RURAL AND NORTHERN IMMIGRATION PILOT
The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) is a program designed for those who want to live and settle in one of the participating communities in Canada, becoming permanent residents.
Participating communities:
Vernon, British Columbia
West Kootenays, British Columbia
North Bay, Ontario
Sudbury, Ontario
Timmins, Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Brandon, Manitoba
Altona/Rhineland, Manitoba
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Claresholm, Alberta
Applicants need to meet the Federal and community-specific eligibility requirements described below. The Pilot accepts job posting and applications for all skill levels and NOCs.
Next step is to consult on the community’s website the list of employers and jobs available that match the applicant’s work experience or field of studies in Canada. The candidate can apply online for jobs and be selected for recommendation by the community. Each community will evaluate the applicants and recommend them according to the community’s specific criteria and procedure.
Federal Government requirements:
Work experience
The candidate needs to prove at least one year of paid work experience, regardless of whether it was continuous or not, in the past 3 years, working part-time or full-time on the same job position with the same or different employer, inside or outside Canada. Required total hours are 1560 and cannot be accumulated in less than 1 year.
International students (Work experience exemption)
An international students who graduated with a degree, diploma, certificate, or trade or apprenticeship credential from a Canadian public post-secondary institution located in the community are exempt from the work experience requirement.
To qualify for this exemption, they must have graduated with
A credential from a 2+ year-long post-secondary program and were studying as a full-time student for the full duration of the 2+ years
Received the credential within 18 months before the application for permanent residence
Were in the community for at least 16 months of the last 24 months spent studying to obtain the credential
or
A master’s degree or higher and were studying as a full-time student for the duration of the degree, obtained your degree within 18 months before the application is submitted, and were in the community for the length of the studies
Do not qualify students who were studying English or French made up more than half of the program, distance learning made up more than half of the program, or a scholarship or fellowship was awarded that requires the students to return to their home country to apply what they learned.
Job Offer
Applicants must have a job offer that is:
From an employer that carries on business in the community
Full time and non-seasonal
For an indeterminate period (no end date)
At the same skill level, 1 level above or 1 level below the NOC that applies to the applicant’s work experience, except for skill level D for which the job offer must be in the same occupation.
Language requirements
The language requirements for the RNIP are based on the Skill Type or National Occupation Classification (NOC) related to the job position the worker is applying for:
Skill Type CLB/NCLC
Level 0 (Managers) 6
Level A (Professionals such as doctors, dentists and architects) 6
Level B (technical jobs and skilled trades such as chefs and electricians) 5
Level C (intermediate jobs such as industrial butchers, long-haul truck drivers, and food and beverage servers) 4
Level D (labour jobs such as cleaning staff, oil field workers) 4