Yukon Community Pilot Program

The Yukon Community Pilot (YCP) is an immigration initiative started by Yukon, a province in Canada’s northern territory. The Yukon Nominee Program (YNP), which is a component of the YCP, employs an innovative approach to immigration by assisting those who have received a provincial nomination in obtaining a unique kind of work permit that enables them to work for various employers in a Yukon town that is a participant. It is planned for the trial to last from January 2020 to June 2023.

Frequently, applicants must wait more than a year for their federal application for permanent residence to be processed after getting a provincial nomination. Certain PNP streams allow applicants to file for a closed work permit during this period so they can work in the province for a single employer while awaiting a decision on their PR. This program the nominees of Yukon the flexibility of instead of being tied up to a single employer, they can work for multiple employers. So, the nominees can work on multiple part-time jobs, and help fulfil the requirement of labour to the communities in question.