Alberta invites 425 candidates in five immigration draws

Alberta invited 425 candidates to apply for provincial nomination in five Alberta Advantage Immigration Program draws between Oct. 23 and Nov. 2, according to the province’s AAIP processing information page, last updated Nov. 4.

The largest round was a Nov. 2 Rural Renewal Stream draw that issued 173 invitations with a minimum score of 51. An Oct. 23 Rural Renewal draw invited another 37 candidates at the same minimum score.

The Alberta Opportunity Stream drew 132 candidates on Oct. 30 with a minimum score of 59. The Dedicated Health Care Pathway held two draws: 19 invitations on Oct. 27 for Express Entry candidates, with a minimum score of 60, and 64 invitations on Oct. 29 for candidates outside Express Entry, with a minimum score of 50.

The five rounds add up to the 425 invitations that CIC News also reported on Nov. 8. Our own count of the province’s table shows 12 draws since Oct. 2 that together issued more than 1,130 invitations, with one more round, a law enforcement pathway draw on Oct. 16, listed only as fewer than 10. The earlier Oct. 20 round of 386 priority-sector Express Entry candidates is covered in our previous story.

The province’s table lists a 2026 allocation of 6,603 spaces, of which 6,108 are shown as issued, leaving 495. It also lists 756 applications still to be processed. The page does not give processing times in months. Instead, it says staff are assessing Alberta Opportunity Stream applications received on or before Aug. 2, Rural Renewal applications received on or before Oct. 9 and Dedicated Health Care Pathway applications received on or before Sept. 25. It describes those dates as estimates that may vary.

An invitation is not a nomination. Candidates who receive one must follow the instructions and deadline in their invitation, and a nomination still leads to a separate federal permanent residence application to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Candidates in the pool can check their stream’s criteria and their score on the official AAIP page. Anyone unsure about eligibility can ask a licensed immigration consultant or lawyer.

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