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Ontario has issued more invitations to apply for a provincial nomination to Express Entry candidates through its Skilled Trades and French-Speaking Skilled Workers streams. The new invitation rounds took place May 9 and 10 and are the sixth that Ontario has held in each stream since the end of March.

In its most recent draw under the Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) invited 1,307 candidates with CRS scores between 405 and 435. The draw targeted 47 skilled trade occupations for Express Entry profiles created between October 17, 2023, and October 17, 2024.

484 Express Entry candidates were issued Notifications of Interest under the French-Speaking Skilled Worker and Skilled Trades streams.

The province of Ontario on July 20, 2017 announced that applications for the Employer Job Offer Stream for Foreign Workers and International students are now being accepted.

Ontario has opened up an Expression of Interest system for two PNPs under the Employer Job Offer Category.

Tuesday’s news release from Ontario includes preliminary information on how applicants from its new EOI pool will be ranked and selected.

The Canadian province of Ontario has reopened two popular immigration streams for international post-graduates who studied in the province:

The Masters Graduate Stream of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program reached its intake limit in less than an hour in the most recent intake period on April 5, 2018.

Ontario must identify new ways of ensuring more immigrants settle outside the Greater Toronto Area in order to

The government of Ontario, Canada’s most populated province and a magnet for immigrants the world over, has announced a new stream of the Ontario immigrant Nominee program Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) known as the Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream. Successful applicants to this stream will benefit from 600 additional Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points and an Invitation to Apply (ITA) at a subsequent draw from the federal Express Entry pool.

Ontario tech draws will provide a pathway to permanent residence for tech workers in 6 occupations

The Ontario PhD stream has reached its intake limit for the most recent intake period. This stream of the OINP, which targets international graduates of PhD programs in the province, opened on May 1, 2017.

Ontario is investing $25 million more over the next three years, on top of the $15 million over three years that was announced in Budget 2022, to double Ontario’s skilled immigrant intake. The investment will work to address labour shortages and promote economic growth in the province.

Ontario has held its first base PNP draw after revamping its immigration intake system.

Ontario’s latest Tech Draw took place on December 15. A total of 668 Express Entry candidates were invited to

Ontario invited nurses, investment managers, and accountants in the Express Entry pool to apply for a provincial nomination.

Contrary to what many people may think, it is possible to immigrate to Canada without first securing a job.

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program has reached its 2018 provincial nomination allocation, with 6,600 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian immigration issued to applicants across various streams.

Ontario is overhauling its Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), ending all seven existing streams by May 30. Current pathways, including the Masters and PhD Graduate streams, Human Capital Priorities, Employer Job Offer streams, In-Demand Skills, and the Entrepreneur Stream, will no longer exist. Applicants in the current pools may not be grandfathered into the new system.

Ontario has announced its plan to prioritize public universities and colleges for 96% of its international study permits in 2024, leaving the rest for private universities and other institutions. This strategy aims to support the provincial labor market by focusing on postsecondary programs that prepare students for high-demand jobs in sectors like skilled trades, healthcare, STEM, hospitality, and childcare, while also emphasizing French-language skills.