To apply to the Skilled Worker Overseas (SWO) Pathway, you must demonstrate an established connection to Manitoba through either:
- Manitoba Experience
- Manitoba Support
- Manitoba Invitation
Manitoba Invitation
The MPNP regularly issues Invitations to Apply to qualified candidates who are identified through one of our Strategic Recruitment Initiatives in Manitoba and overseas. Issuance of an Invitation to Apply is at the sole discretion of the MPNP and applicants cannot self-select for eligibility with this connection to our province.
Age
Language
You must have job-ready English; specifically, you must demonstrate the English or French proficiency to fulfill the duties of your job description.
Education Outside Canada
to participate in visits and missions you must have completed at least a one-year, post-secondary education or training program for which you received a diploma, degree or certificate
Work/Business Experience
- you must have completed at least six months (continuous) full-time employment with that company as a temporary foreign worker.
- Employment that is part of a work-study program is ineligible.
Adaptability / Accompanying members
Intention to live in Province
to participate in visits and missions you need to satisfy the MPNP that you do not have a stronger connection to another province.
you must have the genuine intention and ability to successfully settle and economically establish in Manitoba as a permanent resident demonstrated, in part, with a Settlement Plan
Additional Requirements
To apply to the MPNP with the Manitoba Invitation connection, in your MPNP Online application, you must upload the Letter of Invitation you received directly from the MPNP after being interviewed by a program officer during a recruitment mission or exploratory visit.
Recruitment missions
The MPNP regularly travels overseas on recruitment missions, often in partnership with Manitoba employers. Watch this page for news of the next MPNP initiative.
Exploratory visits
An exploratory visit is a pre-arranged trip that potential MPNP applicants may make to the province of Manitoba to research communities and employment opportunities to help them make an informed decision on whether they have the intention and ability to find employment and settle with their family in Manitoba as permanent residents.
After the MPNP interview included in a pre-approved exploratory visit, we may invite you to submit an MPNP Online application. Note that it is the Invitation to Apply, not the exploratory visit, that establishes a candidate’s requisite Manitoba connection.
The MPNP conducts exploratory visits at our discretion as resources allow in order to provide opportunity for qualified skilled workers, otherwise ineligible for our program, to establish the connection to Manitoba required of all MPNP applicants. Exploratory visits must be approved by, then arranged through, the MPNP only by invitation following our acceptance of your request.
*All candidates indicating that they plan to settle outside of Winnipeg must, at the time of application, satisfactorily demonstrate that they have a convincing connection to a region outside of the capital city indicating a strong likelihood that they will make a long-term economic contribution to that region.
Only to candidates whose request is accepted does the MPNP provide instructions on what to do during an exploratory visit and what documents to bring with you (e.g., education certificates and employer letters of reference). Activities to undertake during an exploratory visit include meeting with prospective employers; consulting with occupational regulatory bodies; and exploring housing, school and lifestyle opportunities in your chosen Manitoba community.
Note: Neither an accepted request, an actual visit and interview, nor an Invitation to Apply to the MPNP suggest guarantee of approval of your eventual MPNP Online application, nor approval of a nominee’s subsequent, separate permanent resident visa application to the Government of Canada.
Funds
Settlement funds are sufficient and available funds that economic immigrants must prove they have to settle in Canada. Funds must be readily available to you. You cannot borrow this money from another person.
All applicants should have, at minimum, $10,000 plus $2,000 per each accompanying family member (in Canadian dollars).
Ineligibility
“The following are not eligible to submit an application to the MPNP:
- Refugee claimants, or individuals involved in a federal appeal or removal process
- Live-in Caregivers currently living in Canada
- Temporary foreign workers currently working and residing in a province other than Manitoba
- Spouses of Canadian citizens or permanent residents
- Individuals who have been refused by the MPNP within the last six months and who are not able to address the reason(s) for refusal
- Individuals who have an active immigration application with any other provincial immigration program or federal immigration program in Canada. Note: an Express Entry profile is not considered an immigration application.
- If you or your spouse already have an active MPNP application, you are not eligible to submit an additional application to any other stream/pathway of the MPNP.”
Application Fee
The fee for this stream is set at 500 CAD.
Submission of Application
- Create an Expression of Interest (EOI) profile.
- If you receive a Letter of Advice to Apply (LAA), submit a full application to the MPNP.
- Applications are thoroughly assessed by an MPNP officer
- Successful applicants are nominated by the MPNP.
- Within 180 days from the date of nomination, make a separate application to the Government of Canada for permanent residence for you and your family.
Link to portal to submit application
Maximum points required
Minimum 60 point required out of 100