Express Entry Stream

Overview

The New Brunswick Express Entry stream is designed for highly skilled foreign nationals in the federal Express Entry pool. These individuals are looking to make New Brunswick their permanent home and contribute to the province’s growth. A nomination from ImmigrationNB will increase their chances of receiving an invitation to apply for permanent residency from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

Invitation criteria

You may receive an invitation to apply if you meet the criteria of one of the pathways:

Employment in New Brunswick

• You must be working full time in a non-seasonal position for a New Brunswick employer under TEER category 0, 1, 2, or 3.
• You must also have been working full time for the past 12 months under TEER category 0, 1, 2, or 3 for the same or a different New Brunswick employer while authorized to work in Canada.
• You have been living in New Brunswick for the past 12 months.

New Brunswick Interests

• You have received a letter of interest in your federal Express Entry profile.

Meeting the invitation criteria does not guarantee that you will receive an invitation to apply or be nominated. Other conditions may apply. Please carefully review the application guide that applies to your specific situation for more information.

Application

Start with the “Important Information for All Streams” document to learn about what you should know before applying for a nomination, then carefully read the guide that applies to your specific pathway to learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply.

Application guides

• Important Information for All Streams
• Employment in New Brunswick
• New Brunswick Interests

INB portal

You will submit your expression of interest and the subsequent application, if invited, through the INB portal.

• INB portal

You may find the following technical guides helpful when accessing the INB portal:

• INB User Guide for Applicants
• INB User Guide for Representatives

If you experience or notice any technical issues with the INB portal, please contact INB Support.

• INBSupport@gnb.ca

Forms

Complete and upload these PDF forms with your application.

Required

• NB-005 Consent and Declaration

If applicable

• NB-004 Employment Information
• NB-007 Use of Representative
• IMM 5409 Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union
• IMM 5604 Declaration from Non-accompanying Parent/Guardian for Minors Immigrating to Canada

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After nomination

When you are nominated by ImmigrationNB, you will receive a message in your IRCC secure account, asking if you want to accept or reject the nomination. If you accept, you will get an extra 600 points added to your Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score. You will then be invited to apply for permanent residency in the next round of invitations.

For more information on how to apply for permanent residency, visit

• Express Entry

Guide

For more information about how and when to contact ImmigrationNB after you have been nominated, see the guide below:

• Post-Nomination Guide

Forms (as applicable)

• NB-011 Immigration Application Withdrawal
• NB-021 Post-Nomination Request