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Economic immigration · Provincial Nominee Program

Alberta PNP (AAIP)

Every Alberta worker stream and pathway, with how the Worker EOI score works.

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The short answer

The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) is Alberta’s provincial nominee program. Its worker streams, the Alberta Opportunity, Rural Renewal and Tourism and Hospitality streams, use a Worker Expression of Interest scored out of 100. The Alberta Express Entry Stream invites from the federal pool, including the Accelerated Tech and Dedicated Health Care pathways, and a nomination through Express Entry adds 600 CRS points.

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Alberta Opportunity Stream

Alberta’s main stream for temporary workers already working in the province.

  • Working in Alberta now
  • Alberta job offer
  • CLB 4 or 5, by TEER

About

You need to live and work in Alberta on a valid work permit, with a full-time job offer from an Alberta employer in the same occupation. You need 12 months of full-time work in Alberta in the last 18 months, or 24 months in Canada or abroad in the last 30 months (6 months in Alberta for eligible PGWP holders), CLB 5 for TEER 0 to 3 or CLB 4 for TEER 4 and 5, and at least high school education. Some occupations aren’t eligible, and part-time, seasonal and remote jobs don’t qualify.

How I help

  • Eligibility: experience, language and the occupation list
  • Your Worker EOI score and how to raise it
  • Application, then your PR application after nomination
  • Temporary workers living and working full-time in Alberta
  • PGWP holders who graduated from an Alberta publicly funded institution
  • Workers in TEER 0 to 5 jobs that aren’t on Alberta’s ineligible list

Accelerated Tech Pathway

A faster Express Entry pathway for tech workers with an Alberta tech employer.

  • Eligible tech occupation
  • Alberta tech-industry employer
  • Express Entry profile, CRS 300+

About

Part of the Alberta Express Entry Stream. You must be working full-time in Alberta under an employment contract, or have a genuine job offer, in an eligible tech occupation with an employer in Alberta’s tech industry. You need an active Express Entry profile with a CRS score of at least 300, and you start by submitting a web form. Part-time, casual, seasonal, contract and remote roles don’t qualify. A nomination adds 600 CRS points.

How I help

  • Occupation and employer industry checked against Alberta’s lists
  • The web form and your Express Entry profile
  • Nomination application, then PR through Express Entry
  • Software developers, engineers, data and IT professionals with an Alberta tech-industry job
  • Express Entry candidates working or hired in Alberta’s tech sector

Dedicated Health Care Pathway

For licensed health care workers with an Alberta job offer.

  • Alberta health job offer
  • Licensed to practise
  • Express Entry or not

About

For health care professionals such as physicians, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses with a valid job offer from an Alberta health sector employer. There are two options: one through Express Entry, which needs an active Express Entry profile, and one outside Express Entry. You must meet the requirements both when you apply and when your application is assessed.

How I help

  • Which option fits: Express Entry or not
  • Licensing and job offer checks
  • Nomination application, then your PR application
  • Physicians, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses with an Alberta job offer
  • Health workers already licensed, or in licensing, in Alberta

Law Enforcement Pathway and priority sectors

Other Alberta Express Entry routes for police officers and priority sectors.

  • Express Entry profile, CRS 300+
  • Police: AACP-recruited
  • Construction, agriculture, aviation

About

The Law Enforcement Pathway is for internationally recruited police officers identified by the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police, with a job offer in NOC 40040, 41310 or 42100. Alberta also invites Express Entry candidates whose experience fits its priority sectors, including construction, agriculture and aviation. Both need an active Express Entry profile with a CRS score of at least 300.

How I help

  • Whether your occupation fits a current priority
  • Express Entry profile and nomination application
  • Your PR application after nomination
  • Police officers recruited by an Alberta police service
  • Express Entry candidates with construction, agriculture or aviation experience

Rural Renewal Stream

For workers with a job offer in a designated rural Alberta community.

  • Designated rural community
  • Community endorsement letter
  • 12 months of experience

About

You need a full-time job offer from an established business in a designated rural community, and an Endorsement of Candidate letter from that community’s economic development organization, valid for one year. You also need 12 months of full-time work in an eligible occupation in the last 18 months, CLB 5 for TEER 0 to 3 or CLB 4 for TEER 4 and 5, and high school education. If you’re not working in Canada, you must show settlement funds.

How I help

  • Whether your community and employer qualify
  • Community endorsement and your Worker EOI
  • Application, then your PR application
  • Workers with a job offer in a designated Alberta community
  • Candidates willing to settle outside Calgary and Edmonton

Tourism and Hospitality Stream

For workers already employed in Alberta’s tourism and hospitality sector.

  • Working in Alberta tourism now
  • Approved employer
  • Permanent, full-time job offer

About

You need to be working full-time in Alberta in the tourism and hospitality sector, with a permanent, non-seasonal, full-time job offer from the same approved employer in an eligible occupation. The employer’s main business must be in an eligible industry under its Workers’ Compensation Board code, with valid WCB coverage or an exemption.

How I help

  • Employer, industry and occupation checks
  • Your Worker EOI and application
  • Your PR application after nomination
  • Hotel, restaurant, resort and tour workers already employed in Alberta

What decides these files

Where applications go wrong, and how I prevent it

  • Ineligible jobs and job types

    Part-time, seasonal, contract and remote work don’t count, and some occupations are excluded, so I check the job first.

  • The score isn’t the only factor

    Alberta draws by stream, sector and occupation, so a high score in a non-priority job can still wait.

Fees and timelines change: check IRCC’s current processing times (opens in a new tab).

Questions

Alberta PNP: common questions

What is Alberta’s Accelerated Tech Pathway?

It’s a pathway in the Alberta Express Entry Stream for people working full-time in Alberta, or holding a genuine job offer, in an eligible tech occupation with an employer in Alberta’s tech industry. You need an active Express Entry profile with CRS 300 or more, and you start with a web form. A nomination adds 600 CRS points.

Which AAIP streams use the Worker EOI?

The Alberta Opportunity, Rural Renewal and Tourism and Hospitality streams. The Alberta Express Entry Stream and its pathways select from the federal Express Entry pool instead.

How is the Alberta PNP score calculated?

The Worker EOI is scored out of 100: up to 69 for education, language, work experience, age and family in Alberta, and up to 31 for an Alberta job offer, its location and a regulated occupation. You can estimate yours with the Alberta PNP calculator.

Do I need to be working in Alberta to apply?

For the Alberta Opportunity and Tourism and Hospitality streams, yes. The Rural Renewal Stream and the Express Entry pathways need an Alberta job offer or contract, but not always current work in Alberta.

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