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1. Required Positions(s), Location(s), Wage(s), Weekly Hours, Employment Duration
2. Workforce @ Location(s): Total Current Employees & # of Current Foreign Workers
3. Business Start Date (Year established)
4. Observations.

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1. Care type (child, elderly, illness, disability) & Details of person(s) requiring care (e.g., ages, medical conditions).
2. Live-in or Live-out preference, Wage (per hour) & Weekly Hours.
3. Caregiver Candidate (if identified): Age, Highest Level of Education, English/French Ability, and Relevant Experience.
4. Observations.

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4. Sponsorship History:
- Has the Sponsor previously sponsored a spouse?
- Was the Sponsor themselves sponsored as a spouse in the last 5 years?
5. Financial Eligibility: Is the Sponsor receiving Social Assistance or currently in Bankruptcy, or in default of child support or immigration loans?
6. Background Check: Do either the sponsor or applicant have any past criminal convictions, serious medical conditions, or previous visa refusals?
7. Status & Marital History: If the applicant is inside Canada, what is their current legal status? Are all previous divorces (if any) fully finalized?
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Nova Scotia Nominee Program: The 4 Streams and How the EOI Works

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The Nova Scotia Nominee Program changed shape in 2026. After a short portal closure in February, the province consolidated its streams into four, and every application now starts the same way: with an Expression of Interest that Nova Scotia may or may not select.

Here is what each stream asks for, and how the selection actually works.

What are the 4 streams?

Skilled Worker, Nova Scotia Graduate, Nova Scotia: Express Entry, and Entrepreneur.

StreamWho it is for
Skilled WorkerWorkers with a full-time, permanent job offer from a Nova Scotia employer
Nova Scotia GraduateRecent graduates of a Nova Scotia school with a job offer in four specific health and childcare occupations
Nova Scotia: Express EntryCandidates with an Express Entry profile and at least one year of skilled work in Nova Scotia, plus physicians
EntrepreneurExperienced business owners or senior managers who will start or buy a business in Nova Scotia

How does the Expression of Interest work?

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You submit a profile, it goes into a pool, and Nova Scotia picks from that pool. It is not first come, first served.

The province selects based on its labour market priorities, your occupation, how likely you are to stay, the region where you would work, your immigration status and how many nominations it has left. In 2026 it has selected between 161 and 789 candidates a month, mostly in health care, skilled trades and other priority occupations.

Two rules changed this year:

  • Your EOI expires after 12 months (since May 1, 2026). If you are not selected in that time, you submit a new one.
  • There is now an application fee (since September 1, 2026): $1,000 for the worker streams and $2,000 for the Entrepreneur stream. Submitting an EOI is free; you pay only if you are selected, and the fee is non-refundable.

What does the Skilled Worker stream ask for?

A full-time, permanent job offer from a Nova Scotia employer is the starting point.

On top of that, you need:

  • One year of experience related to the job. For TEER 4 and 5 jobs, it must be six months with that same employer.
  • Language: CLB 5 for TEER 0 to 3 jobs, CLB 4 for TEER 4 and 5.
  • A high school diploma, to be between 21 and 55, and enough money to settle.

The stream also has three sub-categories: construction, physicians, and occupations in demand. That last one has no occupations listed right now, so it is not an open door today. Post-graduation work permit holders in TEER 5 jobs do not qualify.

Who is the Nova Scotia Graduate stream for?

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Graduates of a Nova Scotia school who now have a job offer in one of four occupations: paramedical occupations, pharmacy technicians, nurse aides and patient service associates, and early childhood educators.

Your program must have ended within the last three years, lasted at least 30 weeks (24 for nurse aides), and at least half of it must have been taken in Nova Scotia. The language requirement is CLB 5.

How does the Nova Scotia: Express Entry stream work?

You need an active Express Entry profile and at least one year of skilled work experience in Nova Scotia, in a TEER 0 to 3 occupation. The language requirement is CLB 7 for TEER 0 and 1, and CLB 5 for TEER 2 and 3.

The second sub-category is for physicians with an approved opportunity from Nova Scotia Health or the IWK Health Centre, who are invited by letter.

What about the Entrepreneur stream?

It asks for a net worth of $600,000 and an investment of $150,000, or $400,000 and $100,000 outside Halifax.

You also need at least three years running and owning a business, or more than five years in senior management, and CLB 5. You come on a work permit first; the nomination comes after a year of running the business. Graduates of a Nova Scotia university or college who already run a business there have their own sub-category, with CLB 7.

How to use this

  1. Find your stream before anything else. Without a job offer, only Express Entry experience in the province or the Entrepreneur stream remain.
  2. Check your language score against the TEER of the job, not against the stream in general.
  3. Submit your EOI and track the 12 months. Mark the date it expires.
  4. Budget the fee for the moment you are selected.

Where we come in

Immigration Pros helps you work out whether Nova Scotia is a realistic route for your profile, and which stream fits, before you spend a year waiting in the pool. If you want to compare it with other provinces, our page on the Provincial Nominee Program covers the rest.

If you are not sure where you stand, start with a free assessment and we will tell you which door is actually open.

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