Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP)

Atlantic Pilot Program is a fast track immigration program which was launched in the year 2017. Companies which are located in Canada’s four Atlantic provinces — Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island — can hire overseas residents for jobs which they have not been able to fill locally.

The Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP) has a different and unique eligibility requirement that makes it more attractive for the recent graduates and skilled workers. For example the workers in National Occupational Classification (NOC) level C, with limited language ability, may be able to immigrate through this program. Those professionals who are skilled and fall under NOC O, A and B can also apply for this program.

With the help of this program population growth, increasing skilled workforce and reducing the skilled worker shortage are fulfilled in the region.

Some of the categories targeted by this program are mentioned below:

• Skilled workforce and immigration;
• Innovation;
• Clean growth and climate change;
• Trade and investment; and
• Infrastructure.

The success of this program has led the government to make this pilot program permanent.

Employers have choice of 3 programs to hire employees and the applicant needs to qualify for minimum 1 of the program to apply and get selected.

The applicant needs to prove minimum language competency, education and experience requirements to be invited for all these three programs.

The three programs are mentioned below:

Atlantic International Graduate Program

Minimum requirement to meet are:

• Have a degree, diploma or other credential from a publicly funded institution in an Atlantic province
• The duration of stay in Atlantic province must be for at least 16 months in the 2 years before getting your degree, diploma or credential
• Minimum language proficiency of either English or French
• Minimum proof of fund.

The main benefit of Atlantic Immigration Pilot is that the international graduates hired through this program don’t need to have work experience. It is not only the employees even the employer also has few requirements to meet.

• Atlantic High-Skilled Program

Few minimum requirements to be met under this program are as follows:

• Have worked at least for an year in a management, professional or technical/skilled job
• Should posses at least a Canadian high school diploma or equivalent education
• proficiency in either English or French
• Proof of funds 

In addition under this program, the employer also has few requirements to meet.

• Atlantic Intermediate-Skilled Program

Few minimum requirements to be met under this program are as follows:

• Have worked in a job that requires a high school education and/or job-specific training for at least a year
• Should have Canadian high school diploma or equivalent education
• Minimum language proficiency of either English or French
• Minimum proof of fund

Not only the employee but even the employer also has few requirements to meet.