Ontario PNP Program

Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)

There are multiple pathways to apply permanent resident to settle in Canada. Foreign workers, international students and candidates outside of Canada with the right skills, experience and education can apply to OINP for nomination.

Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Streams:

  • French Speaking Skilled Worker stream
  • Human Capital Priorities stream
  • Skilled Trades stream
  • Entrepreneur stream
  • Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream
  • Employer Job Offer: International Student stream
  • Employer Job Offer: In Demand Skills stream
  • Masters Graduate stream
  • PhD Graduate stream

How to apply OINP?

There are three common ways you may qualify for a nomination, Onarrive Overseas Consultants will make sure you are eligible to apply for any programs.

Human capital category – For International workers who have a skills, experience, educations and language proficiency with a valid Express Entry profile or from graduate students.

Employer job offer category – For applicants who have a valid job offer from an Ontario employer.

Business category – For entrepreneurs looking to start a business or buy an existing business in Ontario.

Human capital category:

International graduate

To be eligible for this program applicant must have a valid express entry profile under graduate stream, have received an invitation to apply within two years of getting your graduate degree from an eligible designated learning institute.

  • Masters Graduate stream
  • PhD Graduate stream

Ontario’s Express Entry

To be eligible for this stream applicant must have an up-to-date profile with your most current work experience, language tests and education in the federal government’s Express Entry system, also you must have received a notification of interest from Ontario.

  • French Speaking Skilled Worker stream: For applicants with required work experience, education and language proficiency in French and English.
  • Human Capital Priorities stream: For international skilled workers with the required work experience, education and language proficiency in French and English.
  • Skilled Trades stream: For workers with minimum for 1 year work experience in Ontario in eligible trade occupation

Employer Job offer category:

To qualify under the employer job offer streams must have a valid express entry profile in OINP e-filling portal, have received an invitation from to apply or a full time job offer from an Ontario employer. This category has three streams which operate under an expression of interest system.

  • Foreign Worker stream
  • International Student stream
  • In-Demand Skills stream

Business Category:

Entrepreneur from outside of Canada who is looking to implement a new business concept or buy an existing business in Ontario can apply to this stream.

  • Entrepreneur stream

FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions

The federal fee is $1,325 to apply for permanent residence. And for per dependent child $225. ONIP Application fee $1,500-2,000

In order to be eligible for the Ontario Human Capital Priorities stream, a candidate must score minimum of 400 points or higher.

No, but if the candidate have a valid job offer from the Ontario employer they can apply under Foreign Worker stream that meets the following requirements. 

As per ONIP announcement, the candidate can show expression of interest throughout the year in 2021 and you can show an expression of interest at any time. The programs available are Employer Job Offer: In-demand skills stream.