Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program (RNIPP)
This program is quite similar to the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP). The significant difference is that while AIPP helps employers in the Atlantic province hire workers, the RNIPP is community-driven. It provides the avenue to draw human capital to the participating communities, as it easier for people to immigrate to Canada by residing in the participating communities.
With this program, applicants get a one-year work permit while IRCC process the permanent resident application.
Requirements
- Canadian high school or equivalent foreign credential verified by ECA within the last five years
- At least CLB 6 for NOC A, O; CLB 5 for NOC B; and CLB 4 for NOC C, D in English or French
- At least one year paid full-time work experience within the last three years OR graduated from a post-secondary full-time program with at least a two-year duration within 18 months of applying, and have lived in the community for at least 16 months out of the last 24 months while getting the credential
- Have at least 50% of the low-income cut-off, if you are not already working in Canada
- Intend to live in the community
- For the international graduate and high skilled programs, the job offer must be for at least one year and must be permanent for the intermediate skilled program
- Have a qualified job offer from an employer in the participating communities
- With the job offer, get a recommendation letter from the participating community where the job offer is coming from
- Meet community-specific requirements
