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New Brunswick Nominee Program - Strategic Initiative Stream

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The stream is for French-speaking people who want to live and work in New Brunswick and who have the skills, education and work experience needed to help the province's economy grow.

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    The New Brunswick Strategic Initiative is for French-speaking people who want to live and work in New Brunswick. They must have the skills, education and work experience needed to help the province’s economy grow.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

Under the Francophone Workers in New Brunswick pathway the applicant must be working in, or have accepted, a permanent, full-time, non-seasonal (year-round) position for an eligible employer that has been actively operating in New Brunswick for the past 12 months providing goods or services, and must meet the New Brunswick job requirements under the National Occupational Classification.

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Limits of the record
  • This is one of the initiative's three pathways; New Brunswick Francophone Priorities requires only study in New Brunswick or a letter of interest, and Francophones Working Remotely requires working remotely for a Canadian employer located outside Quebec.
  • The employer's operating period here is 12 months, against 24 months in the province's other streams - the capture does not explain the difference.
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    ### Francophone Workers in New Brunswick To be eligible under this pathway, you must: - be working in, or have accepted, a permanent, full-time, and non-seasonal (year-round) position for an eligible employer who has been actively operating in New Brunswick for the past 12 months, providing goods or services - meet your New Brunswick job requirements, according to the National Occupational Classification and other applicable laws and regulations

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive requirements are at least a Canadian high school diploma or foreign equivalent, NCLC level 5 in all four French language skills, at least one year of qualifying work experience in the past five years (not required for graduates of a New Brunswick post-secondary institution) and at least 65 out of 100 points on the selection factor grid.

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    To be eligible, you must: - be at least 19 years old - have at least a Canadian high school diploma or its foreign equivalent - have at least a level 5 in all four French language skills according to the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens (NCLC) - have at least one year of qualifying work experience from within the past five years     -    not required if you graduated from a New Brunswick post-secondary institution - meet the proof of funds requirement     -    not required if you are living in New Brunswick or have a valid job offer from a New Brunswick employer - score at least 65/100 points based on the selection factor grid

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the work allowed, any tie to employer or sector and family accompaniment.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The nominee is expected to apply to IRCC for permanent residence before the endorsement certificate expires, and IRCC makes the final decision. The official source does not state the certificate validity period, a permit duration or renewal.

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Limits of the record
  • The cited sentence is the NBPNP-wide 'After nomination' statement on the programme page, not a Strategic Initiative statement.
  • It gives no certificate validity period, no permit duration and no renewal rule.
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    As a nominee, you are expected to apply for permanent residence to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) before your endorsement certificate expires.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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