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Provincial Nominee Program – Ontario

Foreign Workers with an Employer Job Offer

  • Have a permanent full-time job offer for a skilled occupation
  • At least 2 years of work experience in the previous 5 years in the intended occupation

International Students with an Employer Job Offer

  • Obtain a permanent full-time job offer for a skilled occupation
  • Have obtained at least a two-year diploma or degree, or a one-year post grad degree
  • Have completed at least half of their studies while living and studying in Canada at an eligible college or university

In-Demand Skills with an Employer Job Offer

  • Your job offer is in one of the NOC occupations listed on the OINP occupations in demand
  • You have at least 9 months of cumulative full-time work experience in Ontario in the same in-demand occupation a your job offer
  • Hold a valid licence allowing you to work in the occupation
  • Prove a certain level of language abilities
  • Have at least a Canadian secondary school (high school) diploma or equivalent in another country

Masters and PhD Graduates Streams

  • Have studied in Ontario at an eligible university
  • Have a certain level of language abilities
  • Have enough settlement funds to support yourelf
  • Submit your application within 2 years of having completed your program

Skilled Trades Stream

  • Have at least one year of cumulative paid work experience in Ontario in the NOC groups specified by the province
  • Submit your application within the last 2 years from the date when you obtained the two years of experience
  • It is not mandatory to hold a job at the time you submit your application to OINP
  • Have a valid licence to practise in the occupation / trade, if a licence is required
  • Live in Ontario and have legal status
  • Prove a certain level of language abilities
  • Have enough settlement funds

French Speaking Skilled Worker Stream

  • Decide whether you want to be assessed under the Federal Skilled Worker or Canadian Experience Programs
  • Have at least one year of full-time work experience in one of the TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 of the NOC, in the last five years
  • Prove your level of language skills English and French
  • Have enough settlement funds