The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) will contact applicants if they have decided to choose them. Applicants cannot apply directly to the OINP, they have to wait to receive a notification of interest first. If an applicant has not received a notification of interest from the OINP, then they cannot apply for a provincial nomination. The Human Capital Priorities Stream does not require a job offer. In order to be considered under the OINP’s Human Capital Priorities Stream, applicants need to meet all of the following criteria:

• Have the intention to live and work in Ontario;
• Have a valid Express Entry Profile and Job Seeker Validation code;
• Meet the criteria of the Federal Skilled Worker Program or the Canadian Experience Class;
• Possess a minimum of a Bachelors Degree or higher (three-year diplomas will not qualify);
• Have a valid educational credential assessment;
• Achieved a minimum score of CLB 7 in listening, reading, writing and speaking on an approved language test in English or French;
• Have the settlement funds required for their family size;
• Have valid immigration status in Canada if applying from within Canada.

When selecting applicants for the Human Capital Priorities Stream, the OINP looks at both the applicant’s main NOC code on their Express Entry profile and their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score.

For their Human Capital Priorities Stream – Priority Occupations draws, the OINP has been selecting applicants with experience in the following NOC codes and a CRS score between 464 and 467:

• NOC 0114 – Other administrative services managers
• NOC 0122 – Banking, credit and other investment managers
• NOC 0124 – Advertising, marketing and public relations managers
• NOC 0125 – Other business services managers
• NOC 0211 – Engineering managers
• NOC 0311 – Managers in health care
• NOC 0601 – Corporate sales managers
• NOC 0631 – Restaurant and food service managers
• NOC 0711 – Construction managers
• NOC 0731 – Managers in transportation
• NOC 0911 – Manufacturing managers
• NOC 1121 – Human resources professionals
• NOC 1122 – Professional occupations in business management consulting
• NOC 2161 – Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
• NOC 3012 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
• NOC 3211 – Medical laboratory technologists
• NOC 3231 – Opticians
• NOC 3233 – Licensed practical nurses

For their Human Capital Priorities Stream – Tech draws, the OINP has been selecting applicants with experience in the following NOC codes and a CRS score between 455 and 467:

• Software engineers and designers (NOC 2173)
• Computer programmers and interactive media developers (NOC 2174)
• Computer engineers (NOC 2147)
• Web designers and developers (NOC 2175)
• Database analysts and data administrators (NOC 2172)
• Computer and information systems managers (NOC 0213)

Please note that if you are invited to submit an application to the OINP, you will need to review the full program guidelines to make sure that you meet all of the OINP’s specific requirements. If you need assistance with this, you can book a consultation with one of our Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants. 

The OINP will contact applicants if they have decided to choose them. Applicants cannot apply directly to the OINP, they have to wait to receive a notification of interest first. If an applicant has not received a notification of interest from the OINP, then they cannot apply for a provincial nomination. The French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream does not require a job offer. In order to be considered under the OINP’s French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream, applicants need to meet all of the following criteria:

• Achieved a minimum of CLB 7 in listening, reading, writing and speaking on an approved French test AND a CLB 6 in listening, reading, writing and speaking on an approved English test;
• Have the intention to live and work in Ontario;
• Have a valid Express Entry Profile and Job Seeker Validation code;
• Meet the criteria of the Federal Skilled Worker Program or the Canadian Experience Class;
• Possess a minimum of a Bachelors Degree or higher (three-year diplomas will not qualify);
• Have a valid educational credential assessment;
• Have the settlement funds required for their family size;
• Have valid immigration status in Canada if applying from within Canada.

Please note that if you are invited to submit an application to the OINP, you will need to review the full program guidelines to make sure that you meet all of the OINP’s specific requirements. If you need assistance with this, you can book a consultation with one of our Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants. 

The OINP will contact applicants if they have decided to choose them. Applicants cannot apply directly to the OINP, they have to wait to receive a notification of interest first. If an applicant has not received a notification of interest from the OINP, then they cannot apply for a provincial nomination. The Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream does not require a job offer. In order to be considered under the OINP’s Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream, applicants need to meet all of the following criteria:

• Have at least one year of cumulative paid full-time work experience (or the equivalent in paid part-time work) in Ontario in a skilled trade that is listed in Minor Group 633 or Major Groups 72, 73 or 82 of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) obtained within the last two years from the date of submitting your application to the OINP;
• If the applicant is claiming work experience in a compulsory trade, even if they are no longer working in that trade, they must have a valid certificate or licence in Ontario at the time they apply to the OINP;
• Are currently living in Ontario AND have a valid work permit;
• Have the intention to live and work in Ontario;
• Have a valid Express Entry Profile and Job Seeker Validation code;
• Meet the criteria of the Canadian Experience Class;
• Achieved a minimum score of CLB 5 in all sections of an approved language test in English or French;
• Have the settlement funds required for their family size.

