The Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) combines refugee resettlement and economic immigration. It’s a pathway that
helps skilled refugees immigrate to Canada through existing economic programs
gives employers access to a new pool of qualified candidates to fill job openings
1. You must be a refugee
To prove this, you must
be a convention or country of asylum refugee.
we’ll determine if you meet one of these definitions or
one of our partners (TalentLift, Talent Beyond Boundaries or Jumpstart Refugee Talent) will give you a referral letter stating you do
be outside Canada and your country of persecution
have no durable solution in the country you’re living in
have one of these documents, if you don’t have a referral letter from one of our partners:
a valid, positive Refugee Status Determination (RSD) from the UNHCR or a refugee-hosting state
proof you’re an asylum seeker abroad, registered or recorded by the hosting state
proof you’re registered or recorded as a person of concern by the UNHCR, if you don’t have a positive RSD yet
www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/economic-mobility-pathways-pilot.html