New Brunswick Announces reopening of Immigration Programs with Adjustments

• New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP) - 1,500 spaces and
• the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) - 1,250 spaces

Jean-Claude D’Amours, acting Minister of Post-Secondary Education, expressed concern about the impact of this reduction on the province's economic growth. As a result, New Brunswick is prioritizing immigration in sectors like health, education, and construction, while restricting access for workers in other sectors.

Stream and program updates

The below table provides a summary of updates for each listed New Brunswick stream:

Detailed Stream Information:

New Brunswick Express Entry

The stream will reopen for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) under the

• Employment in New Brunswick and
• New Brunswick Interests" pathways

However, applicants in the following occupations are currently ineligible:

• Accounting technicians and bookkeepers (NOC 12200),
• Administrative assistants (NOC 13110),
• Restaurant and food service managers (NOC 60030),
• Food service supervisors (NOC 62020),
• Cooks (NOC 63200), and Bakers (NOC 63202).

The "New Brunswick Student Connection" is discontinued for 2025.

New Brunswick Strategic Initiative

This stream has enough EOIs and is not currently accepting new ones. Interested individuals are advised to check for updates later in the year. The "In-Person Exploratory Visit to New Brunswick" connection is permanently discontinued.

New Brunswick Skilled Worker

This stream will soon accept new applications and is now divided into three pathways:

• New Brunswick Work Experience
• New Brunswick Graduates and
• New Brunswick Priority Occupations

Each pathway has specific eligibility criteria in addition to the general Skilled Worker requirements.

The following occupations are presently ineligible:

Presently, the NBPNP will not be considering applicants in the following occupations for the Skilled Worker stream:

• Accounting technicians and bookkeepers (NOC 12200).
• Administrative assistants (NOC 13110).
• Shippers and receivers (NOC 14400).
• Restaurant and food service managers (NOC 60030).
• Food service supervisors (NOC 62020).
• Cooks (NOC 63200).
• Bakers (NOC 63202).
• Bartenders (NOC 64301).
• Other customer representatives (NOC 64409).
• Food and beverage servers (NOC 65200).
• Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers, and related occupations (NOC 65201).
• Process control and machine operators - food and beverage processing (NOC 94140).
• Fish and seafood plant workers (NOC 94142).
• Laborers in food and beverage processing (NOC 95106).
• Laborers in fish and seafood (NOC 95107).

Future Allocation Changes

New Brunswick is in discussions with the federal government regarding its reduced allocation. Similar to Newfoundland and Labrador, which recently regained most of its allocation by agreeing to accept more humanitarian immigrants, New Brunswick may need to reach a similar agreement with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to increase its nomination spaces. It remains to be seen whether New Brunswick will pursue this option.

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- Rajneesh Kumar