New Brunswick Entrepreneur Immigration Scoring Rules

  The New Brunswick Entrepreneur Immigration Program is one of the few pathways to permanent residency without being physically present, making it highly valuable. The program operates on a points-based system with six public scoring criteria, requiring a total of 100 points, and applicants must achieve at least 65 points to enter the EOI selection pool. Once invited, they can successfully obtain a Permanent Resident Card. The specific scoring requirements are as follows:

  1. Age Points

  1) Under 21 years: 0 points;

  2) Ages 22-34: 5 points;

  3) Ages 35-50: 10 points;

  4) Ages 51-55: 5 points;

  2. Language Proficiency Points

  1) CLB 7 or equivalent IELTS and TEF: 20 points;

  2) CLB 6 or equivalent IELTS and TEF: 16 points;

  3) CLB 5 or equivalent IELTS and TEF: 12 points;

  4) CLB 5 or equivalent IELTS and TEF: 5 points.

  Additionally, New Brunswick is a region with a significant French-speaking population, so French language proficiency is also accepted.

  3. Educational Background

  1) At least 2 years of full-time college education: 15 points;

  2) Bachelor's degree: 20 points;

  3) Master's degree or higher: 25 points.

  4. Business and Management Experience

  If the applicant is a shareholder with at least 1/3 ownership and manages at least 2 employees:

  1) At least 3 years of shareholding in the last 5 years: 15 points;

  2) 6-9 years of shareholding in the last 10 years: 18 points;

  3) Full shareholding in the last 10 years: 20 points.

  If the applicant has an executive background, they must manage at least 2 employees and have management authority in areas such as human resources and finance, and must be employed by a profit-making organization:

  1) Full management experience in the last 5 years: 5 points;

  2) 6-9 years of management experience in the last 10 years: 10 points;

  3) Full management experience in the last 10 years: 12 points.

  5. Business Plan Situation

  1) 10 years of management experience in the same industry and the need to establish a business in New Brunswick: 3 points;

  2) Establishing or purchasing a business in a key sector: 3 points;

  3) Investment of CAD 250,000-350,000: 2 points;

  4) Investment of over CAD 500,000: 4 points.

  Additionally, the maximum score for this criterion is 5 points.

  6. Spousal Points

  1) Spouse has at least one year of full-time study experience in New Brunswick after the age of 17: 5 points;

  2) Spouse has worked full-time in New Brunswick for no less than six months: 5 points;

  3) Spouse's English or French proficiency is above CLB 5: 5 points.