An applicant's Alberta (AINP) nomination was still processing while their Express Entry profile crept toward its expiry date, and the program officer had gone quiet. The thread's reassurance is the useful part:
- An expiring EE profile is recoverable. The core advice: 'Don't worry, you can create it again — with the additional 600 points you will get from nomination.' If your profile lapses before nomination arrives, you re-create the profile and the nomination points still apply.
- Whether the nomination auto-links to a new profile was disputed. One member said provinces don't link a nomination issued against an old profile to a new one; another said from first-hand experience that they do. The safe read: when you receive the nomination, follow the province's instructions for accepting it in Express Entry, and contact the program if your profile number changed — don't assume either way.
- Expect employer-side verification. In this file, AINP separately emailed both the previous employer and the Alberta job-offer employer; nomination processing includes third parties you don't control, so warn your employers to watch their inboxes and reply within the deadline.
- Document requests came with deadlines — the applicant supplied pay statements, tax returns, and a work ID badge on request. Responding within the timeframe keeps the file alive even when the officer then goes silent for weeks.
Historical context: 2022 AINP processing. Program mechanics change; verify current Alberta Advantage Immigration Program rules.