The Atlantic Immigration Pilot
Program is a three-year program announced by the Canadian government in alliance
with the four Atlantic Provinces to meet the skilled labor shortage and support
population growth. The program allows an employer to hire qualified skilled
workers to fill up the job vacancies in their companies that cannot be filled
up locally. The appeal of Atlantic charms apace with its easy-going way of life
allures many working professionals globally to contrive a living here. A
working professional may be based outside Canada or in Canada on a temporary
basis. According to the updates from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Canada (IRCC) around 2000 candidates are expected to be enlisted for Permanent
Residence through this program. The application process will be carried on for
a span of three years to meet the local labor shortage demand.
The four Atlantic provinces are
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Nova Scotia
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New Brunswick
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Prince Edward Island
The ever diminishing work force
due to aging population and movement of migrants to other prospective parts of
Canada has potshot the necessity for immigrants to settle here permanently. The
key requirement for qualifying this program is to bag a Canadian job offer. The
program is fairly segregated into three new streams mentioned below
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Atlantic High Skilled Program
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Atlantic Intermediate Skilled Program
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Atlantic International Graduate Program
AIPP – An Employer Driven Process
The program is a ton different
from the Express Entry program where you complete with a pool of candidate
based on Comprehensive Ranking System. The Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program
is basically employer driven. Here under this program, the employers must apply
to get the designated status in order to be eligible to hire a potential
candidate. Only if they have become designated employers, they are allowed to
hire overseas skilled workers to fill up the job positions in the Atlantic
provinces. So when you migrate you know you have a job offer. Further to it,
the employer does not require to obtain a Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)
to offer a job to a prospective candidate.
Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program Process Fee
The application processing fee is
CAD550 and the permanent residence fee is CAD 490 for the primary applicant.
For spouse the same fees are applicable. The permanent residence fee can be
paid later. However, it is good to pay the fees together to dodge any delays in
the process. For a dependent child the fee is CAD 150. In case if you are
required to provide your biometrics per head the fee will be CAD 85. For a
family of 2 and above the fee will be CAD 170. The fees can be paid online. You
must keep a receipt of the fee payment and attach a copy of it along with the
AIPP application set before dispatching to Canada for processing.