Alberta holds greatest draw of the yr, invitations a whole bunch of candidates for provincial immigration…

The Alberta Benefit Immigration Program (AAIP) has held its greatest draw of 2025, issuing 581 invites to use by means of the Alberta Alternative stream final week.

Aside from that, it additionally held attracts by means of the Well being Care Pathway below its Categorical Entry and non-Categorical Entry choices.

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A complete of 683 invites had been issued between these three attracts

Abstract of attracts (Aug 7 – 15)

Within the week between 7 and 15 August, the AAIP held three attracts.

Of the three, the largest draw was held on August 12.

The Alberta Alternative Stream is meant for short-term overseas staff who’re at the moment employed full-time in Alberta and have a full-time job from an Alberta employer in an eligible occupation.

In the meantime, the AAIP additionally held two attracts on 7 and 15 August respectively by means of the Devoted Well being Care Pathway.

That is pathway to everlasting residence (PR) for many who have an Alberta job provide in an eligible well being care occupation. There are two choices to use below this: Categorical Entry and non-Categorical Entry.

These making use of by means of Categorical Entry undergo the federal authorities’s Categorical Entry course of, and are topic to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) processing occasions.

The non-Categorical Entry possibility is just for many who don’t qualify for the Alberta Categorical Entry stream however have a job provide in an eligible well being care occupation.

These making use of by means of this route – if accredited – must undergo the bottom PNP course of.

What number of invites and nominations are nonetheless to be issued by means of these streams?

As of 15 August, the AAIP has issued three,251 nominations out of its four,875 allocation, which means the province nonetheless has 1,624 nomination spots to assign to candidates this yr.

You could find extra particulars on the nominations issued, allotted, and spots left within the desk under.

As of time of writing there are 63,926 EOIs within the choice pool (throughout all streams and pathways).

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