Manitoba PNP Draw

Manitoba issued 206 invitations in its latest draw for immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) invited skilled workers and international graduates through three immigration streams:

• Skilled Workers in Manitoba,
• International Education Stream,
• Skilled Workers Overseas.

The invitations, also known as Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs), were distributed as follows along with their respective Expression of Interest (EOI) score requirement:

• Skilled Workers in Manitoba— 161 LAAs with a minimum score of at least 375;
• Skilled Workers Overseas— 15 LAAs with a minimum score of at least 771; and
• International Education Stream— 30 LAAs, no EOI score requirement.

Out of the 206 LAAs issued, 22 went to Express Entry candidates. The MPNP says they will refuse any of these candidates who do not have a valid Express Entry ID, a job seeker validation code, and verifiable experience in an occupation on Manitoba’s In-demand Occupations list.

The MPNP only considered Skilled Worker Overseas candidates in this draw if they were directly invited under a strategic recruitment initiative.

If candidates scored higher than the minimum ranking, but did not receive an LAA, it could be because:

• their  third-party language test did not have a valid test number;
• their language test is no longer valid; or
• the candidate was invited under a strategic recruitment initiative, but they did not send a valid invitation number.

“If one of these scenarios applies to you, you may wish to update your EOI with the correct information in order to be considered for the next draw from the [Expression of Interest] pool,” the MPNP said in a media release.

Candidates who are working in a regulated occupation have been invited in this draw. The MPNP says that they may refuse candidates who are not actually working in a regulated occupation, or who do not provide proof of having completed all licensing steps to be employed in Manitoba.

“If this applies to you, you may wish to consider declining your Letter of Advice to Apply,” the MPNP said in the release.