The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP)-Immigrate to Altona/Rhineland,

Altona/Rhineland is located in southern Manitoba, our region has a long history of welcoming newcomers and integrating both immigrants and refugees into the social fabric of the community.
Altona/Rhineland is participating in an immigration pilot that creates a path to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers who want to live in our community. The pilot is designed to support economic development within our community and strengthen our local business’s capacity to develop and retain a skilled workforce.


If you are a Foreign National interested in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, please see a list of current employment opportunities in Altona/Rhineland.

Current employment opportunities with businesses located in the Town of Altona and Municipality of Rhineland.  
If your work experience and/or education is not a match with one of our current employment opportunities, we invite you to create a candidate profile where you can set up career alerts to be notified of future job opportunities matching your criteria.

Please review the job postings carefully and ONLY submit applications for the job(s) that are a fit with your skills and experience. You are encouraged to clearly identify in your application how you meet all the mandatory requirements of the position. Our community is limiting candidates to a maximum of  3 active job applications at a time.  An active job application is any job application that you have submitted through the Candidate Profile. You can also withdraw a job application if you want to apply to another job posting that is a better fit with your skills and experience.
Please note:  If you do not find a job posting that meets your work experience and/or education, we encourage you to create a candidate profile which offers the option to set up career alert(s) automatically notifying you by email of job opportunities matching your criteria, as they become available.
A complete resume is required when applying for a position. The key components of a complete resume consist of:
  • Your name and contact information
  • Full education history
  • Full work history
  • Skills and Activities are optional
  • Three references (preferably work-related)

New Permanent Residence Stream In Nova Scotia For "Occupations In Demand"

Article by Kathleen Leighton

Nova Scotia has recently announced a new three-year Occupations in Demand pilot project for permanent residence applicants, targeting specific intermediate-skilled occupations that are in high labour market demand. The Province's move to expand the permanent resident provincial nominee program aims to help more businesses prosper and fill the current shortfall of workers for high labour market demand occupations in Nova Scotia. The targeted professions will change as labour market needs in the Province evolve, but information on this stream and other updates, including to the list of prioritized in-demand occupations, is available.

Nova Scotia Nominee Program

Occupations in Demand is the newly introduced economic stream under the Nova Scotia Nominee Program ("NSNP"). Through the NSNP, the Province is able to target prospective immigrants who possess certain desired skills and experience and provide them with opportunities, through the issuance of a "nomination", to help them immigrate to Canada. The NSNP aims to attract prospective immigrants who have a genuine intent to settle in Nova Scotia and become permanent residents of Canada.
The processing time for eligible applications at the nomination stage can be three months or more. Immigrants then have a six month period in which they must submit an application for permanent residency to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada using their provincial Nomination Certificate.

Who is eligible?

The Occupations in Demand stream is currently open to eligible candidates with a full-time, permanent job offer from a Nova Scotia employer in one of the currently open occupations categorized as Skill Level C under Canada's National Occupational Classification ("NOC").
Applicants must
  • have a full-time permanent job offer from a Nova Scotia employer in either NOC 3413 (nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates) or NOC 7511 (transport truck drivers);
  • have 1 year (12 full calendar months with at least 1,560 hours) of paid work experience within the last 5 years that is related to the job (verified by letters of reference from employers and other supporting employment documents);
  • be 21 to 55 years old;
  • have a high school diploma;
  • have the appropriate training, skills and/or accreditation for the job;
  • prove language ability equal to a minimum Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level 4 across all four categories (listening, reading, writing and speaking) even if their first language is English or French;
  • show genuine intention to successfully settle in Nova Scotia; and
  • demonstrate adequate financial resources to settle in the Province. Criteria and requirements for the employer
The employer of an applicant applying under the Occupations in Demand stream must have a permanent establishment in Nova Scotia that has been in active operation for at least two years. The employer must be registered with Nova Scotia's Registry of Joint Stock Companies, must be in good standing with provincial occupational health and safety and labour authorities, and must not be in violation of Canadian immigration legislation and requirements. Additionally, the employer is required to provide certain support to the applicant under the Occupation in-Demand stream. Specifically, the employer is required to complete the NSNP 200 form to confirm the details of the company and the job offered to the applicant. The job offer supporting an application under this stream must:
  • be in either NOC 3413 (nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates) or NOC 7511 (transport truck drivers);
  • be located in Nova Scotia with a Nova Scotian employer;
  • be full-time employment where the employee is expected to work year-round and at least 30 hours a week on average;
  • be a permanent job (i.e. a long-term job offer without a pre-determined end date)
  • provide compensation in the form of salary that meets applicable provincial employment standards and that falls within the provincial wage range;
  • be a position that has a shortage of qualified permanent residents or Canadian citizens to fill the position; and
  • not contravene any existing bargaining unit agreements, labour agreements/standards or be involved in any employment disputes.
Additionally, the employer must provide evidence of recruitment for the position, and the recruitment efforts must comply with the Province's specifications and predate the applicant's current offer of employment. Recruitment efforts are mandatory unless the applicant is in possession of a valid Labour Market Impact Assessment ("LMIA") or is in a position that was determined to be LMIA-exempt.

Application process

Candidates approved through the Occupations in Demand stream will receive a Provincial Nomination Certificate and can then apply for Permanent Residence. Additionally, if successfully nominated by the Province, the applicant can also request a Letter of Support, which will support the individual's application for a temporary work permit so they can work in Nova Scotia while waiting for their permanent residency application to be processed.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances

Source: Mondaq.com

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