International graduates

Purpose

The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) will consider an Alberta employer's business case to fill a skill shortage with international graduates. The International Graduate category of the ANIP is intended for skilled occupations for which formal education and/or specialized training in the intended occupation is undertaken. These occupations are defined as Skill Level 0, A, or B under the National Occupational Classification (NOC) Code.

For more information on occupational classifications, please see related external links to link to the National Occupational Classification (NOC) Matrix page of the Human Resources and Social Development Canada website.

Criteria for AINP Candidates under the International Graduate Category (includes but is not limited to):

• If education is completed in Alberta the international graduate must have obtained a diploma, degree, or have completed a graduate level program from a publicly funded community college, trade/technical school or university, or at a private institution authorized by provincial statute to confer degrees.
   
• AINP approved Alberta public and private post-secondary institutions.
   
• If education is completed from outside of Alberta, but from within Canada the international graduate must have obtained a diploma, degree, graduate level program from a publicly funded community college, trade/technical school or university.
   
• The educational program must have been a minimum of two years in duration at the undergraduate level or a minimum of one year at the graduate level.
   
• The international graduate must have secured permanent full-time employment with an Alberta employer.
   
• The international graduate must be employed with that employer on a post-graduate work permit for a minimum of six months in a skilled occupation related to their field of study prior to applying to the AINP.

Date Updated: Jul 07, 2008
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