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NBPNP Changes for 2025
NBPNP Changes for 2025
New Brunswick has introduced major updates to its Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP) to better manage its reduced nomination allocation. Key changes have been made across three immigration streams, summarized below:
1. New Brunswick Express Entry Stream
Updates:
Starting March 5, 2025, the stream now accepts Expressions of Interest (EOIs) under two new pathways:
Employment in New Brunswick pathway
New Brunswick Interests pathway
Discontinuations:
The New Brunswick Student Connection pathway will not return in 2025.
Occupations No Longer Considered:
NOC 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
NOC 13110 – Administrative assistants
NOC 60020 – Retail and wholesale trade managers
NOC 60030 – Restaurant and food service managers
NOC 62010 – Retail sales supervisors
NOC 62020 – Food service supervisors
NOC 63200 – Cooks
NOC 63202 – Bakers
2. New Brunswick Strategic Initiative Stream
Status:
Paused for 2025 due to sufficient application inventory. No new EOIs will be accepted.
Discontinuation:
The "In-Person Exploratory Visit to New Brunswick" connection — paused since November 2024 — will not return in 2025.
Occupations No Longer Considered:
Not applicable (no occupation restrictions were listed).
3. New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream
Restructuring:
Now split into three pathways:
New Brunswick Experience pathway
New Brunswick Graduates pathway
New Brunswick Priority Occupations pathway (currently not accepting applications)
Occupations No Longer Considered:
NOC 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
NOC 13110 – Administrative assistants
NOC 14400 – Shippers and receivers
NOC 60020 – Retail and wholesale trade managers
NOC 60030 – Restaurant and food service managers
NOC 62010 – Retail sales supervisors
NOC 62020 – Food service supervisors
NOC 63200 – Cooks
NOC 63202 – Bakers
NOC 64100 – Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers
NOC 64301 – Bartenders
NOC 64314 – Hotel front desk clerks
NOC 64409 – Other customer service representatives
NOC 65200 – Food and beverage servers
NOC 65201 – Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers, and related occupations
NOC 94142 – Fish and seafood plant workers
NOC 95106 – Labourers in food and beverage processing
NOC 95107 – Labourers in fish and seafood processing
