On June 16, 2021, the government of Ontario held a new draw in the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream (EJO FW) and International Student Stream (EJO IS) of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). The province issued 569 invitations to apply (ITAs) to the eligible candidates through the EJO FW Stream with a minimum score of 38, and 371 ITAs to international students through the EJO IS Stream with a score of 66 and above. In total, OINP issued invitations to 5,830

Ontario has held its first base PNP draw after revamping its immigration intake system Ontario has held its first Employer Job Offer draw almost two weeks after launching a new immigration intake system. Invited candidates had work experience in one of 23 occupations. On May 11, 2021, the government of Ontario issued invitations to apply (ITAs) to 81 candidates in the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream (EJO FW) of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). Candidate

Ontario has opened a new Expression of Interest (EOI) system for two of its provincial immigration programs. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) EOI system is now open for the following streams in the Employer Job Offer Category: Foreign Worker; and International Student. According to the OINP webpage, the province expects to open the EOI systems for the In-Demand Skills, Masters Graduate, and PhD Graduate streams in the near future.Ontario approved the EOI selection

According to CBC, with reference to the Sault Ste. Marie's economic development team, two individuals in the community received permanent residence in Canada through the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP). A woman from India and a man from Ghana successfully passed the whole route of RNIP. They both graduated from Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology and have been working as nurses in long term care homes. This program is intended to close gaps in the labour

On July 29, 2020, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) distributed 1,288 targeted Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to candidates under the Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities stream. This is the fifth OINP tech draw since the launch of this sub-stream. In those tech draws, OINP invites only candidates in six following technical occupations: NOC 2173 Software engineers and designers, NOC 2174 Computer programmer and interactive media developers, NOC 2147 C

On July 6, 2020, Thunder Bay, ON, issued new community recommendations in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP). The city approved applications of 9 candidates – one candidate in the NOC A skills level, six candidates in the NOC B skills level, and two candidates in the NOC C skills level. Candidates who received a community recommendation can submit their applications for permanent residence in Canada to Immigration Canada (IRCC). Thunder Bay can still recommend 9

On June 17, 2020, Ontario invited 758 candidates in the Skilled Trades Stream of the Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP). All invitees have their profiles created in the Express Entry system between June 17, 2019, and June 17, 2020. The CRS score range of the invited candidates was 400-436. This was the second draw in the OINP Skilled Trades Stream in 2020. On April 29, Ontario issued 190 Notifications of Interest in this stream. Last year, OINP issued 1,399 NOIs in Sk

On June 3, 2020, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) held two draws in the Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream. OINP issued 532 targeted Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to candidates who possess one year or more of foreign work experience in one of the in-demand occupations. The score range of those candidates was 471-500 points. In the second draw, Ontario invited 167 candidates who possess one year or more of Canadian work experience in one of

Following advice from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, on April 3, 2020, Ontario updated the list of essential businesses that can remain open. The restrictions are part of the efforts undertaken by the province in order to reduce the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The list has been brought down from 74 workplaces to 44. Item 34(vii) continues to list "professional and social services that support the legal and justice system". This means that lawyers' of

On March 23, 2020, Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, ordered the temporary closure of non-essential businesses, as the province attempts to manage the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). When the list of "essential" workplaces in Ontario was later made public by the government, we learned that immigration practitioners appear to be exempted from the temporary shutdown. In particular, the list includes the following: 61. Professional and social services that support the legal

On March 23, 2020, OINP released statistics regarding its 2019 nominations and quota allocation. While the full nomination allocation was reached in November of 2019, the federal government granted the province an additional 700 nominations, which were allocated by the year end. The total number of nominations for 2019 was 7,391, including 41 nominations exclusively allocated to candidates in NOC level C occupations. As per the table posted by OINP, the breakdown of all of th

On March 23, 2020, Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, ordered the temporary closure of non-essential businesses, as the province attempts to manage the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The province also anticipates that schools will not reopen by the previously announced date of April 6. The list of businesses that will be allowed to remain open include grocery stores, pharmacies, takeout and delivery restaurants, as well as essential manufacturing industries and supply cha

On January 15, 2020, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued 954 targeted Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to candidates under the Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities stream. This is the third OINP tech draw. In this round, all invited candidates have work experience in six technical occupations approved for Ontario’s tech draws - NOC 2173 Software engineers and designers, NOC 2174 Computer programmer and interactive media developers, NOC 2147 Compute

In December 2019, Canada invited 6,400 candidates to apply for permanent residence in the Express Entry-based federal immigration programs. Another 3,307 candidates have been invited under different Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) to apply for the provincial nomination. Ontario issued 683 invitations to apply; Quebec sent invitations to 305 persons; Alberta invited 132 candidates; Saskatchewan issued invitations to 657 foreign nationals; British Columbia issued ITA to 854 r

On January 9, 2020, the Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) held the first round of invitations in the French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream (FSSW) of the Human Capital Category. In this round, OINP issued 242 Invitations to Apply for the Francophone candidates. The Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) range of candidates who received the Notification of Interest from the OINP was between 433 and 472 points. The Express Entry profiles of the candidates were created betwee

Economic Development Minister of Ontario Vic Fedeli, who is responsible for immigration to Ontario, made a request to the new Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino to increase the provincial quota for the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) to 13,300 nominations by 2021. If approved, this will increase the provincial number of nominations by 50% compared to the initial quota in 2019. In a formal letter to Mendicino, Fideli stated that the expansion of the OINP wou

11,480 newcomers came to Canada in August 2019 through the Express Entry. Most of them settled in Ontario - 7,240 immigrants moved there. The second most popular destination for those who immigrated in August is British Columbia, which admitted 2,165 people. In third place is Alberta where 905 immigrants settled. Another 330 newcomers moved to Saskatchewan. Nova Scotia has become a home to 315 newcomers. Manitoba received 300 new PRs. Another 135 immigrants chose New Brunswic

On September 20, 2019, Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) issued 15 Invitations to Apply to the eligible candidates under the Entrepreneur Stream. The minimum score of this round was 127. This is 15 points higher than in the previous round, which was held on April 5, when OINP invited 22 entrepreneurs. The OINP noted that those whose Expressions of Interest were scored by September 12, 2019, were eligible for this draw. In total, Ontario invited 50 candidates under th

According to the updated statistics by CBSA, in August there was a slight reduction in the number of people who were intercepted at the Canada-USA border trying to cross unofficially to claim asylum. In total, 1,762 people were stopped by the RCMP as they illegally crossed the Canadian border at informal border points. In July, this figure was slightly higher - 1,874 cases. At the same time, the statistics also show that the total number of asylum claims submitted in Canada i

Following the recent regulatory amendments in the Ontario Immigration Act (2015), on September 3, 2019, the official page of the Entrepreneur Stream under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) published a minor update. Due to Entrepreneur Stream changes, the online Expression of Interest system is currently unavailable, as updates are being made to the system. In the interim, the EOI process will take place outside of the OINP e-Filing Portal. #Ontario, #OINP, #Entrep