A member frustrated by repeated SINP ineligibility (their application was refused because the provincial engineering licensing body required deficiency exams they hadn't completed) asked why SINP is so strict about licensing.
What the thread clarified:- SINP requires licensure for certain regulated NOC codes. If your occupation code falls into one of those regulated categories, you need to actually hold (or be actively completing) the relevant professional license — SINP can't verify your competency in a regulated field without it.
- This isn't unique or arbitrary to SINP — it reflects that some occupations are legally regulated in Canada, and provincial nomination in those NOCs is tied to meeting the regulator's licensing bar, not just SINP's own criteria.
- If you don't meet the requirements of any given program, refusal is the expected outcome — one reply bluntly noted that not meeting a program's stated requirements (here, licensure) will lead to refusal regardless of how the situation is framed.
Takeaway: if your NOC is professionally regulated (e.g., certain engineering occupations), check the licensing body's requirements (including any deficiency/bridging exams) early and treat completing them as a prerequisite to a viable SINP application in that occupation — don't expect the program to waive licensing requirements.