You may be eligible to access settlement services. Determine if you are eligible and how to confirm your eligibility to service providers in the table below:

Determine your eligibility:

Confirmation Documents Eligibility Category
Canadian citizens born outside Canada Citizenship card, Canadian passport
Individuals awaiting statutory checks

Individuals from all immigration categories except Nova Scotia Nominees, who have been selected, in Canada or overseas, to become permanent residents and intend to settle in Nova Scotia, pending completion of medical, security and criminal verifications, and who have been informed by a letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada
indicating that individuals are awaiting statutory CIC
checks
Nova Scotia Nominees

Foreign nationals and their dependents who have been nominated under the Nova Scotia Nominee Program but have not yet received Permanent Resident status.

Nomination certificate from the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration
Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP)

Applicants and their immediate dependents who have been endorsed by NSOI.

Endorsement certificate from NSOI
Permanent Residents of Canada other than:

a) Permanent Residents of Canada – Nova Scotia Nominees
Foreign nationals and their dependents who have been nominated under the Nova Scotia Nominee Program and have become Permanent Residents.

b) Permanent Residents of Canada – Refugees
Convention refugees and protected persons overseas who have been selected for resettlement in Canada by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and have obtained Permanent Resident status.

Permanent resident card
PR Applicants with Work Permit

Individuals (and their dependents) who have submitted an application for Permanent Resident status to the Nova Scotia Nominee Program or to Citizenship and Immigration Canada and intend to settle in Nova Scotia. Refugee claimants and off-campus work permit holders (i.e. full-time international students enrolled in post-secondary studies with a valid off-campus work permit) are excluded and hence, ineligible.

Valid work permit, AND

– A letter from Nova Scotia Office of Immigration confirming the receipt of the application for permanent residence, OR a letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada confirming the application, OR
– An entrepreneur approval letter (ENT) from Nova Scotia Office of Immigration

International post-secondary graduates (and their dependents)

Who have graduated from university or college in Canada and who are living in Nova Scotia and intend to settle in this province.
Valid work permit
Protected Persons

As defined in Section 95 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).

Notification letter from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada noting their protected status is conferred