Ontario Provincial Nominee Program

The Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) offers numbers of streams to invite a large number of skilled professionals from all walks of life so that all the sectors in the province get developed and generate high revenues. The following is the list of categories of NSNP program which include:

Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry

As the name implies, it is the Express-entry linked immigration program and welcomes only those immigration entries whose job profiles are presently in-demand in the province. It aims at meeting the shortage of workforce in the market as well as to help the skilled workers in getting employment simultaneously.

Nova Scotia Experience: Express Entry

Application to this category requires the Express entry profile of the candidate as well as a minimum of one year of working experience in a highly qualified job profile in the province

Skilled worker Stream

Through this immigration stream, governing authorities issue invitations to skilled foreign workers who don’t have a job offer; however, are good at work and likely to get employment there easily based on skills set

Entrepreneur:

This stream is open for entrepreneurs who willingly want to establish their business in the province. So if you are interested in setting up your business there, then only apply to this category

International graduate entrepreneur system

This stream targets candidate who has recently completed their graduation from college and university of Nova Scotia

Physician

This stream helps in the immigration of skilled medical practitioners, specialists, family physicians and more from overseas countries on fulfilling the eligibility criteria successfully

To be eligible for the Ontario Express Entry program, a candidate needs a profile under the Federal government’s Canada Express Entry program. It further gets divided into three sub-categories –

• Federal French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream
• Human Capital Priorities Stream
• Skilled Trades Stream

As compared to other immigration streams, Ontario Human Capital Priorities Stream is the most popular among immigrants. Following the pattern of Federal Express entry Program, it requires the almost similar eligibility criteria

• An applicant must have an Express entry profile in either Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC) or Canadian Experience Class (CEC).
• An applicant must have a minimum one year of continuous, full-time work experience in any NOC Skill Level 0, A or B.
• An applicant must score a minimum of CLB level 7 in Language proficiency test. However, in CEC, the minimum CLB level for NOC B is 5
• An applicant must have sufficient settlement funds to support him/her in Ontario after immigration

Note: CEC candidates do not require settlement funds for Federal Express entry; however, it is mandatory in for Ontario Human capital Priorities.

Like other Provincial Nominee program, OINP has Express Entry linked immigration stream to ease the arrival of eligible candidates from Express Entry pool for provincial nominations. All nominated Express entry candidates get additional 600 points o their Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score effectively guaranteeing an invitation to apply by IRCC for Canada PR. The most important criteria for this program is of a valid job offer and having skills and experience in occupations or fields which are in high demand in Ontario.

No, the job offer is not mandatory for immigrating to Ontario. However, it offers a significant advantage to the application. In case of not having the job offer, the candidate must have experience in the field or occupations which are in high demand in the province. It gives your application more importance over others in the pool.

To qualify the nomination program, an applicant needs to score a minimum of 67 points in the point assessment grid based on the selection factors like age, work experience, education, language proficiency and more. Fill this Assessment form and get free consultation from our experts on Nova Scotia Nominee program. Click here to know more about Nova Scotia PNP Calculator

Ontario invites Express Entry candidates with higher scores/ranks in the pool based on factors like Age, Skilled work experience, Education, Language ability, Job offer, Spouse/common-law partner and more.

Interested candidates need to first create the Express Entry profile to become eligible for this Express entry linked PNP stream. Ontario immigration requires a minimum of 67 points out of 100 in the point assessment grid based on factors like

• Age (maximum 12 points)
• Education(maximum 25 points)
• Work experience (maximum 15 points)
• Adaptability (maximum 10 points)
• Arranged employment (maximum 10 points)
• Language proficiency (maximum 28 points)

The majority of Ontario’s population chooses English as their mother tongue, followed by French speakers. It means that both languages are used in Ontario for communication so, candidates must have linguistic knowledge in either of them. For NOC C and/or D, the required minimum CLB level is 4 in IELTS examination. For Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker program, the minimum CLB level is 7.