On November 3, 2023, Saskatchewan updated the processing time of various streams of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). According to the new data, in the third quarter of 2023, in the International Skilled Worker category, the processing time in the Employment Offer stream was three weeks; in the Occupation In-Demand stream, it was 26 weeks; and in the Express Entry stream – 25 weeks. The processing time for the Tech Talent Pathway and the Hard-to-Fill Skills Pilot was two weeks. In the Saskatchewan Experience category, the processing time for the Existing Work Permit, International Students, and Truck Drivers streams was two weeks, while it took three weeks to process applications under the Health Professionals stream and one week for the Hospitality Workers stream. In the Entrepreneur and Farm category, the processing time for the Entrepreneur Applications was five weeks, while for the Entrepreneur Nominations, it was one week. The Job Approval Process, the authorization for an employer to hire a foreign worker through the SINP, took eight weeks for specified workers and nine weeks for not specified workers.
