NB Skilled Worker Stream

The NB Skilled Worker Stream targets skilled workers who have special skills/training, education, and work experience to grow New Brunswick’s (NB) economy. This stream helps NB’s employers to hire foreign skilled workers and international graduates when no Canadian or permanent resident is available to fill their vacant job positions.

Who can apply under the NB Skilled Worker Stream of NB PNP?

To apply under this stream an applicant must meet the following terms:

• Firstly, agree to live in New Brunswick (NB).
• Secondly, have a valid job offer from NB.
• Also, are qualified to perform your job duties.
• Besides, will be getting competitive wages for your job position.
• Further, the NB employer is supporting your application.
• Finally, be certified/licensed if the occupation is regulated.

Eligibility Requirements

Further, after meeting the above criteria, your profile will be assessed as per 5 factors such as:

Age – Max 10 Points

Official Language – Max 28 Points

Canada requires all applicants to show proof of language skills. To do so an applicant can show language test results showing their skill level in all 4 language abilities: reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

So, to get points under this factor the applicant must have a minimum skill level of CLB/NCLC 4 in English/French.

Note:

• Firstly, language test results are valid for 2 years.
• Secondly, at the time of applying to the NB Skilled Worker stream and at the time of getting the provincial nomination, the ECA report must be valid. 

Education – Max 20 Points

To get points under this factor, all applicants must:

• Have a minimum of a Canadian high school diploma; Or
• Have a foreign high school diploma.
  • Also, submit an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) report for the same.

Besides, an ECA report acts as proof that the applicant’s foreign education is at par with Canada’s education system.

Work Experience – Max 20 Points

To claim 20 points under this factor, the applicant’s work experience must be full-time, relevant work experience within 5 years before applying to NB PNP.

Additionally, the work experience must meet the following terms:

• Must be full-time – 1,560 hours of work over a period of 1-year.
• Can be with 1 or more employers.
• NOC must match the job offer received from an NB employer.
• Also, you must get paid.
• Besides, can be gained within Canada and/or abroad.
• Finally, if showing self-employment experience – submit official documents post third-party verification, and self-employment must not be in the Food, Accommodation, and Retail sector.

Besides, if you have work experience in a  regulated occupation then you must show proof that you held a valid license while practising the same.

Priority Sectors – Max 10 Points

The NB PNP fuels itself from its local community and aims to balance its needs as a province. One can claim 10 points under this factor if your job offer is in:

• Business Service Centres
• Education
• Health Care
• Manufacturing
• Transportation

Adaptability – Max 12 Points

If an applicant is connected to NB through the following factors, then you will get a max of 12 points:

Who can not apply to the NB Skilled Worker stream?

Do not apply to this stream if the following conditions apply to you:

• Already have an active application registered with the Department of Post-secondary Education, Training and Labour.
  • Besides, PETL is the authorised department that overlooks the processing of all NB PNP applications.
• Are an owner of any property/business in any other province or territory in Canada.
• Your application process is currently in processing in other province or territory in Canada.
• Were guilty of misrepresentation in any immigration program.
• Are living illegally in Canada.
• Are on a removal order, or do not have permission to enter Canada or any other country or territory.
• Have been working in Canada without authorisation.
• Are living in Canada and do not have legal status to do the same. Also, you have not applied for the restoration of your status before 90 days of losing your status.
• Are a failed or unresolved refugee, or humanitarian and compassionate claimant living in Canada.
• Are an illegal resident in the country of your current residence.
• Studying as a full-time post-secondary student in Canada.
• Have a part-time, seasonal, casual job in New Brunswick.
• Are in a sales job that only offers a commission.
• Your job will not be based in New Brunswick.
• Are registered in the Live-in Caregiver Program.
• Application is based on a job offer where you will be self-employed in NB.
• Currently, are on a Post Graduate Work Permit. Also, your occupation comes under NOC Skill Level D.
• Your job offer may impact a labour dispute, or hiring of anyone who is under such a case, or may affect training or employment opportunities of Canadian citizens or permanent residents living in NB.
• Have a job offer for your application, where you are a major shareholder in an NB business, Or
• Have a job offer for your application where you intend to become a business owner or be self-employed in NB.