Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan has become the latest to launch details of its participation in the Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP).
In a statement on a new website, Moose Jaw says its selection committee will begin accepting employer inquiries in late 2020.
Applications from immigration candidates will start in either late 2020 or early 2021, according to the statement.
“The community will utilize the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot to continue to strengthen our local economy and support the development of our workforce,” the statement said.
Candidates are required to have a full-time job offer from an approved employer, meet federal eligibility criteria (see below) and community criteria, to be published at a later date.
“We are very excited to be participating in an immigration program that creates a path to permanent residence for skilled foreign nationals who are able to fill local job vacancies and want to live in Moose Jaw and the surrounding area,” the Moose Jaw website states.
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The RNIP is designed to help bring new skilled worker immigrants to smaller communities.
The five-year federal immigration pilot is designed to help smaller communities with aging populations and labour shortages, which struggle to attract and retain new immigrants.
It is a community-driven program that aims to spread out the benefit of immigration.
To be included in the pilot, communities must:
Moose Jaw is one of 10 communities that have now launched their RNIP application processes.
The others are Sudbury, Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay in Ontario, Claresholm in Alberta, Brandon and Altona/Rhineland in Manitoba, plus Vernon and West Kootenay in British Columbia.
North Bay in Ontario is the only community involved in the pilot yet to publish details of its application process.
Community | Community website |
North Bay, ON | Coming soon |
Sudbury, ON | www.investsudbury.ca/how-can-we-help/immigration-options/ |
Timmins, ON | Timmins RNIP |
Sault Ste. Marie, ON | www.welcometossm.com |
Thunder Bay, ON | www.gothunderbay.com |
Brandon, MB | www.economicdevelopmentbrandon.com |
Altona/Rhineland, MB | www.seedrgpa.com |
Moose Jaw, SK | www.moosejawrnip.ca |
Claresholm, AB | www.claresholm.ca/rural-northern-immigration-pilot |
Vernon, BC | www.rnip-vernon.ca |
West Kootenay (Trail, Castlegar, Rossland, Nelson), BC | www.wk-rnip.ca |
1) Work Experience/International Student Exemption
Candidates must have qualifying work experience or have graduated from a publicly-funded post-secondary institution in the recommending community.
Work Experience
Candidates must have one year of continuous full or part-time work experience (1,560 hours) in the last three years. The work experience must be in one occupation and must include most of the main duties and all of the essential duties listed in the National Occupational Classification (NOC).
International Students
Candidate who are international students are exempt from needing work experience provided they meet the following requirements:
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
2) Language Requirements
Candidates must meet the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) or Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens (NCLC) based on the National Occupational Classification of their job.
The minimum language requirements for each NOC category are
3) Educational Requirements
Candidates must have a Canadian high school diploma or an equivalent foreign credential with an accredited educational credential assessment (ECA) report.
4) Settlement Funds
Candidates must prove they have enough money to support themselves and family members while they get settled in their community. This includes family members who may not be coming to Canada.
Candidates already working legally in Canada are exempt from settlement fund requirements.
Number of family members | Funds you need (in Canadian dollars) |
1 | $8,722 |
2 | $10,858 |
3 | $13,348 |
4 | $16,206 |
5 | $18,380 |
6 | $20,731 |
7 or more | $23,080 |
5) Intention to Reside
To participate in the pilot, you must plan to live in the community.
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