A new program for immigration to Canada without finding a job
At first glance it looks very good and easy there, but there are some serious downsides.
A new pilot program for immigration to Canada, or to be more precise, to one of its provinces, is being launched. Its advantage is that there is no need to find a Canadian employer or obtain Canadian work experience. Provincial officials are promising to issue permanent residency even without this requirement, as in this region there is no one to work and companies are short of skilled personnel. Therefore they want to invite more emigrants.
Let's look into whether everything is really that easy. I believe there are some big disadvantages out there that will make the new program not work for you and it is better to consider the usual ways of moving to Canada.
Why this program?
You must have heard about Atlantic Immigration Pilot, it is very popular because it has low requirements for immigrants. You can go to four Atlantic provinces under this program.
One of them, New Brunswick, has decided to launch its own immigration pilot. It's all about the fact that Atlantic Canada has a shortage of professionals. New Brunswick, apparently, is particularly short of them, because its officials used to travel to different countries and hold job fairs where they could talk to employers and negotiate a work contract. Now these fairs are taking place online, and now the province has announced the launch of a new pilot program.
Requirements
So, the pilot is due to launch on April 1, 2022. That's good, because if you want to immigrate through it, you have plenty of time to prepare. The main requirement is to attend one of the four colleges in New Brunswick:
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