Before you start
- Use only your own government account.
- Never share government or email credentials.
- Confirm fees, deadlines and checklists when you act.
CHANGING CONDITIONS
Participating communities, designated employers, local priorities, recommendation intake and allocations can change. Verify both community and IRCC pages before each action.
REVIEWED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Responsibilities, outputs and checkpoints
- 01RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Select a participating rural community
Choose one current RCIP community and open its official local intake, priority-sector and employer instructions without treating availability as an eligibility verdict.
- Expected output
- A dated community and local official-source record.
- Checkpoint
- The community is currently participating and its live intake controls were checked.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Rural and Francophone Community Immigration pilots · www.canada.ca - 02RESPONSIBLEEmployer
Confirm designated-employer status
The employer verifies its designation with the selected community before the applicant relies on the offer.
- Expected output
- A current community designated-employer record.
- Checkpoint
- The employer and designation belong to the selected community and remain active.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Rural and Francophone Community Immigration pilots · www.canada.ca - 03RESPONSIBLEEmployer
Prepare the community job offer
Prepare written occupation, duties, wage, hours, location, duration and applicant facts consistent with the community and federal pilot instructions.
- Expected output
- A complete designated-employer RCIP offer.
- Checkpoint
- All offer details agree across employer, community and later federal records.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Rural and Francophone Community Immigration pilots · www.canada.ca - 04RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Assemble candidate and settlement facts
Prepare current language, education/ECA, work, passport, status, family, funds and community-intent records required by the live RCIP and local instructions.
- Expected output
- A community-indexed candidate evidence set.
- Checkpoint
- No occupation code or qualification conclusion was generated by FileNorth and every result remains valid.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Rural and Francophone Community Immigration pilots · www.canada.ca - 05RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Request the community recommendation
Submit the exact local recommendation application through the community channel, pay only any official charge named there and retain the complete confirmation.
- Expected output
- A dated community-recommendation submission and decision record.
- Checkpoint
- Submission does not guarantee recommendation and recommendation does not guarantee permanent residence.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Rural and Francophone Community Immigration pilots · www.canada.ca - 06RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Submit the federal pilot application
After a valid recommendation, open the current RCIP federal checklist, prepare recommendation, offer, candidate, civil, police and medical records and submit directly to IRCC.
- Expected output
- A recommendation-linked federal PR submission and AOR.
- Checkpoint
- The recommendation and offer are valid and the federal forms match the community records.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Rural and Francophone Community Immigration pilots · www.canada.ca - 07RESPONSIBLECanada
Complete federal admissibility and finalization
Answer IRCC biometrics, medical, police, security or additional-document requests and follow the final confirmation or refusal instructions.
- Expected output
- A federal request-response and final decision file.
- Checkpoint
- No permanent status is assumed before the final IRCC document and community intent remains accurate.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Rural and Francophone Community Immigration pilots · www.canada.ca
DOCUMENT PREPARATION SUMMARY
What this procedure organizes
- Prepare selected-community and local intake records, employer designation and offer, language, education/ECA, work, passport/status/family, funds and community-intent evidence, local recommendation application and decision, federal RCIP checklist, civil/police/medical controls, receipts, AOR, requests and final decision.