On April 19, 2024, Saskatchewan updated the processing time of various streams of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). According to the new data, in the first quarter of 2024 (from January 1 to March 31, 2024), in the International Skilled Worker category, the processing time in the Employment Offer stream was six weeks; in the Occupation In-Demand stream, it was 35 weeks; and in the Express Entry stream – 29 weeks. The processing time for the Tech Talent Pathway and the Hard-to-Fill Skills Pilot was four and seven weeks, respectively. In the Saskatchewan Experience category, the processing time for the Existing Work Permit stream was two weeks; for the International Students stream, it was three weeks; and four weeks for the Hospitality Workers stream. In the Entrepreneur and Farm category, the processing time for the Entrepreneur Applications was six weeks, while for the Entrepreneur Nominations, it was nine weeks. The Job Approval Process took two weeks for an employer to hire a foreign worker through the SINP.
