After falling short of the cap last year, the Provincial Government is looking to meeting the Immigration numbers presented by the federal government.
Mayala Marcelino, the current NDP immigration minister is looking to meet the maximum immigration number this year, as she says it would mean a lot economically to our province.
Manitoba's previous PC government had successfully lobbied Ottawa to increase the province's allotment from 6,325 nominees in 2022 to 9,500 nominees in 2023 to address labour shortages, but the province failed to process about 2,000 applications in time.
Marcelino is also aiming to reduce the time between a skilled immigrant receiving their letter of invitation to apply and then receiving their nomination certificate, which now exceeds the recommended six months. She's planning for the province to return to the target timeline by the fall.
In 2023, Manitoba issued 7,348 of the 9,500 available nominations through the provincial nominee program. About 1,000 nominations were processed in December alone.
