OINP Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream

Overview of the OINP Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream program:

The Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream gives foreign workers with a job offer in a skilled occupation the opportunity to apply to permanently live and work in Ontario. Your job offer must be in a skilled occupation at TEER (Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities) category 0, 1, 2 or 3 of the National Occupational Classification (NOC). This stream is open to foreign workers in and outside of Canada.

Benefits of the OINP Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream program:

• Allows hiring of skilled immigrant foreign workers.

Eligibility criteria of the OINP Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream program:

• Expression of interest and invitation to apply
• You must have received an invitation to apply and applied within the deadline identified.
• You must demonstrate that you had the qualifications that you claimed you had in the expression of interest that you registered with the OINP and attested to.
• Work experience or license or other authorization
• You must meet one of the following requirements depending on the position of the job offer:
• If your job offer is for an occupation that requires a mandatory license or other authorization in Ontario, you must hold a valid license or authorization from the appropriate regulatory body in Ontario at the time of application submission.
• If your job offer is not for an occupation that requires a mandatory license or other authorization in Ontario, you must demonstrate work experience in the same occupation as the NOC code of your job offer.
• Valid license or other authorization (if applicable)
• If your job offer is for an occupation that requires a mandatory license or other authorization in Ontario, you must hold a valid license or authorization from the appropriate regulatory body in Ontario when you apply.
• For more information on licenses and authorizations in Ontario, please visit Ontarios Jobs and Employment website or the Skilled Trades Ontario website.
• Intention to live in Ontario
• You must intend to live in Ontario after youve been granted permanent residence. We determine this by examining your ties to Ontario, which can include doing things like:
• Working or having worked in Ontario
• Getting job offers, applying to or interviewing for jobs
• Studying
• Volunteering
• Leasing or owning property
• Visiting
• Having professional networks and affiliations, family ties and personal relationships
• Legal status in Canada (if applicable)
• If you are applying from within Canada, you must have legal status (a visitor record, study permit, or work permit) at the time you apply and should maintain that status until the time of nomination.