Candidate endorsement

Immigration New Brunswick uses a candidate pool system to manage applications under the program. Both the employer and the candidate must complete their part of the application. Once done, the endorsement application goes into the Atlantic Immigration Program candidate pool.

Immigration New Brunswick selects applications from this pool based on market needs and other priorities.

Applications that are not selected will expire after 365 days. If this happens, the designated employer and candidate can submit a new endorsement application.

To have a position endorsed, the designated employer must:

• demonstrate that efforts to hire locally have been unsuccessful
• recruit an eligible foreign national 
• provide a valid full-time, non-seasonal job offer 
• provide a settlement plan 
• have completed the mandatory onboarding training 
• have completed intercultural competency training , unless exempted

To submit a complete endorsement application, both the candidate and the designated employer must complete their respective portions of the application. Submitting an endorsement application is free of charge.

The candidate must follow the steps below:

1. Review important information for every candidate
2. Create or log in to your candidate account on the INB portal 
3. Click the Start button on your dashboard
4. Read the terms and conditions and select I agree to proceed
5. Click I want to work in New Brunswick
6. Select Atlantic Immigration Program
7. Click Start
8. Complete the short questionnaire
9. Click Send approval request to employer
10. Wait for your employer to upload their documents and invite you to apply
11. Once you receive an invitation to apply, click Start to complete your portion of the endorsement application
12. Complete all fields and provide all supporting documents for you and your accompanying family members
13. Click on the red Submit application button

The employer must follow the steps below:

1. Log in to your employer account on the INB portal 
2. Go to Applicant pool
3. Locate the candidate you’d like to invite to apply then click on the arrow
4. Verify information in the Applicant profile and Applicant information tabs to ensure that you’re inviting the right candidate
5. Go to the Checklist tab and upload the required documents
6. Go to the Action tab and click on Send ITA
7. The candidate will then complete their portion of the application
8. The application is not submitted until the candidate hits the red Submit application button

To make changes to an application in the Atlantic Immigration Program candidate pool, the candidate must:

• withdraw the application using the NB-011-AIP Withdrawal of Endorsement Application or Certificate (PDF 350 KB) form
• submit a new one with the appropriate changes

Endorsement applications are not selected on a first come, first served basis. Withdrawing and resubmitting an endorsement application does not place you at the back of the queue.

If the application has been selected for processing, use the NB-003-AIP Endorsement Application Updates (PDF 380 KB) form instead.

An INB profile can have only one active expression of interest or application.

If you want to submit an endorsement application to the Atlantic Immigration Program candidate pool and submit an expression of interest to the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program candidate pool, you must create a separate INB profile using a different email address for each program. 

You can only have one active application with Immigration New Brunswick. This means you can be in both pools, but you can only move forward with one of them.

If you receive an invitation to apply for a New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program stream, you must withdraw all your other submissions. 

If your Atlantic Immigration Program endorsement application is selected for processing, you must withdraw all your expressions of interest.

If you receive an invitation to apply for a New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program stream and your Atlantic Immigration Program endorsement application is selected for processing, you must choose only one and withdraw the other. 

If you submit more than one active application, all of them could be refused.

Endorsement applications submitted are placed in the Atlantic Immigration Program candidate pool, where they remain valid for 365 days from the date of submission. 

Immigration New Brunswick selects applications from this pool for processing based on provincial labour market needs, available allocation and other priorities determined by the Government of New Brunswick.

Endorsement application selections are subject to scheduled draws. Applying does not guarantee that it will be processed or that the job offer and the candidate will receive an endorsement.