The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot is a community-led program designed to spread the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by creating a path to permanent residence for skilled workers who want to work and reside in one of the participating communities.
You must meet all IRCC requirements to be eligible for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program.
• Qualifying work experience or graduated from a publicly funded post-secondary institution in the recommended community
• Meet the language requirements
• Meet the educational requirements
• Proof of having enough money to support your transition into the community
• Intend to reside in the community
• Meet community-specific requirements
• Find an eligible job in one of the participating communities.
• Once you get a job offer, submit your application for recommendation to the specific community.
• Apply for permanent residence if you are recommended by a community.
Each community will also have its own
• Additional eligibility criteria
• Job search process
• Community recommendation application process
Work experience
You can accumulate qualifying work experience of at least 1 year of full-time work (or equivalent hours in part-time) within the last 3 years, the work experience can be continuous or vice versa.
All other requirements for work experience must be met.
You need 1 year of continuous work experience (= 1,560 hours) in the past 3 years.
Your work experience must include
• Most of all the duties listed in your National Occupational Classification (NOC)
• The activities listed in the lead statement of NOC
International students
You’re exempted from the work experience criteria, if you’re an international student who graduated with
• A credential from a post-secondary program of 2 years or longer
• A full-time student for the full duration of the 2+ years
• Received the credential less than 18 months before your application for permanent residence
• You were in the community for a minimum of 16months of the last 24 months spent to get your credential
or
• A master’s degree or higher
• A full-time student for the duration of your degree
• You got your degree less than 18 months before you applied for permanent residence
• You were in the community till your studies got completed.
Applying as an international student is unacceptable if your credentials are from a program in which
• English or French studies comprise more than half of the program
• Distance learning comprises more than half of the program
• A scholarship or fellowship awarded that requires you to return to your home country to apply what you learned
Credential
Credential means a degree, diploma, certificate, or trade or apprenticeship from a Canadian publicly funded institution in the community recommending you. You must also have a valid temporary resident status for the duration of your studies.
Language requirements
The minimum language requirements are based on the NOC category that is applicable to the job offer in the community. This can either be the
• Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) or
• Canadian language proficiency Levels (NCLC)
The minimum language requirements for each NOC category are
• NOC 0 and A – CLB/NCLC must be a minimum of 6
• NOC B – CLB/NCLC must be a minimum of 5
• NOC C and D – CLB/NCLC must be a minimum of 4
Your results must be submitted from a designated language test and must be less than 2 years old while applying.
Educational requirements
You must have one of the following:
• A Canadian secondary school (high school) diploma, or
• A Canadian post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree, or
• An educational credential assessment (ECA) report, from a designated organization with a validity of fewer than 5 years is required at the time of application, showing that you completed a foreign credential equal to a Canadian secondary school (high school) or post-secondary certificate, diploma, or degree
Settlement funds
If you’re already working legally in Canada while applying, you must prove that you have enough money to support yourself and any family members planning to get settled in your community.
Intend to live in the community
To participate in the pilot, you must be residing in the community.
Community-specific requirements
Every community has additional requirements for applicants.
If you chose one of the 11 service centers, you must pick up your passport within 14 days; if you chose one of the 22 Blue Dart Courier service sites, you must pick up your passport within 7 days; otherwise it will be returned to the Embassy or Consulate.
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