Peace Liard declares its priority sectors and professions for the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP).
The Peace Liard RCIP region includes the following communities in British Columbia:
- Fort St. John
- Dawson Creek
- Chetwynd
- Tumbler Ridge
- Taylor
- Pouce Coupe
- Hudson’s Hope
- Fort Nelson
The region also includes rural areas within the Peace River Regional District and Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
The RCIP is an employer-driven pathway to permanent residence. Foreign nationals with job offers from designated employers in the participating rural communities can apply to the federal government for PR, provided they meet all other requirements.
Peace Liard’s Priority Sectors
Peace Liard declares its priority sectors and professions. Below is the list for the same. Take a look!
- Natural resources and agriculture
- Natural and applied sciences
- Education, law and social, community, and government services
- Sales and service
- Trades and transport
Peace Liard’s Priority Professions
| Occupation Name | National Occupation Code |
| Accommodation Service Managers | 60031 |
| Accounting Technicians and Bookkeepers | 12200 |
| Administrative Officers | 13100 |
| Air Pilots, Flight Engineers, and Flying Instructors | 72600 |
| Cashiers | 65100 |
| Cleaning Supervisors | 62024 |
| Computer Network and Web Technicians | 22220 |
| Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics | 72400 |
| Cooks | 63200 |
| Early Childhood Educators and Assistants | 42202 |
| Elementary and Secondary Teacher Assistants | 43100 |
| Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers, and Related Support Occupations | 65201 |
| Food Service Supervisors | 62020 |
| Food and Beverage Servers | 65200 |
| General Office Support Workers | 14100 |
| Heavy Equipment Operators | 73400 |
| Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics | 72401 |
| Hotel Front Desk Clerks | 64314 |
| Light Duty Cleaners | 65310 |
| Pharmacy Technical Assistants and Pharmacy Assistants | 33103 |
| Restaurant and Food Service Managers | 60030 |
| Service Station Attendants | 65101 |
| Social and Community Service Workers | 42201 |
| Store Shelf Stockers, Clerks and Order Fillers | 65102 |
| User Support Technicians | 22221 |
Significance Of The RCIP Priority Sectors And Professions
Every year, each participating community in the RCIP will identify five priority sectors and 25 National Occupation Codes for the pilot.
Only employers operating within these designated sectors and NOC codes will be eligible to become designated employers and submit applications for the RCIP.
Moreover, the job offer to a foreign worker must be full-time, permanent, and within one of the listed priority professions.
Apart from having a qualifying job offer from a designated employer in the community that is also within a priority profession, foreign nationals need to meet other criteria:
- Have a minimum of 1 year (1,560 hours) of related work experience in the past three years or meet the criteria for the international graduate exemption.
- Meet language proficiency requirements.
- Have a Canadian educational credential or the foreign equivalent.
- Have sufficient money to support the settlement process.
Foreign nationals whose applications are approved by the community can directly apply for permanent residency with the federal government.
Peace Liard has yet to announce which of its employers have been designated for the RCIP.
At the time of writing, the following other participating communities have listed their priority sectors and professions for the RCIP:
- Brandon, Manitoba.
- Claresholm, Alberta.
- North Bay, Ontario.
- North Okanagan-Shuswap, British Columbia.
- Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
- Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.
- Steinbach, Manitoba.
- Timmins, Ontario.
- Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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