Saskatchewan Work Experience:Innovation and Tech Talent Pathway

• You must hold a job offer for permanent, full-time employment from an employer in Saskatchewan’s technology or innovation sector.
• The employer must be registered with the SINP and hold a valid Employer Position Assessment (EPA) for the position.

You must have full-time work experience (30 hours or more per week) meeting one of the following conditions.

• If applying from within Saskatchewan: you must currently be working in the province and have a total of at least 6 months (780 hours) of work experience with the employer that obtained the Employer Position Assessment (EPA) (the experience does not need to be continuous). If you have been with your current employer for less than 6 months, you need at least 1 year of work experience in your own occupation within the past 5 years.
• In all other cases (inside or outside Canada): you must have a total of at least 1 year of work experience in your intended high-skilled occupation within the past 5 years.

Depending on the occupation, you may need to meet Saskatchewan’s licensing requirements.

• For NOC 21112 (agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists): proof of licensing from the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists (SIA), or documentation showing conditional approval or approval as an articling member, is required.
• For engineering-related occupations (NOC 21310, 21311, 21320, 21322, 21330, 21331, 21332): a letter from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) confirming that your registration as an Engineer-in-Training has been approved, or that Confirmatory Exams have been assigned to you, is required.

You must have completed post-secondary education related to the position offered (a master’s degree, a bachelor’s degree, a degree of 3 years or longer, or a diploma of 2 years or longer from a trade or technical school).

• You must be accepted into IRCC’s Express Entry pool.
• You must hold a valid Express Entry profile number and job seeker validation code.

• You must hold a job offer for permanent, full-time employment from an employer in Saskatchewan’s technology or innovation sector.
• The employer must be registered with the SINP and hold a valid Employer Position Assessment (EPA) for the position.

You must have full-time work experience meeting one of the following conditions.

• If applying from within Saskatchewan: you must currently be working in the province and have a total of at least 6 months (780 hours) of work experience with the employer that obtained the Employer Position Assessment (EPA). If you have been with your current employer for less than 6 months, you need at least 1 year of work experience in your own occupation within the past 5 years.
• In all other cases (inside or outside Canada): you must have a total of at least 1 year of work experience in your intended high-skilled occupation within the past 5 years.

Depending on the occupation, you may need to meet Saskatchewan’s licensing requirements (as under the Non-Express Entry route, documentation such as SIA or APEGS confirmation is required).

You must have completed post-secondary education related to the position offered (a master’s degree, a bachelor’s degree, a degree of 3 years or longer, or a diploma of 2 years or longer from a trade or technical school).

Individuals who have made a refugee claim to the Government of Canada cannot apply under this category.

Please note that an application may be refused (or closed) in the following cases.

• Not all required documents were submitted with the application.
• You cannot demonstrate an intention to live and work in Saskatchewan.
• The applicant or their representative deliberately provided false information (misrepresentation).