www.alberta.ca/aaip-alberta-opportunity-stream-eligibility.aspx
Residency, work permit requirements
At the time your application is submitted, and at the time the AAIP assesses your application, you must have a valid temporary resident status in Canada that authorizes you to work in Canada, that is, a temporary foreign worker permit.
NOC 2021 update: Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) based work permits issued under NOC 2016 version continue to be accepted by the AAIP.
Eligible applicants
At the time your application is submitted, and at the time the AAIP assesses your application, you must have a valid work permit – not status maintained during processing (formerly implied status) or restoration status.
Valid work permits are based on one of the following:
a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)
a LMIA exemption for workers based on one of the following exemptions as determine by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC):
international trade agreements
workers transferred within a company
International Experience Canada
Mobilité Francophone
R205(d) for religious work
an open work permit issued by IRCC to:
vulnerable workers who have demonstrated they are experiencing abuse or are at risk of abuse in the context of their employment in Canada, including under the Vulnerable Workers Open Work Permit (VWOWP) exemption, or
the family members of a vulnerable worker under the VWOWP exemption
a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) held by a graduate of an Alberta Advanced Education publicly funded post-secondary institution
PGWP holders must also meet specific occupation, education and work experience requirements as set out below.
an open work permit issued under one of IRCC’s open work permit public policies:
temporary policy changes to the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP). Permit must beheld by a graduate of an Alberta Advanced Education publicly funded post-secondary institution.
Holders of this open work permit must also meet the same specific occupation, education and work experience requirements as PGWP holders as set out below
an open work permit issued under the public policy for Hong Kong recent graduates
an open work permit issued under IRCC’s Ukraine immigration measures (also known as the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET)).
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