Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot

WHEN
Live webinar January 28, 2020 @ 12:00 PM EST
OR available available video recording

INSTRUCTOR
Andrew Carvajal

 

DURATION
1 hour

 

SUMMARY: This course will provide an introduction to Canada’s new Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP). We will explore the objectives of the Pilot, candidate eligibility requirements and the process of applying for a job offer and obtaining the approval from the community. Examples of community-specific requirements will also be explored, as well as the steps involved in starting and completing an application under the Pilot.

  • Overview
    • Course outline
    • Pilot overview and objectives
    • Application steps
    • Participating communities and websites
    • Online guidelines
  • Candidate requirements
    • Work experience
    • Language skills
    • Education
    • Settlement funds
    • Intention to live in the community
    • Community-specific requirements
  • The job offer
    • Finding a job in the community
    • Job offer requirements
    • Offer of employment form
    • Community recommendation
  • Completing the application
    • General permanent residence forms
    • Program specific forms
    • Submission of application
    • Processing standards
  • Questions and answers

CPD CREDITS 

​For Lawyers and Paralegals

​Law Society of Ontario
   • Substantive Hours: This program is eligible for up to 1 hour

​Law Society of British Columbia
   • Approved for 1 CPD credit

​Law Society of Saskatchewan
   • Approved for 1 CPD hour

​Law Society of New Brunswick
   • Approved for 1 CPD hour

Law Societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
   • For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements

​For Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants

Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council
   • Approved for 1 CPD hour
   • Video recording valid until April 28, 2020​

Purchasing Options

Single Course

Includes
• Attendance at the live one hour webinar
• Access to the course materials

Please contact us at info@lpen.ca for more information

Your Instructor

Andrew Carvajal

Barrister & Solicitor

Partner, Desloges Law Group

Andrew is a Toronto lawyer and partner at Desloges Law Group. He received a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2011.

​Andrew’s legal expertise involves immigration law, administrative law and some civil litigation. His immigration practice focuses on permanent residence applications under federal and provincial economic programs, all types of business/corporate immigration, applications for sponsorship under the family class and temporary residence applications. 

Andrew also represents individuals and corporations in administrative matters, professional and academic discipline cases, as well as Small Claims Court litigation. His professional discipline practice includes the representation of Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants in complaint and discipline proceedings before their regulatory council.

​Besides his work at Desloges Law Group, Andrew has been an instructor in the Immigration Consulting program at Herzing College and a guest speaker in a number of immigration education programs and seminars organized by professional associations and community centres. He is also a frequent contributor to several publications dealing with immigration, refugee and administrative law and has been invited to speak about immigration changes on local and national news segments.

Prior to practising law, Andrew was a sociology professor at McGill University and a university researcher in projects dealing with criminal justice, equality laws, family transformation and social research methods.   

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