Hello everybody how you doing? In this video we'll talk about Alberta immigrant nominee program. So many of you keep asking about it. So here's time when I upload a detailed video about AINP. We'll talk about the overview, different streams in this AINP program, the eligibility criteria, the step-by-step process, the fee, how you can apply and whatnot. So without very seen more time let's start this video. But before that let me tell you I am Shitanshu from Dreama Broad. I regularly upload videos on Canadian immigration and lifestyle so if you haven't subscribed my channel yet please consider subscribing and pressing the bell icon so that you don't miss any of the videos. Okay so before I proceed further let me tell you about the geographical location of Alberta. Alberta is a province which is located between British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Recently Alberta was a news that there were some snow showers in the summer season so you can imagine the temperature in Alberta all around the year. The capital is Edmonton and the largest city is Calgary. Now let's talk about the different streams in the AINP program. So of course the Alberta immigrant nominee program has got three different streams. The first one is Alberta Opportunity Stream. The second one is Alberta Self-Employed Farmer Stream and the third one is Alberta Express Entry System. The Alberta Opportunity Stream has got certain eligibility requirements the foremost of which is working in Alberta in an eligible occupation. The Alberta Self-Employed Farmer Stream allows individuals with farming experience and personal funds to purchase and develop a farming Alberta. Now I know most of my viewers would be interested in the Alberta Express Entry Stream so we will be talking about this particular stream in detail in this video. So let's talk about the Alberta Express Entry Stream. The AINP's Express Entry Stream allows the province of Alberta to nominate a limited number of eligible candidates from the government of Canada's Express Entry pool. The AINP will select candidates based on the self-deglared information in their Express Entry profiles. So it's very clear that AINP does not have its own scoring system like Saskatchewan, like British Columbia. They don't have their own scoring system. They pick the profiles from the Express Entry pool just like on Tariya's Human Capital Priority Stream. So I hope that this concept is very clear. Don't get confused. There's no portal as such. We can go on to create your profile for Alberta Express Entry Stream. They themselves pick the profiles from the Express Entry pool. Now the eligibility criteria. You must have an active Express Entry profile in the Federal Express Entry pool. You must have stated an interest in immigrating permanently to Alberta. You're working in an occupation that supports Alberta's economic development and diversification and you must have a minimum CRS score of 300. Okay now here let me tell you two important points. So when you're creating your Express Entry profile it asks for the interest in the province where you actually interest it to move. So over there you should select either Alberta or all provinces. To be on the safer side I would suggest you select all provinces so you can apply for other provinces as well and also you would have a chance for Ontario's SCP stream. So this was one point. The other point is about the occupations. You must be very interested in knowing the list of occupations. Unfortunately there's no listed occupations that are in demand in Alberta. They do have their own set of high demand occupations which they don't disclose to the general public. The reason behind it might be that that list keeps on changing every month or maybe every quarter because the occupations in demand would be changing certainly after a certain period of time. Okay now let's talk about the profiles. Which one would be given high preferences and which one would be given low preferences. So Alberta would give you a high preference if you have a valid Alberta job offer and or work experience in Alberta. Apart from that if you're a graduate of Alberta post-secondary institution with a valid Alberta job offer or you have a parent, child, brother and or a sister who's a permanent resident living in Alberta or a Canadian citizen living in Alberta. So in any of these cases your profile would be given higher preference. It's not a eligibility requirement please note it's not mandatory to have one of these points but your profile would be given higher preference if you do have one of these points. Now the profile which would be given lower preferences your express entry profile expires in three months or less. Now let's talk about this step by step process. Alberta pegs the profiles from the express entry pool giving priorities to certain profiles. I told you how they actually give higher preference. Foreign nationals can only apply to the Alberta Express entry stream after receiving a notification of interest letter from the province. Eligible candidates will be conducted directly by the AI and P through the through their express entry profile. Only those express entry candidates who receive an invitation or NOI letter from AI and P can submit an application for a provincial nomination under the Alberta Express entry stream. If you receive a NOI letter from Alberta you must email a copy of the letter to the AI and P at Alberta Express entry at gov.ab.ca within two weeks of receiving it in your federal express entry profile. You must also provide your express entry profile number and status information about the current and past AI and P applications or nominations if applicable. The AI and P will confirm your information and may send you an email requesting you to submit an application including the including a form to fill out and a document checklist listing all required documents. Now there's no fee to submit an application. So this is a very important part unlike the OINP the entire PNP program. There's no fee in Ontario PNP program. There's a fee of $1,500 but here it is free of cost. So it's a big bonus. The point to remember here is that you only get two weeks to send an email with a copy of the letter to AI and P if you missed that then you might miss the opportunity to get the AI and P nomination. Now let me tell you that this is a paper-based application. After all of this process is done then you have to actually send your documents along with different forms and the document checklist to Alberta in an envelope. So this is not an online application process. You cannot upload those documents online so this would take time. So please be aware that you don't have to make any mistake and provide false information to Alberta because only after submitting all of these documents they would send you a PNP nomination letter and then you would get 600 points which would definitely ensure that you get your ITA in the very next draw. So I hope that the information that I've told you about the AI and P program is quite clear. If you do have any questions please comment down below. I would be happy to reply them. So thank you for watching this video. If you like the video please click the like button and share it with your friends. If you think it would help them and also please subscribe to my channel if you haven't subscribed it yet. 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