Under the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program exist a number of streams for foreign workers and other classes of individuals to move to the province.
The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP)’s Alberta Opportunity Stream is for those:
- Working full-time in the province.
- Have a full-time job offer.
- Have a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)
Am I eligible for the Alberta Opportunity stream?
Your application will not be considered if you are not a temporary resident (with a temporary resident visa) at the time when you make your application.
The key requirements under the Alberta Opportunity stream include:
- A valid work permit
- The status of your work permit was active and applicable during the application process to the Opportunity Stream.
- Your valid work permit must come from a positive LMIA, or one of the following LMIA exemptions:
- International trade agreements
- Workers transferred within a company
- International Experience Canada
- Mobilité Francophone
- R205(d) for religious work
- Open work permits issued to vulnerable classes of workers
- You may also instead have a Post-Graduation Work Permit or an open work permit for other policy reasons.
- Work experience requirements for the Opportunity Stream are based on National Occupation Classification (NOC) codes. You must have any NOC job except the following:
| Legislators |
| School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education |
| Managers in social, community and correctional services |
| Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officers |
| Escort agency managers, massage parlour managers |
| Judges |
| Secondary school teachers |
| Elementary school and kindergarten teachers |
| Authors and writers (except technical) |
| Musicians and singers |
| Justices of the peace |
| Early childhood educators who do not have certification through Alberta Children’s Services – Child Care Staff Certification Office or who have been certified as Level 1 Early Childhood Educator (formerly Child Development Assistant) |
| Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants |
| Other instructors |
| Actors, comedians and circus performers |
| Painters, sculptors and other visual artists |
| Artisans and craftspersons |
| Athletes |
| Real estate agents and salespersons |
| Dental laboratory assistants/bench workers |
| Home child care providers |
| Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations |
| Casino occupations |
| Other performers |
| Other sales related occupations |
| Operators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport |
| Other support occupations in personal services |
| Other service support occupations |
| Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs |
| Harvesting labourers |
| Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers |
| Trappers and hunters |
| Mine labourers |
| Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers |
- Language requirements
- You must have
- A minimum of Canadian Language Benchmark score 5 if you’re applying with NOC 0, 1,2, or 3
- A minimum of Canadian Language Benchmark score 5 if you’re applying with NOC 4 or 5
- You must secure an educational credential assessment with your education listed on it.
- You must also have a minimum of 12 months of full time experience inAlberta in the relevant occupation or 24 months of full time experience in Canada or abroad in the past 30 months.
- For those with Post-Graduation Work Permits, you must have a minimum of 6 months of full-time experience in the last 18 months in Alberta.
