{"id":131264,"date":"2023-12-06T09:55:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/popularity-for-the-rural-and-northern-immigration-pilot-soars-before-expiration\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T09:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:55:32","slug":"popularity-for-the-rural-and-northern-immigration-pilot-soars-before-expiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/popularity-for-the-rural-and-northern-immigration-pilot-soars-before-expiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Popularity for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Soars\u00a0Before Expiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal government\u2019s Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot<\/a> (RNIP) has witnessed a sharp uptick in application numbers ahead of its expiry in February 2024.<\/p>\n

The city of Thunder Bay\u2019s Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) has received an unprecedented rise in demand from those looking to settle in the region after immigrating to Canada.<\/p>\n

CEDC \u2013 which is responsible for administering the Pilot in the city and area \u2013 provided applicants with a final opportunity to submit their qualification on November 17.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, more than 200 applications had been submitted in just one hour of the web portal\u2019s opening, forcing the commission to close further submissions due to the 115-strong application limit on available spots.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Obviously, candidates were anticipating that this is the final draw for the program,\u00a0\u00bb said CEDC CEO Jamie Taylor.<\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0They were all ready to submit their applications as soon as the portal opened. Having only 115 recommendations left for the 2023 and 2024 year, we received more than what we have in terms of space available.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0The response to this final draw show that there is a great appetite for economic immigration in our region, both from the candidate and the employer side.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot<\/b><\/p>\n

RNIP is a community-driven program that is designed to spread the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by offering a pathway to Canada permanent residence (PR) for skilled foreign workers.<\/p>\n

It was initiated three years ago, with the number of applicants accepted locally for the program going from 67 in 2020 to 475 in 2023.<\/p>\n

A further 100 spots have been allocated by the government to the region for 2024.<\/p>\n

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