Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program

The Atlantic Immigration Pilot is a pathway to live in one of Canada’s 4 Atlantic Provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick. Skilled foreign workers and international graduates who want to work and live in any of these 4 provinces can apply for permanent residence under this program.

The employers in Atlantic Canada gets help from pilot to hire foreign skilled workers who want to immigrate to Atlantic Canada and international graduates who want to stay in Atlantic Canada after they graduate.

The Atlantic Immigration Pilot helps you hire qualified candidates for jobs you haven’t been able to fill locally. These candidates can be overseas or living in Canada temporarily.

There are 3 programs you can use to hire someone:

• Atlantic International Graduate Program
• Atlantic High-skilled Program
• Atlantic Intermediate-skilled Program

Each program has requirements that you and the candidate must meet.

Before making a job offer, you must be designated by the provincial government of the Atlantic province where the candidate will be working.

Once a job offer is made, you and the candidate will work through several steps. If you and the candidate meet all the requirements, the candidate gets permanent resident status in Canada.