Starting on March 1, 2024, Alberta is introducing a new immigration option called the Tourism and Hospitality Stream under the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP).
This program is designed to help Alberta’s tourism and hospitality sectors find the workers they need.
From that date, they will start accepting a limited number of applications for this stream. The aim is to quickly process these applications as part of a priority system.
The goal of this new stream is to boost Alberta’s economy by helping businesses in these sectors find and keep the workers they need.
To be eligible, applicants must have a full-time, year-round job offer from an approved employer in the tourism or hospitality industry.
Also, those who have lived in Alberta for a while and worked in tourism or hospitality for at least six months can apply.
More details about how to apply and what you need to qualify will be available when the program opens on March 1, 2024.
In 2022, Alberta’s tourism industry was quite large. About 32 million people visited the province, earning it $10.7 billion. This industry also supported more than 80,000 full-time jobs. Additionally, 11% of Canada’s tourism businesses are located in Alberta.
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Alberta Temporarily Pauses Opportunity Stream
The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) has stopped the Alberta Opportunity Stream for now. They won’t accept new applications until they say otherwise.
If you already sent in your application before they stopped the program, they will still look at it.
But, if you were still filling out your application on the AAIP website and hadn’t sent it in yet, even if you were about to pay, they won’t take it right now.
The program is focusing on important jobs that need more workers, like in health care, technology, building, farming, tourism, and hotels. By stopping new applications, they can handle the ones they already have better.
The AAIP is planning to keep good service for all its parts and handle the number of future applications based on what the program aims to do.
Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP)
The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) is a program in Alberta that helps bring in skilled workers and business owners to the province. Its goal is to help Alberta’s government, along with the Canadian federal government, fill job openings and fix labor shortages in Alberta.
There are several ways to get permanent residency in Alberta through this program:
- Alberta Express Entry Stream
- Accelerated Tech Pathway for Express Entry
- Alberta Opportunity Stream (Currently on hold)
- Religious Workers Eligibility program
- Rural Renewal Stream
- Rural Entrepreneur Stream
- Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream
- Graduate Entrepreneur Stream
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The new AAIP program for tourism and hospitality will help Alberta’s economy. It will do this by solving worker shortages and helping businesses in Alberta attract and keep the workers they need. This will make Alberta’s economy stronger, especially in tourism and hospitality areas.