Ontario Provincial Nomination Immigration Program

Ontario is the most populous province in Canada. Approximately 40% of Canadians live in Ontario, and the province is home to Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, as well as Toronto, the country’s largest city and primary business and financial center.  it is also a prime destination not just for immigration but for travel as well.

Ontario is the economic, social, and political heartland of Canada, and is by far the most popular destination in Canada for new immigrants from around the world. The most multicultural province in Canada, approximately half of the country’s new immigrants settlement in Ontario, and the province includes people from 200 different countries that speak more than 125 languages.

Ontario’s economy is pretty rich and diversified. It has a GDP practically 200% that of the neighboring Quebec the maple leaf country second biggest economy. Despite the fact that manufacturing plays a major part in the provinces’ economy. Despite the fact that manufacturing plays a major part in the province’s economy, it is the really a service sector that takes up76.9%.

Express Entry Ontario

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) uses the Express Entry system to find candidates who can contribute to Ontario’s economy and communities.

Express Entry is Immigration and Refugee Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC’s), online immigration application system. It allows people to submit a profile, be considered as a skilled immigrant and apply to become permanent residents (PRs), if they choose.

There are five streams within Ontario Express Entry:

• Ontario’s Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream:- Ontario’s Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream is designed for skilled workers with work experience in an eligible skilled trade who want to live and work permanently in Ontario.
• Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills Stream:- The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) offers an opportunity for in-demand foreign workers with a job in specific occupations in the agricultural and construction sectors offer to permanently live and work in Ontario.
• Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream:- Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream is designed for skilled workers who want to live and work permanently in Ontario.
• Ontario’s Express Entry French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream:- Ontario’s Express Entry French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream is for French-speaking skilled workers who have strong English language abilities and who want to live and work permanently in Ontario. 

• International Students-Masters Graduate Stream:- The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) offers an opportunity for international students with a Master’s degree obtained in Ontario to live and work permanently in Ontario.
• International Students-PhD Graduate Stream:- The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) offers an opportunity for international students with a PhD degree obtained in Canada to live and work permanently in Ontario.

How to Apply to the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program

There are two ways to applying to the ONTARIO PNP. It will lead the participant right direction on the time of apply:-

• With a job offer:- The easiest and most efficient way to apply to the Ontario Provincial Nominee Program (OPNP) is with a job offer. However, not just any job offer from any job will do. It must be a full-time, permanent job offer in one of the three skill levels of the National Occupation Code 0, A, or B. The job must first be approved by Immigration Ontario before you can apply. It contain two steps:-
  • Pre-Screen Application:- The employer in question starts the application process by submitting a pre-screen application. The Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration then reviews this application.
  • Nominee Application:- Employers will receive an approval letter after their pre-screen application is reviewed and approved and also a joint verification form from the Ontario Nominee Program office. The employer will then have their prospective employee submit the nominee application package which contain joint verification form and the pre-screen form.
  • Provincial Nomination:- All successful nominees will receive a provincial nomination certificate. Then only participants are able to apply for Citizenship and Immigration Canada for Permanent Residence. Those participants nominated by Ontario, as well as their accompanying family members, must still meet Citizenship and Immigration Canada requirements, and also include medical and background checks as well as police clearance certificates.
• Without A Job Offer:- Without a job it is slightly difficult to apply and being selected to the Ontario provincial nominee program, but after that also those who are interested in applying to the program without a job offer must meet the criteria for one of the two International Graduate Streams. These include the PhD Student Stream and the Masters Student Stream.

After a student meets all the requirements and submits the completed nominee package , they are awarded a provincial nominee certificate. With the certificate, the applicant is able to apply to Citizenship and Immigration Canada for Permanent Residence.

Benefits of the Ontario PNP 2018

The Ontario Provincial Nominee Programs in other Canadian provinces ensure that good people immigrant to Canada. Although 55% to 60% of Ontario’s entire immigrant population came to the province without this program, it does ensure that skilled workers desperately needed in certain industries and employment sectors get fast-tracked approval.

• An enormous amount of time is saved in the immigration application process.
•  The Ontario Provincial Nominee Program (OPNP) makes decisions within 60 days.
• The next step of the process usually takes between 7 and 8 months. Sure, it might still seem like a long time, but it is absolutely fast compared to the normal 17 to 32 month processing time.
• In many cases, prepared applicants are able to receive work permits in as little as 6 months time.
• After applicants Permanent Residence status is obtained, they are allowed to move freely around Canada.