Alberta Advantage Immigration Program – Processing information

Overview

This page provides information on nominations issued and available, applications to be processed, estimated processing times, processing order and priorities, application levels, and draws.

All information about nominations issued, nomination allocation distribution, spaces remaining and applications to be processed are subject to change without notice. AAIP reserves the right to redistribute allocations at any time.

Last updated: January 8, 2025

Processing summary totals

2024 summary

• AAIP issued 9,942 nominations in 2024, meeting its allocation for the year.
  • We also issued some additional nominations under a small Express Entry administrative overage provided by the federal government.
• Over 85% of the total 2024 nominations went to temporary foreign workers in Alberta.
• This percentage is in line with the Government of Canada’s requirements to issue work permit support letters under the ‘Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate Work Permits for Prospective Provincial Nominee Program Candidates.’
• AAIP also assessed 924 nominee applicants with a work permit expiring in 2024 under this temporary public policy.
• We issued 777 work permit support letters for existing foreign workers already contributing to Alberta’s economy and labour market needs. These letters support nomination eligibility and federal authorization to continue to work in the province.
• Applicants who received one of these work permit support letters will have their application for nomination assessed in 2025 or 2026.

2025 summary

The AAIP has not received its 2025 allocation. We will post information about the 2025 allocation, including program priorities and distribution once available. 

Alberta Opportunity Stream

Table 1. Alberta Opportunity Stream nomination numbers for 2025.

Rural Renewal Stream

Table 2. Rural Renewal Stream nomination numbers for 2025.

Tourism and Hospitality Stream

Table 3. Tourism and Hospitality Stream nomination numbers for 2025.

Dedicated Healthcare Pathway

Table 4. Dedicated Healthcare Pathway for non-Express Entry nomination numbers for 2025.

Alberta Express Entry Stream

Table 5. Alberta Express Entry Stream nomination numbers for 2025.  Provincial nominee programs may not nominate via Express Entry until the 2025 allocation has been confirmed for each province and territory.

Processing priorities for Alberta Express Entry Stream applications will be posted when information is available.

Entrepreneur Streams

Table 6. Entrepreneur Streams nomination numbers for 2025.

Entrepreneur stream processing times and volumes vary due to comprehensive documentation and verification needs. On average, it takes up to four months to assess both an expression of interest and business application. Entrepreneur stream applicants have frequent contact with AAIP staff responsible for assessing eligibility for business application approval and nomination.

Worker expression of interest information

Table 7. Expression of interest pool.

The table below is broken down by the streams or pathways and includes the current number of expressions of interest that are eligible for selection draws.

Candidates may be invited to apply to a stream or pathway other than the one that they submitted their expression of interest to.

Table 8. Draw information.

• Information will be updated as draws are conducted. AAIP draws are not regularly scheduled. They are done as needed to address sector needs and provincial priorities.
• Draw information for 2025 is provided below. AAIP draw information for 2024 is provided in the AAIP Draw History Summary 2024. This document also includes draw information for the Alberta Express Entry Stream under the former Notification of Interest system.

Contact

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