New Brunswick is offering a route to permanent residence during the COVID-19 pandemic for international graduates working in lower skilled jobs, allowing them to apply through the province’s Skilled Worker stream.
Usually, that stream of the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP) does not allow international graduates on a federal Post-Graduation Work Permit to apply to the program when their occupation falls under National Occupational Classification (NOC) skill-level D.
But Fredericton is making an exception during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Province of New Brunswick is now accepting applications under the NB Skilled Worker stream from international graduates working in New Brunswick in a National Occupational Classification (NOC) D position.
These jobs are those labour jobs that usually give on-the-job training, such as:
Those international grads who want to apply to the Skilled Worker stream have to do so before the end of April and must:
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The New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream is aimed at candidates who have secured a permanent, full-time job offer from a New Brunswick employer.
1) Genuine Job Offer
Offer of employment for permanent, full-time position in an eligible occupation.
2) Qualifications
Candidates must demonstrate they are qualified for the position being offered.
3) Be offered a competitive wage
The wages offered must:
4) Intend to reside in New Brunswick
Candidates must prove a genuine intention to reside in New Brunswick. Examples of ways intent can be established include:
5) Regulated Occupations in New Brunswick
Once the eligibility requirements are met, candidates are scored based on six selection factors, age, language skills, education, work experience, priority of their sector of employment, and adaptability. Candidates must score 60 points out of a possible 100 to qualify.
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