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The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) will conduct targeted Expression of Interest (EOI) draws to invite individuals who were issued Support Letters under the Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate Work Permits for Prospective Provincial Nominee Program Candidates, and who have successfully obtained a work permit under this public policy, to apply for provincial nomination.

All individuals who were issued a Support Letter will receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA), beginning with those approved between April 22 and June 30, 2025. ITAs will be sent to the email address provided in candidates’ Support Letter applications.

Support Letter recipients approved after June 30, 2025 can continue to monitor https://immigratemanitoba.com for updates on the next round of ITAs.

Please do not contact the MPNP to request an ITA if your Support Letter was approved after June 30, 2025.

For eligibility requirements, please click here to link to a FAQ page.

If you have any questions, please complete a Contact Us Webform, available online at https://immigratemanitoba.com/contact/.  From the drop-down list, select “I am a support letter recipient under the 2024 or 2025 Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate Work Permits for Prospective Provincial Nominee Program Candidates and have questions.” Inquiries about, or requests for ITAs for candidates who were approved after June 30 will not be responded to.

Manitoba continues to face labour market shortages, and employers are experiencing difficulty with filling critical labour gaps, especially in rural and northern regions where challenges are heightened. The Manitoba government recognizes these challenges and remains committed to supporting employers.

As of April 14, 2026, Manitoba opted in to two temporary measures offered by Employment and Social Development Canada for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which will support eligible rural employers across the province.

The two temporary measures are:

1. Eligible employers will be able to retain their current proportion of low-wage positions filled by temporary foreign workers at a given worksite, above the cap.
2. Eligible employers will benefit from a 15% cap — instead of the usual 10% cap — on the proportion of temporary foreign workers in low-wage positions.

Both measures will be applicable to eligible employers across all sectors in all regions of Manitoba, except for the Winnipeg CMA.

The temporary measures are in effect from April 14, 2026, until March 31, 2027. For more details and to learn more about how the measures will be applied, please click here.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program is enhancing the way applicants, representatives, employers, and the general public can contact the program. These changes will streamline processes and improve response time to inquiries.

Beginning March 2, 2026, applicants can use the appropriate webform to submit inquiries for review by program staff. The MPNP will no longer respond to any inquiries received directly via email.

The MPNP will not respond to any contact forms submitted regarding the following requests:

• Changes to an existing EOI: We cannot make changes to your EOI on your behalf. Access your EOI, make your corrections, save, and resubmit to save the changes.
• Cancellation/re-submission of an EOI: If you want to cancel your EOI/reapply with a new EOI, please log into your account, go to Eligibility, and lower the language scores to 3.0. You will receive an error message stating that you do not meet the eligibility criteria of the program. Ignore this error message and log out; this way, your EOI will not be selected from the pool.
• Extension of your Letter of Advice to Apply (LAA) deadline: We will not provide an extension to the deadline for submitting your application for those who have received a LAA. It is your responsibility to submit your application and all required documents before the deadline.
• Declining your LAA: You do not have to contact us. If you choose to decline your Letter of Advice to Apply, please ignore any further emails that you receive regarding the LAA. If you wish to reapply once you have met all the requirements of your selected stream, please create a new EOI with a new username and password.

If you have an active MPNP application with a file number (MB####-######), please submit your inquiry using the Skilled Worker Webform.

The MPNP will not respond to the following types of webform requests:

• Status updates on your application: You can check the status of your application in your MPNP Online account at https://web22.gov.mb.ca/sso/Account/LogOn.
• Submission of additional documents: We will not respond to submissions of additional documents through the webform or by email, unless you have been instructed to do so by your Program Officer or after you have received your nomination certificate. If you have not yet received a decision on your MPNP application, you must upload your documents to your profile prior to submitting your webform request. You will receive an auto-response advising that your submission has been successful at least 24 hours after submitting your documents.

If you have not yet received a response to a previous email, please do not submit a new request through this process at this time. Doing so will increase response times for everyone. The MPNP continues to review and respond to requests received before March 2, 2026.

Effective February 4, 2026, the sector eligibility criteria under the Temporary Resident Retention Pilot (TRRP) have been changed to better align with current labour market needs. Hospitality and Food Services sector is no longer an eligible sector under TRPP and a number of skilled trades have been added to the eligibility.  Please see here for more details.

Manitoba will continue to accept applications under the Temporary public policy to facilitate work permits for prospective Provincial Nominee Program candidates until Monday, December 15, 2025, at 11:59 PM CST. As of December 16, 2025, the online submission form will be closed, and new Support Letter applications will not be accepted.

Persons who meet all eligibility criteria may apply for a Support Letter from Manitoba by completing the online submission form prior to December 16, 2025.Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will accept applications under this temporary policy until December 31, 2025

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) receives an allocation of nominations each year from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). For 2025, Manitoba was allocated 4,750 nominations in early January 2025, which was a decrease of 50 per cent in comparison to the nomination allocation for 2024. Recently, the MPNP received an increase of 1,489 nominations for the year, bringing the total to 6,239 nominations for 2025. This increase bolsters MPNP’s capacity to address provincial labour market needs and deliver on Manitoba’s strategic priorities.

The technical issues announced on this website on October 3, 2025 have now been resolved.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) database is currently experiencing technical issues affecting some of its processes.

The technical team is aware and is working to fix the issue as quickly as possible.

As of September 2, 2025, Employer Services has reopened applications intake for the newly renamed Employer Direct Initiative, featuring updated eligibility criteria and enhancements to the process and application forms.

The Temporary Resident Retention Pilot is designed to support Manitoba employers in retaining eligible temporary residents who are currently employed with them.

To learn more about the updated programming, access revised application forms, and find out how to apply, please visit: www.immigratemanitoba.com/employer-services.

The MPNP has produced a five-minute video that explains the application process in very simple terms. The video was produced with financial support from the Government of Canada under the Canada-Manitoba Agreement on French Language Services. Although primarily aimed at potential French-speaking immigrants, we have also produced a version with English subtitles. You can view the video below.