting nomination.

To ensure you maintain legal status in Canada, you're encouraged to have at least six months remaining on your TWP when you apply for nomination. You're responsible for maintaining your legal status in Canada in line with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).

• Once you've fulfilled your BPA and operated your business for at least six months you'll be eligible to apply to the SINP for nomination.
• The SINP will assess your application for nomination and advise you of the outcome. You'll be assessed upon your compliance with your BPA and any other criteria in place at the time you started your application process.
• Submit your application for nomination electronically, using the SINP online system. See Nomination Request – Required Documents for the list of documents you'll need to provide.
• If approved for nomination the SINP will:
  
  • Send a nomination certificate to IRCC; and,
  • Send a nomination letter to you explaining how to send your permanent residency application to the IRCC Centralized Intake Office (CIO).

Application for Permanent Residence

Once you’ve successfully completed all three steps above, you may apply for permanent residency. To gain permanent residence status, you must apply to IRCC with your SINP nomination.

You must also:

• Ensure you maintain your legal status in Canada; and
• Have a valid TWP while you are waiting for IRCC to process your permanent residence application.

IRCC considers your application after it receives the nomination certificate from the SINP, and is responsible for assessing each nominee's eligibility for Permanent Residence. It completes health, security and criminality reviews. It may also ask for any other information it thinks is needed, at any time during the application process. After all these reviews, if approved, IRCC will issue visas to you and your family members, as applicable.

• The SINP is not responsible for IRCC's decision to grant or deny Permanent Residence status.