Provincial criteria shift frequently — the observations below reflect the thread's period, so verify current Alberta (AAIP) stream rules before acting.An applicant with a non-LMIA job offer from an Alberta employer had received a Notification of Interest (NOI) and worried the lack of an LMIA would sink the nomination. The thread's consensus:
- A non-LMIA offer is not a problem by itself. If the job offer is genuine and the employer can back it with proper documentation, members saw no issue with nomination. An LMIA is not a stated requirement for the offer at this stage.
- What matters is genuineness. Be ready for the province to scrutinize the employer — business legitimacy, capacity to pay, and consistency between the role and your profile.
- Alberta's NOI selection is opaque and NOC-driven. Members reported people receiving NOIs without any job offer while others holding LMIA-backed offers were still waiting. The pattern seemed to depend heavily on the NOC code, so don't assume a job offer (LMIA or not) is the deciding factor.
- For low-CRS candidates without offers (one member at CRS 400 asking about legal-assistant/admin NOCs), no one could name a reliable province — the honest takeaway is that PNP criteria for specific NOCs must be checked stream by stream on official provincial sites rather than crowd-sourced.