Located between the provinces of Ontario and Saskatchewan, the province of Manitoba is in many ways the gateway to western Canada.
Manitoba was first province to launch a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) in 1998. As a small province with few newcomers, it needed the PNP to promote itself as a destination of choice to skilled immigrants. Since then, Manitoba has been a tremendous immigration success story. Thanks to the Manitoba PNP, immigration has played a major role in Manitoba’s population, labour force, and economic growth.
If you wish to immigrate to Manitoba, then you have five options to choose from:
The Skilled Worker in Manitoba Stream is for qualified temporary foreign workers and international student graduates who are currently employed in Manitoba and have been offered a permanent, full-time job with a Manitoba employer.
The Skilled Worker Overseas Stream is for qualified skilled workers who may be outside of Canada but who can demonstrate a strong connection to the province. A skilled worker who is already in Canada may also be eligible for this category.
The Manitoba Business Investor Stream is for applicants who are seeking to establish a business in Manitoba.
The International Education Stream is for international graduates who graduated from a Manitoba post-secondary institution who wish to stay in Manitoba permanently.
The Morden Community Driven Initiative is for welders, carpenters, cooks, plumbers and pipefitters who wish to establish themselves in the rural town of Morden.
The Skilled Worker in Manitoba Stream consists of two pathways:
Manitoba Work Experience Pathway
This pathway is for people currently working in Manitoba with a temporary work permit. This includes temporary workers and international graduates of Canadian post-secondary institutions.
Employer Direct Recruitment Pathway
To be eligible for this pathway, you have to be interviewed by a representative of the MPNP and a Manitoba employer. These interviews are carried out outside of Canada. You must receive an Invitation to Apply before applying through this pathway.
The Skilled Worker Overseas Stream consists of two pathways:
Manitoba Express Entry Pathway
This pathway is for people who have an active Express Entry profile and who are eligible under another MPNP stream. These people must also have experience in an occupation listed in Manitoba’s In-demand Occupations list and have a strong connection to Manitoba.
Human Capital Pathway
This pathway is for foreign skilled workers with experience in an occupation listed Manitoba’s In-demand Occupations.
If you wish to immigrate to Manitoba and do business there, there are two pathways:
Farm Investor Pathway
This pathway is for people with farm business experience who wish to immigrate to Manitoba so that they can establish and operate a farm there.
Entrepreneur Pathway
The Entrepreneur Pathway allows the province to recruit and nominate eligible foreign business owners to move to Manitoba. They must have the intent and ability to establish or purchase a new business, or co-own an existing business. They must do so in the first two years after arriving in Manitoba on a temporary work permit.
The International Education Stream (IES) is designed to provide Manitoba graduates who meet the needs of industry with faster pathways to permanent residence. The stream has three pathways: Career Employment Pathway, Graduate Internship Pathway, and the Student Entrepreneur Pathway.
The International Education Stream (IES) is for international graduates of Manitoba educational institutions who meet the needs of the labour market. The IES provides graduates with faster pathways to permanent residence. You have three options to choose from:
Career Employment Pathway
The Career Employment Pathway is for post-secondary graduates who have long-term employment in Manitoba in an in-demand occupation.
Graduate Internship Pathway
The Graduate Internship Pathway is for international master and doctoral graduates who complete an Accelerate or Elevate internship with Mitacs, an organization that partners with the Manitoba government to help provide internships to international graduates.
International Student Entrepreneur Pathway
The International Student Entrepreneur Pathway provides up to 20 international graduates of a Manitoba learning institution the opportunity to become entrepreneurs in Manitoba. They must meet the conditions of a Business Performance Agreement before being nominated for permanent residence
Morden, Manitoba is a town 112 km southwest of Winnipeg. This town is actively looking for new immigrants in certain occupations that meet the town’s labour market needs. Those who are successful under this initiative will become permanent residents of Canada.
In order to be eligible, you must meet age, education, language and work experience requirements, and you must not have a connection to any other part of Canada. In addition, you must intend to live in Morden, have enough money to settle.
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