Atlantic Pilot Project

Only a few applicants are allowed to apply for a temporary work permit prior to applying for their permanent residency. This temporary work permit allows them to start working in the province while their application is being processed.

All the applicants applying under any of the 3 Atlantic Immigration Pilot programs will need to have a proper Settlement Plan after obtaining a job offer.

The Settlement Plan is specifically designed to help you get settled in Canada by focussing on the specific resources that are needed by you and your family.

An applicant can make the Settlement Plan with the help of a settlement service provider, who is available inside as well as outside Canada.

The Atlantic Pilot Project or Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) is a program that is completely driven by employers who support the economy by hiring foreign workers. All the eligible applicants flying to Canada under this program are required to have a valid job offer from an eligible employer as well as a proper settlement plan framed for themselves as well as their family.

Once a valid employer finds an eligible applicant who fulfils all of their employment requirements as well as the program criteria, the employer will then have to offer a job to them. No LMIA is required by the employers under this program. Once the applicant accepts the job, the employer will then connect the applicant with a reputed organization providing the settlement services to develop a settlement plan.

Employers who wish to fill the job vacancy faster will directly have access to a temporary work permit, hence the applicant and his/her family can arrive in Canada as early as possible. To obtain the work permit, applicants are required to have:

Employers who wish to hire skilled/professional immigrants under this program firstly should apply to the province to receive the designation. Different provinces have different employers having a separate designation with respect to each province. Employers are also required to fulfil certain requirements, which includes an assurance to support all the newcomers and their family as they step into a new life in the Atlantic Province of Canada.

The AIP runs 2 programs specially designed for skilled workers

and 1 program designed for all the international graduate student:

The education, working experience, and the job offer needed for the program will certainly depend on what basis an applicant is going to apply, as an international graduate student or as a worker, apart from that all the other requirements remain the same for both the criteria.