Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) and Francophone Community Immigration Pilot (FCIP)

How do I apply for the RCIP or the FCIP?

There are four steps to applying for permanent residency under this pilot:

1.   Check that you meet both of the following requirements:

• IRCC eligibility requirements:

• Have qualifying work experience or have graduated from a publicly funded post-secondary institution in the recommending community

• Meet or exceed the language requirements

• Meet or exceed the educational requirements

• Prove you have sufficient settlement funds

• Intend to live in the qualifying community

• Community-specific requirements

2.   Find eligible employment in one of the participating communities.

3.   Once you have a job offer, your employer will submit the application for recommendation to the community.

4.   If a community recommends you, apply for permanent residency.

Each community will also have its own:

• additional eligibility requirements

• job search process

• community recommendation application process

More information is available on the website of the relevant community:

Rural communities

• Pictou County, NS 

• North Bay and Area 

• Sudbury, ON 

• Timmins, ON 

• Sault Ste. Marie, ON 

• Thunder Bay, ON 

• Steinbach, MB 

• Altona/Rhineland, MB 

• Brandon, MB 

• Moose Jaw, SK

• Claresholm, AB 

• West Kootenay, BC 

• North Okanagan Shuswap, BC 

• Peace Liard, BC 

Francophone communities

• Acadian Peninsula, NB 

• Sudbury, ON 

• Timmins, ON 

• Superior East Region, ON 

• St. Pierre Jolys, MB 

• Kelowna, BC