Due to a high volume of applications, processing times are longer than usual for 2025. Immigration New Brunswick is unable to provide processing times for individual applications and cannot guarantee that an application will be evaluated or approved before a work permit expires.
You are responsible for maintaining your authorization to work throughout the immigration process.
We appreciate your continued patience. Please continue to monitor your INB profile.
Immigration New Brunswick (ImmigrationNB) uses an expression of interest system to manage the intake of immigration applications for the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP). Before you can submit a complete application, you must submit an expression of interest in the INB portal.
ImmigrationNB will review these expressions of interest and issue invitations to apply based on provincial labour market needs, available allocation, and any other factors and priorities determined by the Government of New Brunswick.
Meeting the eligibility criteria for an NBPNP stream does not guarantee that you will be invited to apply. Moreover, receiving an invitation to apply does not guarantee that you will be nominated.
If you are invited to apply, you must submit a complete application under the stream specified in your invitation.
New Brunswick Express Entry Stream
Date of draw |
October 8–9, 2025 |
Cut-off date and time |
October 5, 2025 [11:59:00 pm (AST)] |
Pathways |
Employment in New Brunswick |
Occupational |
All sectors |
Invitations issued |
221 ◊ |
| ◊ Not all applications submitted as a result of this invitation round will be processed in 2025. |
New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream
Date of draw |
October 6-7, 2025 |
Cut-off date and time |
October 5, 2025 [11:59:00 pm (AST)] |
Pathways |
New Brunswick Excperience |
Occupational |
Health care |
Invitations issued |
91 ◊ |
| ◊ Not all applications submitted as a result of this invitation round will be processed in 2025. |
New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream
Date of draw |
October 6–7, 2025 |
Cut-off date and time |
October 5, 2025 [11:59:00 pm (AST)] |
Pathways |
New Brunswick Graduates |
Occupational |
Health care * The October 6–7 draw period did not include NOC 75101 – Material handlers |
Invitations issued |
210 ◊ |
| ◊ Not all applications submitted as a result of this invitation round will be processed in 2025. |
Let us know your questions and we’ll get back to you with answers.