ATLANTIC & REGIONAL PILOT PROGRAMS

The Atlantic pilot helps employers in Atlantic Canada to hire foreign skilled workers who want to immigrate to Atlantic Canada and international graduates who want to stay in Atlantic Canada after they graduate while the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot is a community-driven program. It’s designed to provide the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by creating a path to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers who want to work and live in one of the participating communities.

Both programs entail varying steps and requirements to attain permanent residence.

Atlantic Immigration Pilot

The Atlantic Immigration Pilot helps employers hire qualified candidates for jobs they haven’t been able to fill locally. These foreign nationals can be overseas or living in Canada temporarily.

There are 3 programs you can use to hire someone:

• Atlantic International Graduate Program
• Atlantic High-skilled Program
• Atlantic Intermediate-skilled Program

Each program has requirements that employers and the candidate must meet.

Before employers make a job offer, the employer must be designated by the provincial government of the Atlantic province where the candidate will be working.

Once employer makes a job offer, the employer and the candidate will work through several steps. If both meet all the requirements, the candidate gets permanent resident status in Canada.

To find out if you are eligible to apply for the Atlantic immigration pilot, click here to complete your eligibility questionnaire.

Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot

The steps and requirements for the program are as follows;

Eligibility

1. IRCC eligibility requirements and
2. the community-specific requirements.

Find an eligible job with an employer in one of the participating communities.

1. Once you have a job offer, submit your application for recommendation to the community.
2. If a community recommends you, apply for permanent residence.

Each community will also have its own

• additional eligibility requirements
• job search process
• community recommendation application process

To find out if you are eligible to apply for the Rural Northern immigration pilot, click here to complete your eligibility questionnaire.