Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP)

Food and beverage servers and room attendants

Purpose

To address the critical skill shortage of workers in the Alberta Hotel and Lodging Industry, the Alberta Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) will consider an employer's business case for selected occupations defined as NOC C and D occupations.

With respect to the Alberta Hotel and Lodging Industry these occupations are Food and Beverage Servers (NOC 6453 - C) and Room Attendants (NOC 6661 - D).

Eligible employers and semi-skilled employees shall meet the following criteria:

Criteria for Employers (includes but is not limited to):

  • An Employer must be a member in good standing with the Alberta Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) and adopt the association's prescribed practices with respect to hiring and employing temporary foreign workers.
     
  • An Employer is eligible for a maximum number of allocations per year based on the total number of rooms at a property. Allocations can be for Food and Beverage Servers and Room Attendants or a combination of both.
Number of Rooms Maximum Number of
Allocations/per property/per year
1-50 2
51-100 4
101-150 6
151-200 8
201-250 10
251-350 12
351-400 14
401-450 16
451+ 18
  • The number of allocations approved to employers are based on factors including recruitment strategies and conditions, employment policies and practices, retention and settlement.
     
  • An Employer must provide support of increase in temporary foreign workers wage over the duration of the work permit indicating an increase in skills.
     
  • An Employer must submit a Provincial Nominee (PN) Candidate who has the required qualifications, has demonstrated excellent work performance and will contribute to the long term success of the company.
     
  • An Employer must possess a Service Canada Labour Market Opinion (LMO) Confirmation and meet the conditions such as salary and accommodation.
     
  • An Employer must ensure the PN Candidate is competent in listening, speaking, reading and writing English prior to nomination. An Employer is responsible for testing and establishing a benchmark of English language capability of the PN Candidate upon arrival.

    If the PN Candidate originated from an English speaking country or has completed secondary or post-secondary studies in English, the employer is not required to provide proof of PN Candidate competency in the English language.
     
  • Should the PN Candidate not be competent in English, the employer must provide the PN Candidate with an in-house English as a Second Language (ESL) program or cover the cost of the ESL training for the PN Candidate.

For more on ESL training programs, please see the related links for the ESL Guideline for Hotel and Lodging, Manufacturing and Trucking Industry.

  • An Employer must provide, in their application to the Alberta PNP, a plan outlining their approach to accommodation, settlement and retention for the PN Candidate from the time the PN Candidate commences employment with the employer. The plan must demonstrate employer support and assistance toward successful integration of the workforce, community and society integration.

Criteria for Provincial Nominee Candidates (includes but is not limited to):

  • The PN Candidate must hold a valid work permit for the NOC occupational group of 6453 and 6661, for the occupation title of Food and Beverage Server or Room Attendant, and be residing in Alberta.
     
  • The PN Candidate must have completed a minimum of high school education.
     
  • The PN Candidate must receive the emerit Professional Certification for the occupation of Food and Beverage Server or Room Attendant.
     
  • The PN Candidate must be employed in Alberta for a minimum of six months and meet or exceed all employer established work and performance standards before being nominated for the PNP.
     
  • PN Candidates not competent in the English language must undergo ESL training from the time they arrive to work to when they become permanent residents. To be eligible for nomination the PN Candidate must submit proof of 85% attendance rate in the ESL training and must demonstrate a progress in learning.
     
  • The PN Candidate must demonstrate integration into the local community.
     
  • The PN Candidate must demonstrate the financial means or capability to pay for the costs of applying for permanent residency and establishing themselves and their family (if applicable) in Alberta.

Related Information

Government of Alberta

Date Updated: Jan 09, 2008
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