On October 6, 2022, Saskatchewan updated the processing time of various streams of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). According to the new data, in the second quarter of 2022, in the International Skilled Worker category, the processing time in the Employment Offer stream was 2 weeks, in the Occupation In-Demand stream – 32 weeks, and in the Express Entry stream – 24 weeks. In the Saskatchewan Experience category, the processing time in the Existing Work Permit stream, International Students stream, Health Professionals stream, Truck Drivers stream, and the Hospitality Workers stream was 1 week. In the Entrepreneur and Farm category, the processing time for the Entrepreneur Applications was 9 weeks, while for the Entrepreneur Nominations, it was 2 weeks. The province has not provided any information regarding the processing times for the Entrepreneurs Farmers stream. The Job Approval Process, the authorization for an employer to hire a foreign worker through the SINP, took 7 weeks for specified workers and 11 weeks for not specified workers.
