On January 12, 2024, Saskatchewan updated the processing times of various streams of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). According to the new data, in the fourth quarter of 2023, in the International Skilled Worker category, the processing time for the Employment Offer stream was four weeks; in the Occupation In-Demand stream, it was 39 weeks; and in the Express Entry stream – 33 weeks. The processing time for the Tech Talent Pathway and the Hard-to-Fill Skills Pilot was three weeks. In the Saskatchewan Experience category, the processing time for the Existing Work Permit and International Students streams was two weeks. At the same time, it took one week to process applications under the Hospitality Workers and Health Professionals streams. The province did not provide processing times for the Truck Drivers stream. In the Entrepreneur and Farm category, the processing time for the Entrepreneur Applications was five weeks, while for the Entrepreneur Nominations, it was two weeks. The Job Approval Process, the authorization for an employer to hire a foreign worker through the SINP, took four weeks.
