Manitoba Targets 249 Candidates In New Provincial Immigration Draw

Manitoba immigration has issued Letters of Advice to Apply to 249 candidates in the second draw of 2020 under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program.

The January 17 draw was dominated by the Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream through which 192 LAAs were issued, with the lowest-ranked candidate scoring 545.

The draw also saw 34 LAAs issued to Skilled Workers Overseas candidates, coming through a Strategic Recruitment Initiative. Here, the lowest-ranked candidate scored 708 points.

Lastly, the remaining 23 LAAs went to International Education Stream candidates.

Manitoba stated that 22 of the 249 candidates had valid Express Entry IDs and job seeker validation codes.

This was the 81^st draw in the history of the MPNP.

What Were the Details of January 17 Manitoba Draw?

Stream	Sub-Stream	Letters of Advice to Apply	Score of Lowest Ranked Candidate
1) Skilled Workers in Manitoba		192	545
2) International Education Stream		23	–
3) Skilled Workers Overseas	Strategic Recruitment Initiative	34	708

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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.