Atlantic Immigration Program

Atlantic Immigration Program

The program, launched as a pilot project in 2017 and made permanent in 2022, helps employers in Atlantic Canada hire foreign skilled workers who want to immigrate to Atlantic Canada and international graduates who want to stay in Atlantic Canada after they graduate.

There are 3 programs within Atlantic Immigration Pilot:

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

Each program has requirements that the designated employer and the candidate must meet. If the candidate gets a job offer from the designated employer, and if both, the employer and the candidate meet all the program requirements, the candidate gets permanent resident status in Canada.

Atlantic International Graduate Program – can be a right program for you if you’ve lived and studied in one of the Atlantic Provinces. To qualify for the program you must:

• have lived in an Atlantic province for at least 16 months in the 2 years before getting your degree, diploma or credential
• meet the education requirements
• take a language test to show you can communicate in English or French
• show that you have enough money to support yourself and your family when you get to Canada

Atlantic High-skilled Program – can be a right program for you if in the last 3 years you:

• have worked at least 1,560 hours (1 year working 30 hours per week) in occupation which at National Occupational Classification (NOC) falls under skill type/level 0, A, or B
• meet the education requirements
• take a language test to show you can communicate in English or French
• show that you have enough money to support yourself and your family when you get to Canada

Atlantic Intermediate-skilled Program – can be a right program for you if in the last 3 years you:

• have worked at least 1,560 hours (1 year working 30 hours per week) in occupation which at National Occupational Classification (NOC) falls under skill type/level C. NOC skill level C is a type of job that usually requires a secondary (high school) education and/or job-specific training, such as: industrial butchers, long-haul truck drivers, food and beverage servers
• meet the education requirements
• take a language test to show you can communicate in English or French
• show that you have enough money to support yourself and your family when you get to Canada.