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Saskatchewan Nominee Program - Innovation and Tech Talent Pathway

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

The pathway is designed for high-skilled technology and innovation sector workers who have a job offer for a high-skilled occupation in Saskatchewan, are living in Canada or abroad, meet the sub-category criteria, and may be in the IRCC Express Entry Pool (not required).

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  • International Skilled Worker: Innovation and Tech Talent Pathway
    This sub-category is for high-skilled technology and innovation sector workers who: Have a job offer for a high-skilled occupation in Saskatchewan; Are either living in Canada or abroad; Meet the criteria of the sub-category; and May be in the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Express Entry Pool (not required).

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

Yes, the applicant needs a job offer for a high-skilled occupation in Saskatchewan.

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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 professional characteristics are that the worker is in the high-skilled technology and innovation sector and has a job offer for a high-skilled occupation in Saskatchewan.

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

The nominee is bound to the supporting employer: where they do not already work for it, the nomination carries the condition of applying for a closed T13 work permit within 90 days of nomination and of starting work for that employer within 90 days of IRCC approving the work permit application. The official source does not state whether family may accompany the holder.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture does not say whether family may accompany the holder of that closed work permit, or whether a spouse may work.
  • It states no length for the T13 work permit itself.
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    If you are nominated with a job offer and do not already work for the supporting employer, you will be nominated with the condition that you apply for a closed T13 work permit within 90 days of your nomination and that you begin working for your employer within 90 days of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) approving your work permit application.

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

The route leads to permanent residence through IRCC: the SINP notifies IRCC of the nomination and the permanent-residence application must be submitted to IRCC within six months of being nominated; where the nomination is conditional, the SINP may advise IRCC to hold processing of that application until the conditions are met.

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    We will notify IRCC of your nomination. You must submit your application for PR to IRCC within six months of being nominated by the SINP. If you are conditionally nominated, the SINP may advise IRCC to hold the processing of your permanent residency application until you meet the conditions of your SINP nomination.

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

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