Atlantic Immigration Program

Notice

Immigration New Brunswick is unable to provide processing times for individual applications and cannot guarantee that an application will be evaluated or approved before a work permit expires.

You are responsible for maintaining your authorization to work throughout the immigration process.

We appreciate your continued patience. Please continue to monitor your INB profile.

Overview

The Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) is a federal-provincial initiative by the Government of Canada and the 4 Atlantic provinces, including New Brunswick. The program helps employers attract and retain skilled foreign workers and international by supporting their applications for permanent residence with a valid job or job offer.

New Brunswick employers must be designated by Immigration New Brunswick (ImmigrationNB) to participate in the program. Once designated, employers can:

hire qualified candidates for jobs they haven’t been able to fill locally with Canadian citizens or permanent residents
apply to ImmigrationNB for an endorsement of each job offer and candidate

If the endorsement is approved, it can be used to support a permanent residence application.

Designated employers can also use the AIP to support foreign workers already employed in their organizations.

Employer designation

Notice

Effective February 3, 2026

Immigration New Brunswick (ImmigrationNB) is temporarily pausing the acceptance of new employer designation applications.

This pause will allow us to reassess existing designated employers and evaluate our priorities to ensure alignment with program goals and provincial economic needs.

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Endorsement

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Effective February 3, 2026

Due to reductions across Canada’s immigration system, New Brunswick is implementing a candidate pool system for endorsement applications under the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP). This allows for better management of our application inventory and for improved responsiveness to the provincial labour market needs.

What you need to know

Designated employers and their candidates can continue to submit endorsement applications
These new applications will be placed in a pool
Applications in the pool will be selected monthly for processing
Selections will be based on provincial priorities, not on a first-come, first-served basis
Applications not selected will expire after 365 days

If an application expires without being selected

it will be removed from the pool
a new and complete endorsement application would be required for further consideration

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AIP candidate pool

Notice

Effective February 3, 2026

Immigration New Brunswick (ImmigrationNB) is not considering any endorsement applications under the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) for positions in the accommodation and food services sector (NAICS 72). This restriction includes, but is not limited to, the following NOC codes:

NOC 60030 – Restaurant and food service managers
NOC 62020 – Food service supervisors
NOC 62021– Executive housekeepers
NOC 62024 – Cleaning supervisors
NOC 62200 – Chefs
NOC 63200 – Cooks
NOC 63202 – Bakers
NOC 64300 – Maîtres d’hôtel and hosts/hostesses
NOC 64301– Bartenders
NOC 64314 – Hotel front desk clerks

However, designated employers who are not directly in the accommodation or food service sector (NAICS 72) may still submit an endorsement application to ImmigrationNB for these types of jobs.

Additionally, ImmigrationNB is not considering any endorsement applications for the following occupations, regardless of sectors:

NOC 14400 – Shippers and receivers
NOC 60020 – Retail and wholesale trade managers
NOC 62010 – Retail sales supervisors
NOC 62101 – Retail and wholesale buyers
NOC 63201 – Butchers - retail and wholesale
NOC 64100 – Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers
NOC 64409 – Other customer and information services representatives
NOC 94142 – Fish and seafood plant workers

In addition, endorsement applications for any positions offered to foreign nationals residing outside of Canada are limited to recruitment initiatives led by the Government of New Brunswick (GNB) in:

health care
education
construction trades

If you are an employer in one of these sectors and would like more information about GNB-led recruitment options, contact WorkingNB.

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