Ontario PNP Draw: 940 immigrants invited in the latest provincial draw

Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) held a new immigration draw on June 16, inviting 940 people to apply for a provincial nomination. 

Invited candidates must have created their profile in the Expression of Interest (EOI) pool. Applicants may have qualified for one of two streams of the employer's job posting.

A total of 569 people were invited and may be eligible for the foreign worker stream. These candidates required a minimum score of 38 points. There were no targeted professions or location requirements for this draw.

The remaining 371 were invited to apply for an application to the international student stream. These applicants had to have an EOI score of at least 66 to be invited.

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Basics on Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream

OINP's Foreign Worker Stream - Employer Job offer category is for skilled workers who have an eligible job offer in the province. You don't necessarily have to apply from within Canada, as long as you meet the eligibility requirements.

To be eligible, you must accumulate the equivalent of two years of work experience in a skilled trade, have a qualifying job offer in Ontario, and intend to immigrate to the province, among other criteria.

If you want to apply for a provincial nomination, the first step is to register an EOI profile on OINP's website. Your profile will be submitted to the EOI pool with the profiles of the other applicants. EOI profile will be assigned points based on your credentials.

How to get points for Ontario PNP?

Ontario ranks EOI profiles based on a number of human capital factors that the province believes will be important in selecting immigrants with the potential to thrive. You get points for the skill level of your job posting as well as your work experience in Canada. Based on your National Occupation Classification (NOC) code, points are assigned to your profile.

The OINP scoring system is different depending on the stream you are applying for. In addition to skill level and work experience, it also takes into account your salary, education, proficiency in official languages, ??and the region in which you study or work. If a candidate meets the labour market needs they can get a maximum of 10 points.