Professionals and graduates invited by Ontario in the recent PNP draw

Ontario recently held a new draw where it sent invitations to those candidates who were eligible for a provincial nomination in Ontario. The draw was held on October 20th, where 546 potential candidates received invitations to apply for a provincial nomination by the province. Particularly those candidates who had their profiles in the EOI Expression of Interest Pool received invitations through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, abbreviated OINP. The invited candidates must fall under the following classifications called the Employer Job Offer that includes Foreign Workers Stream, Masters Graduate Stream, and PhD Graduate Stream. Besides this, there were also four invitations sent to candidate who might qualify for the Foreign Workers Stream that comes under the Economic Mobility Pathway Project. International students were also invited by the OINP. 479 graduates for the Master’s Graduate Stream while 63 were invited for the PhD Graduate Stream. All the students who have received invitations are required to submit a profile online in Ontario’s EOI system. Every stream has its own set of requirements:

The least score of a Master’s Graduate is 35; and
The least score of a PhD graduate is 25.

Ontario recently adopted an EOI system and for its PNP particularly for those who are not using the Express Entry System, this is the second largest Masters Stream draw after the EOI adaptation. According to Statistics Canada, draws for a Master’s Degree have a comparatively larger draw and also a higher score requirement. This is related due to the number of applications getting into the EOI System in separate in different degree types. The number of Masters’ graduates in Ontario is in the thousands, while students pursuing a degree remain in a few hundred.

About the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream

The Employer Job Offer is further classified into Foreign Workers Stream that allows international workers to have a valid job offer from any job provider in Ontario. It is not necessary for the candidates to be physically living in Canada while applying for this stream. The candidate is required to meet all the eligibility criteria that includes- relevant work experience for two years or beyond, have a job offer in Ontario and a will to later move to Canada as an immigrant. For those who wish to apply for a PNP stream, they first need to build up their profile in the official government site of Ontario and register an Express of Interest. Once the registration is done, the profile is evaluated on the basis of the information that is submitted and the score it gets after that.

About Masters Graduate and PhD Graduate streams

The official website portal contains a form that needs to be e-filled after the candidate is done with signing up in order to be considered for the Masters and Ph.D. graduate Stream. They are also asked to register themselves in the graduation stream of their choice. The candidates who are then eligible are invited to take the next step forward towards Canadian immigration by applying for a Provincial Nominee Program. In this steam, having a valid job offer is not a compulsion but the candidate has a time frame of 2 years after he/she has been graduated.

How do you get points for Ontario immigration?

The EOI profiles submitted by the candidates are evaluated by the province of Ontario on the basis of human capital factors that is pre decided upon by the province. It aims to intake only those immigrants that has a potential to thrive in Canada at the same time contribute to Canada’s economy. The points are distributed on the parameters of skill levels and work opportunities also their past Canadian experience if there is any. Although it must be noted that the OINP scoring system is different for different streams. The evaluation parameters not only limits to skills levels and work experience it also depends on factors like age, education, language proficiency, area of study and work, et. Ontario has specifically dedicated 10 points to the response for the labor market needs in the province.