June

June 6, 2025

June 3, 2025

June 6, 2025

Employer Job Offer streams: additional candidates in Greater Sudbury/Grand Sudbury invited

On June 6, 2025, we issued an additional 72 targeted invitations to apply to potential candidates in the Expression of Interest system pool who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand Skills stream with a job offer in the Greater Sudbury/Grand Sudbury census division, to correct a system error, and who are currently residing in Canada with a Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Please note that as of April 10, 2024, all new applications under the Employer Job Offer streams must include the updated Application for Approval of Employment Position (Employer Form). If you upload an older version of the form, we will return your application as incomplete and refund your fee.

You may apply to this stream if you received an invitation to apply on June 6, 2025.

You must submit your application by June 20, 2025. Due to system upgrades, no extension requests can be granted.

To apply:

  1. Review the Employer Job Offer stream page corresponding to the stream for which you were invited to apply to determine if you meet the requirements.
  2. Review the document checklist to ensure you have the mandatory documents.
  3. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX.

Your new application file number is different than your EOI file number. The EOI file number (EOI-JOFW-XXXXXX) will be greyed out; this is not an error.

If you received an invitation to apply you don’t need to contact the program.

June 3, 2025

Employer Job Offer streams: candidates in Eastern Ontario invited

On June 3, 2025, we issued 334 targeted invitations to apply to potential candidates in the Expression of Interest system pool who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand Skills stream with a job offer in Eastern Ontario and who are currently residing in Canada with a Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Eastern Ontario includes the following Census Divisions: Ottawa, Leeds and Grenville, Lanark, Frontenac, Peterborough, Hastings, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Renfrew, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Prescott and Russell, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward.

Please note that as of April 10, 2024, all new applications under the Employer Job Offer streams must include the updated Application for Approval of Employment Position (Employer Form). If you upload an older version of the form, we will return your application as incomplete and refund your fee.

You may apply to one of the Employer Job Offer streams if you received an invitation to apply on June 3, 2025.

To apply:

  1. Review the Employer Job Offer stream page corresponding to the stream for which you were invited to apply to determine if you meet the requirements.
  2. Review the document checklist to ensure you have the mandatory documents.
  3. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX.

Your new application file number is different than your EOI file number. The EOI file number (EOI-JOXX-XXXXXX) will be greyed out; this is not an error.

If you received an invitation to apply you don’t need to contact the program.

Employer Job Offer streams: candidates in Northern Ontario invited

On June 3, 2025, we issued 973 targeted invitations to apply to potential candidates in the Expression of Interest system pool who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand Skills stream with a job offer in Northern Ontario and who are currently residing in Canada with a Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Northern Ontario includes the following Census Divisions: Muskoka, Haliburton, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Greater Sudbury/Grand Sudbury, Timiskaming, Cochrane, Algoma, Thunder Bay, Rainy River, and Kenora.

Please note that as of April 10, 2024, all new applications under the Employer Job Offer streams must include the updated Application for Approval of Employment Position (Employer Form). If you upload an older version of the form, we will return your application as incomplete and refund your fee.

You may apply to one of the Employer Job Offer streams if you received an invitation to apply on June 3, 2025.

To apply:

  1. Review the Employer Job Offer stream page corresponding to the stream for which you were invited to apply to determine if you meet the requirements.
  2. Review the document checklist to ensure you have the mandatory documents.
  3. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX.

Your new application file number is different than your EOI file number. The EOI file number (EOI-JOXX-XXXXXX) will be greyed out; this is not an error.

If you received an invitation to apply you don’t need to contact the program.

Employer Job Offer streams: Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) candidates invited

On June 3, 2025, we issued 843 targeted invitations to apply to candidates in the Expression of Interest system pool who may qualify for the REDI pilot under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand Skills stream and who are currently residing in Canada with a Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Employer Job Offer streams: candidates in healthcare occupations invited

On June 3, 2025, we issued invitations to apply to potential candidates in the Expression of Interest system pool who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student or In-Demand Skills stream who work in priority health occupations and who are currently residing in Canada.

Please note that as of April 10, 2024, all new applications under the Employer Job Offer streams must include the updated Application for Approval of Employment Position (Employer Form). If you upload an older version of the form, we will return your application as incomplete and refund your fee.

