The Manitoba Program for Skilled Workers is locally driven and based on the needs of Manitoba employers. The program selects internationally trained and experienced workers who have the skills needed in the local labour market, and nominate them to receive Canadian permanent resident visas to settle and work in Manitoba.
The Manitoba Program for Skilled Workers nominates applicants who have a strong connection to the province through ongoing employment and sufficient skills, education and training, work experience and official language proficiency to make an immediate and ongoing contribution to the Manitoba economy and the community at large.
Submitting an application is the first step to immigration to Manitoba. Eligible candidates complete a series of questions online. The profile is placed in a pool with other eligible candidates and candidates receive a score based on the answers provides. The program then ranks candidates using several factors and highest-scoring candidates may be invited. There are no limits on the number of candidates who can submit an application and no deadline.
All applicants who are applying as Skilled Workers Overseas must demonstrate an established connection to Manitoba either through the support of family members or friends, through previous education or work experience in the province or through an Invitation to Apply received directly from the program as part of a Strategic Recruitment Initiative.
A Manitoba Supporter is an established resident of the province who is a friend or relative of the applicant and is willing and able to review and endorse the applicant’s plan for settling and finding employment in their destination community. A Manitoba Supporter must be the applicant’s close relative or friend/distant relative, and must be:
For close relatives, both the applicant and the supporter must provide documents proving their familial relationship.
Close relatives may support the application of more than one skilled worker at a time provided they satisfactorily demonstrate their ability to do so.
For friends and distant relatives, their household must not be currently supporting the settlement of another applicant, nominee or person under another Canadian immigration program.
Your Manitoba supporter is your connection to the province; to be eligible for the MPNP you must also demonstrate you can be assessed sufficient points for language, employability, education, age and adaptability.
Applicants with Manitoba Supporters should declare that person and their address as local contact for correspondence so that your supporter is authorized to discuss your application. The Manitoba Program is not a sponsorship program.
To be considered a close relative, a Manitoba Supporter must be related to the applicant (or the applicant’s spouse) in one of the following ways:
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