A member with an FSW Express Entry profile (CRS 377), who selected all provinces and territories, asked whether they needed a separate profile specifically for Alberta's AINP, and whether their CRS score was enough to be considered.
What the thread clarified:- You don't create a separate profile for AINP or any other province. Your single Express Entry profile is what provinces browse — if Alberta (or any other province) is interested based on your profile, they send an invitation directly through that same system, no separate application is needed at this stage.
- The 67-point minimum applies to the federal Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) pool specifically, not to every PNP. Each province runs its own program with its own eligibility criteria, and those criteria can differ (including potentially lower point thresholds) from the federal FSW requirement.
- You need to check each individual province's PNP website for their specific program details and criteria rather than assuming the federal 67-point threshold applies uniformly — provinces vary widely in what they require and how they select candidates.
The practical takeaway: your single Express Entry profile (set to all provinces/territories) is what makes you visible to AINP and every other PNP — there's no separate profile to create, but you do need to research each specific province's eligibility criteria since they don't all use the same point thresholds as federal FSW.