The Atlantic Pilot Project or Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) is a program that is completely driven by employers who support the economy by hiring foreign workers. All the eligible applicants flying to Canada under this program are required to have a valid job offer from an eligible employer as well as a proper settlement plan framed for themselves as well as their family.
Once a valid employer finds an eligible applicant who fulfils all of their employment requirements as well as the program criteria, the employer will then have to offer a job to them. No LMIA is required by the employers under this program. Once the applicant accepts the job, the employer will then connect the applicant with a reputed organization providing the settlement services to develop a settlement plan.
Employers who wish to fill the job vacancy faster will directly have access to a temporary work permit, hence the applicant and his/her family can arrive in Canada as early as possible. To obtain the work permit, applicants are required to have: