Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) communities now accepting applications

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

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.

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Thunder Bay, Ontario

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.

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Altona/Rhineland, Manitoba

The websites for the remaining eight participating communities are “coming soon,” according to IRCC.

Application process

The first step in the immigration process through the RNIP is to obtain an eligible job offer from an approved employer in one of the participating communities.

Candidates with an eligible job offer then apply for a community recommendation and, if approved, apply for Canadian permanent residence from IRCC.

Each community will have a set number of recommendations that it can make each year. Peter Liang, a spokesperson for IRCC, told CIC News that an average of approximately 100 principal applicants and their immediate family members could be welcomed in each participating community, “but this will vary by community.”

“The number of permanent residents coming to Canada through the pilot will depend on the needs of the participating communities and the number of newcomers they can welcome,” Liang said.

In total, the pilot could approve as many as 2,750 principal applicants and their families for permanent residence annually.

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