Migration Overseas
Since 1998
The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) has two open categories: International Skilled Worker and Worker with Saskatchewan Work Experience. The Entrepreneur and Farm categories were permanently closed on 27 March 2025, and the SINP has not replaced them. Business applicants can look at the business streams of Alberta, British Columbia or Manitoba, and skilled workers can apply under any sub-category below whose criteria they meet. Occupation In-Demand does not need a job offer, but it needs an Expression of Interest, an invitation, 60 of 110 points and an ECA for foreign education.
The SINP assesses Occupation In-Demand and Saskatchewan Express Entry candidates through an Expression of Interest, and assesses job-offer and Saskatchewan Experience candidates through an Employer Position Assessment. Each sub-category below shows the main criteria and the fee.
For candidates in IRCC's Express Entry pool who submit an International Skilled Worker Expression of Interest and receive an invitation to apply. Candidates need 60 points on the SINP grid and an educational credential assessment (ECA) for education outside Canada.
For skilled workers with one year of full-time experience in the last 10 years in a TEER 0 to 3 occupation on Saskatchewan's in-demand list. No job offer is required. Candidates submit an Expression of Interest and need at least 60 of 110 points to be considered.
For workers with a permanent, full-time job offer from a Saskatchewan employer in a TEER 0 to 3 occupation. The employer must hold an approved Employer Position Assessment (EPA), and the candidate needs 60 points on the SINP grid. Truck drivers and some health occupations must use other sub-categories.
For high-skilled technology and innovation workers with a permanent, full-time job offer in an eligible occupation from a Saskatchewan employer with an approved EPA. Applicants already working for the employer meet the employer's language requirement; others need CLB 5.
For physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists and other listed health occupations with a permanent, full-time job offer from a Saskatchewan employer with an approved EPA. The non-Express Entry route needs CLB 5, and the Express Entry route needs CLB 7.
For workers in Saskatchewan on a valid work permit with a permanent, full-time job offer and an approved EPA. They must have worked at least six consecutive months (780 hours) full-time for the supporting employer. Truck drivers need an LMIA-supported, CUAET or Francophone Mobility work permit, and open spousal work permit holders are not eligible.
For graduates of a Saskatchewan designated learning institution holding a PGWP (or a study permit with a priority-sector job offer) who have six months (780 hours) of paid work in Saskatchewan related to their field of study, and a permanent, full-time job offer with an approved EPA.
Closed permanently on 27 March 2025. The SINP no longer accepts applications or Expressions of Interest and issues no invitations to apply. Files already in the system are processed to completion. The last published Entrepreneur criteria were net worth of CAD 500,000, three years of business experience in the last 10, and an investment of CAD 300,000 in the Regina or Saskatoon areas (CAD 200,000 elsewhere).
The Occupation In-Demand list changes over time, so confirm your occupation on saskatchewan.ca before you apply. For 2026 the SINP reserves at least 50% of its initial 4,761 nominations (2,381) for these priority sectors, including 750 spaces for Saskatchewan graduates working in them.
Capped sectors are Accommodation and Food Services (15%, 714 nominations), Trucking (5%, 238) and Retail Trade (5%, 238). The SINP accepts these applications only in intake windows (13 January, 2 March, 4 May, 6 July and 14 September 2026, with another planned for November) and only for workers with six months or less left on their work permit. The SINP statistics page shows a revised 2026 allocation of 5,261 nominations, with 4,023 issued at its latest quarterly update.
PGWP holders who studied outside Saskatchewan can no longer use the Saskatchewan Experience sub-categories, but may qualify under International Skilled Worker: Employment Offer. Figures are from saskatchewan.ca as checked on 6 November 2026.
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