2020-02-14 – Ontario immigration has conducted a new draw targeting 10 specific occupations under the province’s Express Entry-linked Human Capital Priorities stream. The February 13 draw saw 486 Notifications of Interest issued to candidates with profiles in the Express Entry pool scoring between 467 and 471 Comprehensive Ranking System points. The 10 targeted occupations were:
2020-01-16 – The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program is set to add 13 manufacturing jobs to the eligible occupations under the popular Employer Job Offer category. Candidates for the new National Occupational Classification codes will only be eligible if their job offer is outside of the Greater Toronto Area. A proposed regulation amendment posted on Wednesday,
2020-01-14 – Ontario issued a total of 7,391 nominations through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program in 2019, the province has announced. The number includes the OINP’s initial allocation of 6,650, plus the 700 extra places offered by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in December. It also includes 41 nominations issued to intermediate skilled temporary foreign
2020-01-09 – Ontario immigration has conducted its first draw since May 2019 through the Express Entry-linked French-Speaking Skilled Worker stream. The January 9 draw, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program’s first of 2020, saw 242 Notifications of Interest issued. To qualify for the draw, candidates had to submit Express Entry profiles between January 9, 2019 and
Ontario immigration has conducted a new targeted Tech Draw through its Human Capital Priorities stream, issuing Notifications of Interest to 703 Express Entry candidates. The May 13 draw featured a Comprehensive Ranking System score range of 421 to 451, with candidates required to have submitted Express Entry profiles between May 13, 2019 to May 13,
2019-12-18 – Ontario immigration has called on Canada’s federal government to double the allocation of provincial immigrants it receives each year. Canada’s most populous province wants the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program’s allocation to hit 13,300 by 2021, up from 7,000 this year, in response to a skilled labour shortage. The request has been made by
2019-12-03 – Ontario immigration has conducted a new Entrepreneur Stream draw, issuing Notifications of Interest to 16 business candidates. The December 2 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program draw required a minimum score of 118 points, nine lower than the previous draw. This was the fourth Ontario Entrepreneur draw of 2019 and the first since September 20,
December 17, 2018 – Ontario has followed the federal government by announcing it is now accepting results of a second French-language for immigration applications. An Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program statement says the Test de connaissance du français pour le Canada (TCF Canada) is accepted as of December 10, 2018. It follows an announcement from Immigration,
December 6, 2018 – The Ontario immigration office has received an increased nomination allocation for 2018 under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). It means the province will continue to nominate candidates for Canada immigration, after previously stating nominations would stop after the allocation was reached for 2018. An OINP statement said: “Please be advised