SNP Eligibility for Farm Owners or Operators

Saskatchewan Nominee Program

This category is for the individuals who have proven experience in farming and available to invest in a farming operation and who intend to purchase and operate a farming operation in Saskatchewan. Before you apply under this category, you need to know whether you are eligible for this category or not. In order to qualify for farm/ operate category, you must meet all the following four criteria:

• Available Equity- you must have to provide financial documents showing a net worth of $500,000 Canadian Dollars (CAD).

• Refundable cash Deposit- you must sign a performance agreement committing to purchase a farm operation in Saskatchewan and make a good faith deposit of $75,000 CAD in trust. The cash will be returned to you when the terms of the performance agreement are met. The deposit will be forfeited to the province if the terms are not met within the two years landing in Saskatchewan.

• You have to do mandatory visit to Saskatchewan- you must have conduct a comprehensive exploratory visit to Saskatchewan of no less than five working days and must meet with an SINP representative.

• Farm operation knowledge and experience- you must provide documentation (for instance, education and training, work experience, financial documents of their previous operations) that demonstrates that you are knowledgeable farm operator. If necessary, they may further verify this information through an interview when you are in Saskatchewan.

The program criteria may change without notice and applications will be assessed according to the criteria on the Saskatchewan immigration website when the SINP receives your completed application. The SINP is subject to a nomination limit set by the federal government and application intake thresholds. The ability to nominate is affected by these program criteria. There is no guaranteed that application will be accepted.

You do not have to hire an immigration representative/consultant to apply for SINP. However, if you want to hire an immigration representative or consultant, you must use immigration representative/consultants licensed by the government of Saskatchewan.

This is basic eligibility criteria for farm owners/ operators, if you want to know more about this category. Please give us call or send us email, we will provide you more information about this category