Provincial Nominee Program – Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia at a glance
The Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) which is a Federal-Provincial partnership between the Province of Nova Scotia and the Government of Canada expedites immigration to Canada for qualified skilled workers who wish to settle in Nova Scotia.
The Nova Scotia Nominee Program is divided to four streams and each stream has specific nomination criteria:
NSNP - Skilled Worker Stream
This stream is designed to meet labour market needs in Nova Scotia. Foreign workers who have the needed skills and a permanent, fulltime job offer may qualify under this category. The applicants must:
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Have legal status in the country where they are now living;
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Have a permanent, full-time job offer in Nova Scotia from an established Nova Scotia employer;
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Be between 21 – 55 years old;
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Have at least Nova Scotia grade 12 or equivalent, or have a minimum of 13 years of schooling;
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Have the appropriate education, training and qualifications, licensing and accreditation required for the position;
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Have at least two years of related work experience;
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Have sufficient settlement supports and financial resources (minimum of $10,000, plus $2,000 for each dependent); and
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Have enough English or French language capability to perform the employment duties.
NSNP - Family Business Worker Stream
Employers in Nova Scotia can use this stream to hire their close relatives, relatives who have the required skills for positions that they may have been unable to fill, and nominate them to the CIC for immigration to Canada. You are eligible to apply to the NSNP - Family Business Worker stream if you:
Employers in Nova Scotia can use this stream to hire their close relatives, relatives who have the required skills for positions that they may have been unable to fill, and nominate them to the CIC for immigration to Canada. You are eligible to apply to the NSNP - Family Business Worker stream if you:
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Have legal status in the country where you are now living;
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Have a permanent, full-time job offer in Nova Scotia from a Nova Scotia employer who is your close family member;
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Have the appropriate skills, work experience, and licensing, if applicable, for the job; and
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Meet the minimum criteria for age, education, work experience, and language ability requirements for this stream.
NSNP - International Graduate Stream
The NSNP - International Graduate stream is a strategic program to assist Nova Scotia employers in hiring recent international graduates who have legal status in Canada (hold a work permit, for instance) and their skills may be in limited supply in the province. The applicant must have completed, within the past two years, a program of at least one academic year of full-time study in a recognized Nova Scotia post-secondary institution, and must have a permanent, full-time job offer from an employer in Nova Scotia. The applicant must has been working in the offered position for at least three months and the offered job needs to be in his/her field of study
Like other streams of Nova Scotia nominee program, applicants of this stream also required to have sufficient settlement supports and must meet the minimum criteria for age, education, language ability and adaptability requirements set for the stream.
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Not be eligible for any other NSNP streams
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Have legal status in the country where he/she is now living
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Have long established connections in a specific community and have a letter of identification from that community;
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Be employable and have skills, training and work experience for future employment in a field or sector required by the community;
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Meet the minimum criteria for age, education, language ability, work experience, adaptability and financial resources for the Community Identified stream.
For more information about the Nova Scotia Nominee program and to know how to apply under its streams, you may contact our immigration bureau.
Nova Scotia at a glance
Nova Scotia with an area of 55,283 sq. km is the second-smallest province/territory (after Prince Edward Island). Nova Scotia is located in Canada’s south-east coast and its population is around one million (many of them live in or close to Halifax). The province is almost surrounded by water and includes thousands of bays and islands.
Nova Scotia has one of the fastest growing economies in Canada with small-businesses leading the way. Nova Scotia’s economy is traditionally resource-based and industries such as fishing, mining, forestry, and agriculture play an important role in Nova Scotia’s economy. Over the past decades film, music, technology and tourism have also become significant.
Halifax, Nova Scotia’s capital city and its largest city, is a major economic center and an international seaport and transportation center. Offshore oil and gas reserves have boosted the economy of Halifax in recent decades.
Halifax has comedy festival and an attractive harbour front that attracts many tourists. Halifax, like most of the province, has unpredictable climate. The Atlantic coast is foggy, especially in the spring and there are heavy rains and stormy weather in the fall.
Nova Scotia with an area of 55,283 sq. km is the second-smallest province/territory (after Prince Edward Island). Nova Scotia is located in Canada’s south-east coast and its population is around one million (many of them live in or close to Halifax). The province is almost surrounded by water and includes thousands of bays and islands.
Nova Scotia has one of the fastest growing economies in Canada with small-businesses leading the way. Nova Scotia’s economy is traditionally resource-based and industries such as fishing, mining, forestry, and agriculture play an important role in Nova Scotia’s economy. Over the past decades film, music, technology and tourism have also become significant.
Halifax, Nova Scotia’s capital city and its largest city, is a major economic center and an international seaport and transportation center. Offshore oil and gas reserves have boosted the economy of Halifax in recent decades.
Halifax has comedy festival and an attractive harbour front that attracts many tourists. Halifax, like most of the province, has unpredictable climate. The Atlantic coast is foggy, especially in the spring and there are heavy rains and stormy weather in the fall.
Learn more:
FAQs – PNP- Nova Scotia
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