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Escobar Hernandez and Yukon Nominee Program

Yukon Nominee Program: So far, he says, he hasn't had much success. "I think I applied to 90 per cent of the hotels in Whitehorse, according to CBC. I've applied to a few restaurants, a few stores," he said 10 days after his arrival. Juan Carlos Escobar Hernandez, 30, flew to Whitehorse from Edmonton earlier this month with the hope of being hired into the Yukon Nominee Program, which offers a pathway to citizenship. He said one company offered to hire him but didn't want to have to go through the nominee program. There no way to find out who hiring and who not. Related: Yukon Nominee Program workers complain of mistreatment, discrimination Related: Yukon sees more temporary foreign workers, fewer nominees Escobar Hernandez, who has a diploma in tourism from Ontario Fanshawe College, said it frustrating not knowing what businesses are part of the nominee program. "You hear from other foreigners to go to Canadian Tire or to go to different hotels, but it not advertised. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.