SINP Program 2021: About, Scope, Streams and Process

The province of Saskatchewan has its own Immigrant Nominee Program called SINP that calls out and select skilled people to be admitted to Canada for work and permanent residency. Saskatchewan PNP is a program suitable for those who want to live and work in Saskatchewan, or put their resources into the economy by starting a business, etc. The province of Saskatchewan permits only the qualified people to come and settle, which means that you need to satisfy certain eligibility criteria before you can apply for SINP.

The SINP is a popular program among Indian immigration aspirants who are having experience and abilities needed by the province. The province has so much to offer to immigrants and that is why there is also a rush among people to apply for SINP as and when it gets open for admission. The candidates willing to come to Saskatchewan via SINP can apply for PR through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) online. But before that, let us know a little more about the program. 

Check Your Eligibility

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Check Application Processing Times for SINP

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International Skilled Worker: Occupation In-Demand

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International Skilled Worker: Saskatchewan Express Entry

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International Skilled Worker: Employment Offer

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Language Requirements for SINP

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Scope of SINP in 2021:

Saskatchewan is Canada’s most quickly developing and prospering economies. Being one of the Prairie territories of Western Canada, its economy is principally founded on agribusiness. Nevertheless, the province has many healthy urban communities too, such as Saskatoon and Regina. You can settle here to have a peaceful life in the beautiful foliage and stunning homes & offices. Every year, the province issues a list of occupations in demand there. If you fit into the jobs in demand in the province, then you can easily immigrate via SINP. All in all, SINP is a great program for those willing to immigrate to Canada.

Know if you can apply for SINP in 2021

Streams under SINP: 

SINP has multiple streams for different categories of people (self-employed, businessman, students, skilled worker, etc.). Presently, SINP is taking applications under the following streams: 

• International Skilled Worker Category 
• Saskatchewan Experience Category 
• Business and Farm Category 
• International Graduate Entrepreneur Category 

These steams further have sub-classifications as explained below: 

International Skilled Worker Category 

This category of SINP is most popular as most of the applicants falls under this particular category. Saskatchewan acknowledges applications who are gifted, skilled or a specialist in a field in demand in the province. So those who intend to work in the province of Saskatchewan, can apply through this stream. This category uses a point-based framework to allot points to candidates on the basis of skills and education such as work experience, English capabilities, qualifications and also age. 

The following are the sub-categories: 

International Skilled Worker - Employment Offer: This sub-classification is for those having a bid for employment from a Saskatchewan firm. So if you have a job offer from any firm operating in Saskatchewan, then the province will allow you to come, work and settle in the province. 

International Skilled Worker - Occupations In-Demand: This sub-class is for profoundly skilled people who holds multi-year experience in a job occupation/ job profile in demand in Saskatchewan. This sub-category is valid for people who do not have a job offer or employment call letter yet from a Saskatchewan firm but has valid work experience in any profile of work that is hugely in demand in the province. 

International Skilled Worker - Saskatchewan Express Entry: This sub-classification is valid for those who are already in the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's (IRCC) Express Entry pool. From the pool, Saskatchewan few of high scoring candidates who have decent work insight in a popular occupation of Saskatchewan. 

Saskatchewan Experience Category 

This is the second main category for SINP. This particular classification is valid for those people who are already living in the province on a temporary visa such as work visa and holds work experience in the province. Such people, through this category can get permanent residency in the province. It has the following sub-classifications: 

Existing Work Permit: This sub-class is fit for those skilled workers who have been employed/working in Saskatchewan since past 6 months (at least) under a legitimate work license. 

Health Professionals: This sub-class is for health professionals such as doctors, attendants, or other medical staff that have been providing their services in the Saskatchewan for minimum 6 months. 

Hospitality Sector Project: This sub-class is for fit for those are employed or working in Saskatchewan in food and refreshment industry or at food counters, as kitchen partners, or as housekeeping and cleaning staff for a period of at least 6 months.

Long Haul Truck Driver Project: This sub-class is fit for those who are employed in any shipping firm in Saskatchewan and are working as drivers for minimum of 6 months. 

Students: This sub-class is meant for those students who were studying in the province and then got the work/ employment in the province itself. To apply, the student has been studying in Saskatchewan for minimum of two years prior to applying, or has been working with an organization in Saskatchewan for at least 6 months. 

Entrepreneur and Farm Category 

Since Saskatchewan is more of an agro-economy, this classification is put under SINP too for those people who wish to work or start a business in farm activities in the province. The category has further sub-categories namely, 

Entrepreneur Sub-Category: This sub-classification is those business visionaries who wish to start a farm related business in the province. To be eligible for this category, you need to invest the minimum amount of capital and employ the people of the province too..

Farm owners and operators Sub-Category: This sub-classification is for those who have a background or experience in farming activities. You must have certain extraordinary resources to put into the province’s cultivating activity. 

International Graduate Entrepreneur Category

This classification is for students of Saskatchewan who now after completing studies, wants to begin a business in the province. Saskatchewan fondly welcomes such students to contribute in the economy and do economic activity i.e., business. Through this visa, students willing to be entrepreneurs can settle down in the province permanently.

Every other month, SINP acknowledges many candidates under each of the above mentioned classification. This means that this is the right time to start your process for SINP. 

THINGS TO REMEMBER BEFORE APPLYING

The first and foremost step is to make sure that the applicant must have all the necessary documentation in order. In case, the applicant fails to produce the relevant documentation will get rejected at the beginning itself. Once, an applicant faces rejection in the first place, he/she doesn’t get a second chance for it. Thus, the applicant then has to re-apply by starting from the very basic.

• In case, the applicant is a permanent resident or a citizen of an English/French speaking country, he/she is not required to produce the test result for language speaking. But the applicant wouldn’t be awarded any points in their final assessment.
• In case, the applicant belongs to an English/French-speaking country and his/her occupation comes under the scope of National Occupational Classification (NOC) ‘C’, then the applicant is required to produce a legit test result of language.
• In case, the applicant doesn’t belong to any English/French-speaking nation, he/she simply has to submit a test result of language.

As we talk about the very next step, make sure that you have completed all your documentation as well as prepared all kinds of forms that are a must. Please note that the applicant can only have a single application (active) with the SINP at a single time.

WHAT TO DO NEXT?

• The primary step that the applicant has to take is called Pre-screening. As the name suggests, it is a formal checking of the application along with the assessment of your documentation. The applicant would be given a green signal for the next step once the authorities find your documentation complete and legit. 
• If the application gets rejected, the applicant will receive a mail from the authorities in which the reason and grounds of rejection will be clearly stated. The applicant has to reapply for the same from the beginning as the ongoing application would be nullified.

CRITERIA ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATION

• Once the applicant will be given a nod for going ahead, the next step is called Assessment. This is different from the pre-screening step as in the process of Assessment, the complete application is thoroughly checked to determine your eligibility for the scheme/criteria under which you’ve applied.
• In case the authorities need any kind of additional documents, apart from the ones already submitted, then the applicant would receive an email stating the details of the required documents to be submitted. The applicant would be granted 10 days to make the submission. Make sure, that the applicant would be asked to submit additional documents only if the authorities (SINP) couldn’t verify your eligibility. In this case, the SINP can simply reject the application.
• Once the applicant submits the application, it simply means that the SINP can verify the information that is provided to them.

UNQUALIFIED APPLICATION

In case the SINP rejects the application, then the authorities would send a letter via email stating your rejection. This letter can be sent to your representatives as well.

Following are the grounds on which your application may get rejected:

1. The applicant is ineligible for eligibility of the program;
2. If the applicant doesn’t submit the documents that were asked (by SINP) within a given timer period;
3. If the submitted application fails to get verified;
4. If the applicant fails to convince that your purpose of living/working in Saskatchewan is legit and right.

In case the application gets a status of ineligibility and the applicant likes to go for the reapplication, please remember the following points:

1. The applicant must apply for the SINP once he/she is educated about the grounds of rejection in the first place;
2. In case the application gets rejected by the IRCC or SINP, the applicant cannot go for reapplication until the suspension is revoked by the SINP;
3. The application that has been resubmitted, will have to go via the same channel and undergoing a similar process as before;
4. The applicants whose application has been rejected by the SINP can apply to the IRCC under the class of federal immigration (only when they meet its eligibility criteria).