Please note that if you are invited to submit an application to the OINP, you will need to review the full program guidelines to make sure that you meet all of the OINP’s specific requirements. If you need assistance with this, you can book a consultation with one of our Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants. 

The OINP Masters Graduate Stream requires applicants to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) on the OINP website. This EOI will be used to assign applicants a score, which will be used to select applicants. Try our free OINP Points Calculator to view your score as well as which documents you would require to support your EOI.

If the applicant is then selected based on their EOI, they will be given a set date to submit their full application to OINP. If that application is then approved, they will receive a Provincial Nomination. The Masters Graduate Stream does not require an Express Entry profile. This means that applicants who receive a provincial nomination under this stream will not submit their application for permanent residence through the Express Entry system.

In order to submit an EOI under the OINP’s Masters Graduate Stream, applicants need to meet all of the following criteria:

• Applicants must have completed at least one academic year of full-time study and obtained their Masters from an eligible university in Ontario;
• Applicants must have passed an approved language test in English or French with a minimum score at a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 7 in listening, reading, writing and speaking;
• Applicants must have lived in Ontario on valid legal status for at least one year in the past two years before applying;
• Applicants need to be able to show they have the required amount of settlement funds for their family size;
• Applicants must intend to live and work in Ontario;
• Applicants must be living in Ontario, or outside of Canada at the time of their application;
• Applicants must maintain legal status if applying from within Canada;
• Applicants must submit their application within two years of the date listed on their Masters degree.

Please note that if you are invited to submit an application to the OINP, you will need to review the full program guidelines to make sure that you meet all of the OINP’s specific requirements. If you need assistance with this, you can book a consultation with one of our Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants. 

The OINP Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream requires applicants to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) on the OINP website. This EOI will be used to assign applicants a score, which will be used to select applicants. Try our free OINP Points Calculator to view your score as well as which documents you would require to support your EOI.

If the applicant is then selected based on their EOI, they will be given a set date to submit their full application to OINP. If that application is then approved, they will receive a Provincial Nomination. The Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream does not require an Express Entry profile. This means that applicants who receive a provincial nomination under this stream will not submit their application for permanent residence through the Express Entry system.

For the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream, the applicant needs to have a full-time (minimum of 30 hours per week), paid, permanent position with an indeterminate duration from an employer in Ontario.

For the Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream, the following criteria apply:

The job offer needs to meet the following criteria:

• Full-time (minimum of 30 hours per week), paid, permanent position with an indeterminate duration from an employer in Ontario;
• In a Skill Type 0, A or B level of the National Occupation Classification;
• The wage being offered must be at the median wage level for that occupation, in the specific region of Ontario where the applicant will be working;
• The position offered must be necessary to the proposed employer’s business;
• The work must take place primarily in Ontario;
• The applicant or their family members cannot hold equity in the employer’s company which exceeds 10%;

The applicant needs to meet the following criteria:

• The applicant must have at least two years of paid full-time (or the equivalent in part-time) work experience in the same occupation as the job offer gained within the five years prior to submitting their application to the OINP OR a licence or other authorization for the job that they have been offered;
• The applicant must have a license or other authorization for the job that the applicant has been offered if the job is in an occupation that requires a license or other authorization in Ontario;
• The applicant must have the intention to live in Ontario;

The employer needs to meet the following criteria:

• Have been in active business for at least three years prior to submission of the application;
• Have business premises in Ontario where the applicant will work;
• Can demonstrate that enough effort was made to recruit a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident prior to offering the position to the applicant (does not apply if the applicant is currently living and working in Ontario on a valid work permit OR the employer has obtained a LMIA)
• Has earned a minimum of $500,000 in total gross annual revenue in the most recently completed  fiscal year if the applicant will work or report to work at a location outside the Greater Toronto Area or a minimum of $1,000,000 in total gross annual revenue in the most recently completed  fiscal year if the applicant will work or report to work at a location in the Greater Toronto Area (City of Toronto, Durham, Halton, York and Peel regions);
• Employ a minimum of five full-time employees who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents who work at the same location where the applicant will work, or will report to work, if they will work or report to work at a location in the Greater Toronto Area (City of Toronto, Durham, Halton, York and Peel regions) or a minimum of three full-time employees who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents who work at the same location where the applicant will work, or will report to work, if the applicant will work or report to work at a location outside the Greater Toronto Area.

Please note that if you are invited to submit an application to the OINP, you will need to review the full program guidelines to make sure that you meet all of the OINP’s specific requirements. If you need assistance with this, you can book a consultation with one of our Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants.