Alberta Holds 2nd Largest PNP Draw of 2025 Inviting 1,125 Candidates

Lakshmi

Updated On Nov 24, 2025

Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) conducted its second-largest PNP, issuing a combined total of 1,125 invitations to apply for provincial nomination across two draws held between November 10 and 14, 2025.

Alberta PNP Holds 2nd Largest Draw of 2025 Inviting 1,125 Candidates

In the week of November 10-14, 2025, the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) issued a combined total number of 1,125 invitations to apply for provincial nomination across two draws.

Candidates were selected based on a mix of following factors:

They are established ties to Alberta
They are ranking to the AAIP score system, or
Their professional experience in priority healthcare occupations

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Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) Draw Results November 10-14

The AAIP issued invitations through two different streams with varying scores and draw sizes.

Date	Stream	ITAs Issued	Minimum Score Required
November 14, 2025	Alberta Express Entry Stream - Priority Sectors (Healthcare)	80	52
November 10, 2025	Alberta Opportutnity Stream	1,045	55

The AAIP November 10 draw, was the second largest selection that AAIP has held so far this year where in the province invited 1,113 candidates to apply for provincial nomination.
The Alberta Opportunities Stream immigration pathway under the AAIP is for temporary foreign workers who are already living and working full time in Alberta. To qualify,
- Applicants are needed to have a full time job offer from an Alberta employer in an eligible occupation
- Hold a valid work permit and meet minimum eligibility criteria regarding residency, occupation, language, education, Alberta work experience, and job offer conditions.
Of all the AAIP immigration streams, the Alberta Opportunity Stream has the single largest nomination allocation for 2025, totaling more than 3,656 spots
As of November 19, the province had already issued 3,120 nominations through this pathway, with 536 nomination spots remaining out of its 2025 allocations and AAIP still has 1,100 applications awaiting processing in its inventory for the Alberta Opportunity Stream.
On November 14, the AAIP held another immigration selection under the Alberta Express Entry Stream, focusing on priority sectors like Healthcare.
This was the second draw priority draw that took place in 2025. AAIP has issued 494 nominations through priority sector draws under the Alberta Express entry stream out of their total 660 nomination spots allocated in 2025.

The Alberta Express Entry stream is an enhanced Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) pathway, that can nominate eligible candidates through the Express Entry candidate pool, allowing them to settle in province Once their nomination Is approved

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Increased Nomination Allocations for AAIP in 2025

The AAIP recently received an increase to its Provincial Nomination allocations from the federal government for 2025 which increased its cap by 1,728 spots from the previous limit of 4,875 nominations to a brand new total of 6,603 nomination.

With this allocation boost Alberta has gained roughly 67% of its 2024 allocations of 9,750 nominations helping them partially restore the capacity it had before last year's cuts.

Also, the province made it clear that the allocations would not be carried forward over to 2026 which highlights that AAIP would have to utilise this increased spots throughout the reminder of the year in more immigration draws

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