The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has updated the list of in-demand occupations that do not require labor market testing on December 03, 2020.
Occupations in Health care, Information and Communication Technology, and Technical specialists are considered for exemption.
In-demand occupations from health, ICT, and Technical specialists sectors are exempted from Job vacancy Assessment and Atlantic Immigration Program labor market testing requirements such as Advertising. The list is as follows
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Occupations In demand: Health care
- Clinical Psychologist
- Dosimetrist
- Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN)
- Medical Physicist
- Nurse Practitioner (NP)
- Personal Care Attendant (PCA)
- Physician
Anesthesia; Family Medicine; General Internal Medicine; Neonatologists (NICU); Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pediatric Intensivists (PICU); Psychiatry; Pathology; Pathology (Hemopathology); Radiology
8. Radiation Therapist
Occupations In demand: ICT
Engineers and Developers
- .NET Developer
- AI Developer
- Biomedical Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Python Developer
- Software Developer
- UI/UX Developer
- Web Developer
Technical Specialists
- Bioinformatician
- Cloud Specialist
- Computer Network Support
- Data Analytics
- Ocean Mapping Specialist
- Offshore Technician
- Research Associate
- ROV Operator
- Security Specialist
- Technical Writer
Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the four Atlantic Provinces participating in the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP). The other three participating provinces in the pilot are New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
The province has recently announced New immigration Pathwayto attract immigrants to stay in the province. The new pathway Priority Skills Newfoundland and Labrador is, launching on January 2, 2021.
