RNIP: Another 8 recommendations made by Ontario's Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay in Ontario province of Canada is one of the 11 communities part of Canada’s Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot [RNIP].

A new community-driven Canadian immigration program, the RNIP has been specifically designed with the aim of spreading the benefits of economic immigration to the comparatively smaller communities in the country.

The RNIP creates a pathway to Canada permanent residence for skilled foreign workers that have the intention of working and living in any of the 11 participating communities. The Pilot allows eligible employers within the community to make full-time permanent job offers to skilled foreign workers in keeping with the identified labour shortages locally.

A 3-year Pilot, the federal government of Canada had made an allocation of up to 100 recommendations for Year 1 by the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission [CEDC].

Allocations distributed by Thunder Bay RNIP for Year 1 –

Skill Level	Total allocations for Year 1 of Pilot	Allocations remaining for 2020 [as on September 29, 2020]
Skill Level A: Professional jobs Usually requiring a degree from a university. Occupations eligible – NOC 2131, 2132, 2133, 3012, 3111, 3112, 3142	10	8
Skill Level B: Skilled trades and Technical jobs Usually requiring either a diploma from a college or an apprentice training. Occupations eligible – 2211, 2212, 2223, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2241, 2253, 2254, 2271, 2272, 321-*, 3219, 3233, 4214, 6321, 633-*, 7271, 728-*, 7291, 7295, 731-*, 732-*, 733-*, 8231, 8241. *- All occupations within this group are eligible.	40	10
Skill Level C: Intermediate jobs Usually requiring high school education and/or training specific to the job. Occupations eligible – 3411, 3413, 4412, 7441, 7511, 7521, 7535, 8411, 9411, 9414, 9415, 9416, 9417, 9418, 9431, 9432, 9433, 9434, 9435, 9436.	40	31
Skill Level D: Labour jobs Usually providing training that is given while on the job.  Occupation eligible – 7611.	10	8

Allocations for Year 2 and Year 3 for Thunder Bay have not been determined as yet.

As on September 8, 2020, of the 100 RNIP recommendations for Year 1 of the RNIP, Thunder Bay had made 32 recommendations.

As per reports, another 8 community recommendations were issued by Thunder Bay in a latest RNIP round of recommendations held on September 25, 2020. 

In the latest round, while 1 candidate was approved in the National Occupational Classification [NOC] Skill Level A, another 6 applications were approved for candidates in NOC Skill Level B. Of the total 8 recommendations, 1 went to a candidate in the NOC Skill Level C.

Overview of September 25 Thunder Bay RNIP recommendations Total recommendations – 8
NOC Skill Level of candidate	No. of recommendations issued
Skill Level A	1
Skill Level B	6
Skill Level C	1

Candidates recommended can now proceed to submitting their Canadian permanent residence applications to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC].

Following an approval in-principle of their Canada PR applications by IRCC, these candidates can apply for an employer-specific work permit for Canada.

The cost to apply for Canada PR through the RNIP is CAD 1,040 [that is, processing fee CAD 550 plus a right of permanent residence fee of CAD 490].

Additional fees will be applicable in situations wherein there are dependents and a spouse as well.

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