Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) Program
This section describes how to process applications for permanent residence submitted by applicants in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) Program through the paper-based or online application process.
The RNIP is an economic pilot program that targets foreign nationals who have received a recommendation from a participating community and obtained a job offer within the same community’s boundaries; who meet the minimum education, work experience, language proficiency, and settlement fund requirements; and who intend to reside in the community that recommended them.
Intake
- Application process and who can apply
- Completeness check upon receipt
- Putting an application into processing
Processing
- Assessing the application against selection criteria – Applications locked-in before September 23, 2022
- Assessing the application against selection criteria – Applications locked-in on or after September 23, 2022, and before November 16, 2022
- Assessing the application against selection criteria – Applications locked-in on or after November 16, 2022
- Community boundaries
- Ability to become economically established
- Other situations
- Employer-specific work permits
- Open work permits for spouses or common-law partners
- Admissibility and making a final decision
- Examination before granting permanent residence
