SINP Employment Offer: Saskatchewan Nominee Route for Workers With a Job Offer

The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) lets Saskatchewan choose immigrants who fit its labor needs. A nomination does not make you a permanent resident by itself. It is a recommendation to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), which makes the final decision. Read our Provincial Nominee Program overview if you are new to how nominations work, and our Saskatchewan guide for life in the province.

The Employment Offer sub-category sits inside the SINP's International Skilled Worker category. It is the main route for skilled workers who have a job offer from a Saskatchewan employer but have not yet worked for that employer in Saskatchewan. Many applicants live outside Canada when they apply.

Unlike the Occupation In-Demand and Saskatchewan Express Entry sub-categories, you do not wait for an Expression of Interest (EOI) draw. Your employer's approved job position is what opens the door. This matters in 2026, because Saskatchewan says it has no scheduled EOI draws for those two sub-categories.

Employment Offer leads to a base nomination. That means you apply to IRCC for permanent residence outside the Express Entry system. If you are also in the Express Entry pool, compare this route with the federal Express Entry programs before you decide.

You must meet all of these requirements, as listed by the SINP (as of September 2026):

• Points: at least 60 out of 110 on the SINP point assessment grid.
• Job offer: a valid offer of permanent, full-time employment from a Saskatchewan employer.
• Employer approval: your employer must be registered with the SINP and have an approved Employer Position Assessment (EPA) for the job before you apply.
• Job level: the job must be in a National Occupational Classification (NOC) TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 occupation.
• Work experience: at least one year of work experience in the past 10 years in your intended occupation. The SINP counts this as at least 1,560 paid hours.
• Language: at least Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 4 in English or French, with test results less than two years old when you apply.
• Licensing: if your job is regulated in Saskatchewan, you need proof that you are eligible to be licensed.

There is no fixed education minimum for this sub-category, but education and training earn points on the grid. If you studied outside Canada, an Educational Credential Assessment helps you prove the level of your credential.

The SINP states that its criteria can change at any time and that no application is guaranteed to be accepted. Check the official page on the day you apply.

The SINP point assessment grid scores you on five factors:

1. Education and training
2. Skilled work experience
3. Language ability
4. Age
5. Connections to the Saskatchewan labor market

You need at least 60 of the 110 available points. For Employment Offer, the grid works as a pass mark: if you reach 60 points and meet the other rules, you can apply once your employer's EPA is approved.

Language is often the easiest factor to improve. A higher result on an approved test such as IELTS, CELPIP, TEF Canada or TCF Canada can add points even though the minimum is CLB 4. See our guide to language tests and use the CLB converter to translate your scores.

The Saskatchewan connection factor rewards ties to the province, such as a job offer or close relatives living there. The full grid, with the points for each factor, is published on the SINP website.

Your employer does part of the work before you can apply:

• Register with the SINP. The employer creates an account and is approved to hire through the program.
• Apply for an Employer Position Assessment (EPA). The SINP reviews the specific job. It must be permanent and full-time, and the wage and working conditions must meet Canadian standards for that occupation.
• Name you as the candidate. Once the EPA is approved, you are notified. You must log in to your SINP online account (called OASIS) and validate the position within 10 days of the notice.

Older guides may call the employer step a Job Approval Form (JAF). The current SINP pages use the Employer Position Assessment.

A real job offer comes from a real Saskatchewan employer who has completed these steps. Be careful with anyone who sells job offers or promises a nomination for a fee. Our guide to immigration scams explains the warning signs. Employers can read more on our page about PNP employer streams.

For 2026, Saskatchewan has 4,761 nominations to give (as of September 2026), and it sorts them by the sector of your job:

Most skilled workers who use this sub-category have job offers in priority or other sectors, where the intake windows do not apply. If your job offer is in a capped sector, your employer can only submit an EPA during an intake window, and only for a candidate with six months or less left on a work permit. That rule is aimed at workers already in Saskatchewan, so read the capped-sector rules on the SINP site before you rely on a capped-sector offer from abroad.

Saskatchewan can adjust these shares and windows during the year as spaces fill.

Some occupations cannot use this sub-category even if they are TEER 0 to 3:

• Truck drivers. Drivers already working in Saskatchewan on a work permit may look at Skilled Worker With Existing Work Permit, where trucking is a capped sector.
• Most health care occupations in NOC Broad Occupational Category 3. These go through the Health Talent Pathway instead.
• Jobs on the SINP Excluded Occupation List. Check the SINP's occupation restrictions page before you accept an offer.

Some tech and farm jobs have their own routes with different experience rules. Compare the Innovation and Tech Talent Pathway and the Agriculture Talent Pathway if your job fits one of them.

If the SINP approves your application, you receive a provincial nomination. Then:

1. You apply to IRCC for permanent residence as a provincial nominee, using the base (non-Express Entry) process.
2. IRCC runs its own checks, including a medical exam, police certificates and biometrics.
3. If IRCC approves you, you receive a Confirmation of Permanent Residence and complete landing.

IRCC sets its own fees and processing times. Check the processing times tool and the IRCC website for current figures. You are expected to live and work in Saskatchewan, so keep in touch with your employer while you wait.

If you have a past refusal, a criminal record or an immigration violation, talk to a lawyer or a licensed consultant (RCIC) before you apply. Our guide on how to verify a lawyer or consultant shows how to check a license.