Manitoba Immigration Draw Sees 170 Get Letters of Advice To Apply

Manitoba immigration has conducted its first Expression of Interest draw in May, focusing on candidates for the Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream.

The May 9 draw saw 170 candidates issued with Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program.

Skilled Workers in Manitoba candidates received 101 of the LAAs, with the lowest-ranked candidate scoring 569 points.

A further 17 LAAs went to candidates for the province’s International Education stream.

Lastly, 52 LAAs were issued to candidates as part of a Strategic Recruitment Initiative, part of the Skilled Workers Overseas stream, with a lowest score of 616 points.

An SRI is when candidates are invited to fulfill a specific labour market need.

This was the 65^th draw in the history of the MPNP.

What Were the Details of May 9 Manitoba Draw?

Stream	Sub-Stream	Letters of Advice to Apply	Score of Lowest Ranked Candidate
1) Skilled Workers in Manitoba		101	569
2) International Education Stream		17	–
3) Skilled Workers Overseas	Strategic Recruitment Initiative	52	616

Colin Singer

Colin Singer is an international acclaimed Canadian immigration lawyer and founder of immigration.ca featured on Wikipedia. Colin Singer is also founding director of the Canadian Citizenship & Immigration Resource Center (CCIRC) Inc. He served as an Associate Editor of ‘Immigration Law Reporter’, the pre-eminent immigration law publication in Canada. He previously served as an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec and National Immigration Law Sections and is currently a member of the Canadian Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Colin has twice appeared as an expert witness before Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. He is frequently recognized as a recommended authority at national conferences sponsored by government and non-government organizations on matters affecting Canada’s immigration and human resource industries. Since 2009, Colin has been a Governor of the Quebec Bar Foundation a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of the profession, and became a lifetime member in 2018.