Atlantic Immigration Program

The AIP design is to welcome more newcomers for employers who require a skilled workforce to fluff ill the needs of the communities in the Atlantic region.
The federal Atlantic Immigration program enables designated employers to identify and employ the right talent to fulfil the aims of developing skilled workers, increasing the Atlantic region’s employment rate and supporting population growth.
Since the AIP pilot project of 2017 was a grand success for employers and immigrants, it became permanent to promote population, economic growth, and skilled workforce, full fill the employers’ needs and provide permanent resident status to thousands of immigrants annually.

AIP is an employer-driven federal program to facilitate hiring foreign nationals arriving in Canada with job offers from designated employers. Also, they should devise an individualized settlement plan for their family.As soon as a designated employer finds a suitable candidate fulfilling the AIP criteria and the employment needs should offer the job with no need to obtain the LMIA or Labour Market Impact Assessment.

After the candidate accepts the job offer, the designated employers will connect the settlement service provider organization with the candidate to assess the needs and for developing a settlement plan. The employer will support the new immigrant to Canada to have a settlement plan for themselves and their family. Employers need to have a temporary work permit to fill vacancies to enable the candidate quickly and their families to come to Canada fast. But the candidate to use the temporary work permit should have the following.

Employers wanting to get designation under the Atlantic Immigration program should apply to the province. And employers having locations in more than one province should apply for each separately. And they should full fill specific requirements like supporting the recruited skilled labour and his family to integrate their new life in the Atlantic region.

To become eligible candidates for the AIP program, people must have the following requirements for finding a job with an employer designated by AIP.

• – Possess qualifying work experience or an international student graduated from Atlantic Canada recognized post-secondary institution.
• – Full fill the educational and language criteria.
• – Establish enough settlement funds if eligible persons t have valid work permits living and working in Canada

Must have worked a minimum of 1,560 hours in the last five years before applying for AIP with legal authorization for the temporary resident in Canada. And the worked hours calculation includes.

• – Full-time and part-time job works
• – Not to count the volunteer or unpaid, self-employed work hours
• – Only paid work hours within Canada or abroad
• – Can count work experience while studying if it complies with the study permit
• – Count hours accumulated throughout a minimum of one year
• – The work experiences should include activities described under NOC or National Occupational Classification and most of its primary duties of skill levels 0, A, B and C.

International students who graduated in Canada need not fulfil the work experience requirement if they have the following.

• – Have a certificate, diploma, degree or trade of apprenticeship with atleast two years of studies from a recognized post-secondary institution from any of the four Atlantic region provinces of Labrador, Newfoundland or Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
• – Must have had permit or visa for the entire study as full-time students or to work or get training in Canada
• – Should have lived in one of the four Atlantic region provinces for a minimum of six months in the last two years before graduation

• – NOC skill levels between 0 and A must possess a one-year post-secondary educational credential or higher or equivalent outside Canada.
• – For NOC, skill levels B to C should have a Canadian high school diploma or equivalent outside Canada.

Candidates who studied outside Canada should get an ECA or educational credential assessment report not less than five years from the date IRCC or Immigrants, Refugees, &Citizenship, Canada receives the application. It is to confirm studies are on par with the Canadian educational standards required for the job offer.

• – Candidates seeking NOC 0, A and B career opportunities must have level 5 in NCLC or Niveaux De Competence LinguistiqueCanadiens or CLB Canadian Language Benchmark.
• – And level 4 of NCLC or CLB is enough for NOC C job seekers in Canada

Candidates should submit the language test results of the designated language testing organization, which should not be less than two years before applying for a visa.

• – NOC skill levels between 0 and A must possess a one-year post-secondary educational credential or higher or equivalent outside Canada.
• – For NOC, skill levels B to C should have a Canadian high school diploma or equivalent outside Canada.

Candidates who studied outside Canada should get an ECA or educational credential assessment report not less than five years from the date IRCC or Immigrants, Refugees, &Citizenship, Canada receives the application. It is to confirm studies are on par with the Canadian educational standards required for the job offer.

Candidates should show enough money to support themselves and their families while entering Canada, including those not included in the application. Establishing settlement funds is not essential for those already working in Canada with a valid work permit.

For one additional family member, 3,303 dollars can go up to 8,742 dollars for seven members, and any more members include 890 dollars for each member.

The four provinces of the Atlantic region have separate PNPs or Provincial Nominee Programs as other ways to welcome foreigners to work in their provinces. The PNPs include

• – PEI PNP or Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program
• – NSNP or Nova Scotia Nominee Program
• – NLPNP or Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Nominee Program
• – NBNP or New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program

All four provinces have a minimum of one PNPs aligned with the federal Express Entry system to enable eligible candidates in the Express Entry pool to submit an immigration application through one of these streams to work in the province.

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