Canada’s anticipated Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot is finally opening to applications.
Once fully operational, the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) will allow employers in 11 participating communities in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia to recruit eligible foreign workers.
Candidates who are recommended by a participating community will be able to apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for Canadian permanent residence.
The first local websites dedicated to the pilot came online November 15 in the following communities:
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Altona/Rhineland, Manitoba
Sault Ste. Marie and Altona/Rhineland are now accepting applications from candidates with a genuine*offer of full-time, permanent employment from a local employer.
Thunder Bay is currently only accepting inquiries from local employers who would like to participate in the pilot and says approved employers will be able to post job vacancies on the website beginning December 1, 2019.
Thunder Bay will begin accepting applications from candidates on January 2, 2020.
The websites for the remaining eight participating communities are “coming soon,†according to IRCC.