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Rural Pilot (RCIP) Eligibility Checker

Check your eligibility for the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) and its sister program, the Francophone Community Immigration Pilot (FCIP). Both pathways nominate candidates with job offers from designated rural communities across Canada.

ℹ️ Newly launched (2025). RCIP replaces the previous Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP). Designated communities are being added gradually — check the most current list on IRCC's website before applying.

2Education

Foreign credentials need ECA.
Recent grads from the community may have work-experience waived.

3Official languages

Don't know your CLB? Use the converter
FCIP (Francophone) requires NCLC 5+ in all four French abilities.
Language minimums vary by TEER: TEER 0/1 = CLB 6, TEER 2/3 = CLB 5, TEER 4/5 = CLB 4.

4Work experience

Must be in the same NOC or related field to your job offer.
Required: must demonstrate intent to live in the designated community.

5Settlement

Required to support yourself and family during initial settlement. Roughly CAD $14,000+ for a single applicant (varies by family size).

Your RCIP / FCIP eligibility

Live evaluation against the program's publicly-published criteria.

The federal RCIP and FCIP programs work in partnership with each designated community. Each community sets its own priority occupations and may add additional criteria on top of the federal minimums.

Also consider Express Entry pathways

RCIP/FCIP nominees do NOT go through Express Entry — it's a direct federal-municipal pathway. But you can pursue both in parallel.

Get a personalized RCIP strategy

A licensed RCIC will review your eligibility, identify the best community match for your profile, and help with employer outreach in designated communities — free.

RCIP/FCIP designated community list is dynamic — check the IRCC website (canada.ca) for the most current participating communities and their priority occupations before applying.