Health occupations

Candidates only received an invitation under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker or Employer Job Offer: International Student streams if they had a score of 68 and above, and a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 31101 - Specialists in surgery
  • NOC 31102 - General practitioners and family physicians
  • NOC 31300 - Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors
  • NOC 31301 - Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
  • NOC 31302 - Nurse practitioners
  • NOC 31303 - Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
  • NOC 32101 - Licensed practical nurses
  • NOC 33102 - Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
  • NOC 44101 - Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations

Candidates only received an invitation under the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream if they had a score of 34 and above, and a job offer in the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) code:

  • NOC 44101 - Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations

Please note that as of April 10, 2024, all new applications under the Employer Job Offer streams must include the updated Application for Approval of Employment Position (Employer Form). If you upload an older version of the form, we will return your application as incomplete and refund your fee.

You may apply to the Employer Job Offer stream if you received an invitation to apply on June 3, 2025.

To apply:

  1. Review the Employer Job Offer stream page corresponding to the stream for which you were invited to apply to determine if you meet the requirements.
  2. Review the document checklist to ensure you have the mandatory documents.
  3. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX.

Your new application file number is different than your EOI file number. The EOI file number (EOI-JOXX-XXXXXX) will be greyed out; this is not an error.

If you received an invitation to apply you don’t need to contact the program.

Employer Job Offer Foreign Worker stream: targeted occupation invited

On June 3, 2025, we issued invitations to apply to potential candidates who may qualify for Ontario’s Employer Job Offer Foreign Worker stream with a job offer under National Occupational Classification (NOC) code 41321.

Candidates only received an invitation if they had a score of 45 and above, and a job offer in in NOC code 41321 - Career Development Practitioners and Career Counsellors (Except Education).

You may apply to this stream if you received an invitation to apply on June 3, 2025.

Please note that as of April 10, 2024, all new applications under the Employer Job Offer streams must include the updated Application for Approval of Employment Position (Employer Form). If you upload an older version of the form, we will return your application as incomplete and refund your fee.

To apply:

  1. Review the Employer Job Offer Foreign Worker stream page to determine if you meet the requirements.
  2. Review the document checklist to ensure you have the mandatory documents.
  3. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and follow the steps as a new or returning user.

Your new application file number is different than your EOI file number. The EOI file number (EOI-JOFW-XXXXXX) will be greyed out; this is not an error.

If you received a notification of interest, you don’t need to contact the program.

May

May 30, 2025

May 30, 2025

2025 Nomination Allocation

The federal government has reduced provincial nominee program admissions by 50%.

Individuals should expect longer processing times as there are fewer nominations available for 2025.

Ontario will continue to review applications and respond within the new program constraints, while selecting skilled economic immigrants who can help address the province’s most critical labour shortages.

Please monitor this page for news, announcements, and program developments.

January

January 28, 2025

January 17, 2025

January 15, 2025

January 2, 2025

January 28, 2025

Changes to the Employer Job Offer – Foreign Worker stream for Self-Employed Physicians

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has made changes to the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream that will allow physicians to qualify for the stream without needing a job offer from an Ontario employer.

Applicants to the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream must have a job offer from an Ontario employer. This requirement meant that physicians who were independent contractors (i.e., self-employed, OHIP-billing) were ineligible to apply under this stream.

To help address Ontario’s labour market needs in healthcare, the program has made changes to the requirements for physicians applying to the OINP through this stream.

The National Occupational Classification (NOC) system groups all physician occupations under NOC codes 31100, 31101 and 31102. To qualify, physician applicants no longer need a job offer if they can demonstrate that they meet the following:

  1. The applicant must be registered and in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in one of the following certificate categories that permits patient care:
    • Independent practice
    • Academic practice
    • Postgraduate education
  2. The applicant must be eligible to receive payment for publicly funded health services in accordance with the Health Insurance Act,1990.

The amendments came into effect on January 27, 2025.

There are no changes to the requirements for applicants applying to the stream under any other NOC.

These changes are reflected on the program requirements webpage. For more information, please visit:

The updated regulations can be found on Ontario’s e-Laws Website:

Changes to the Express Entry Human Capital Priorities and French-Speaking Skilled Worker streams for Self-Employed Physicians

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has amended regulations so that applicants to the Human Capital Priorities and French-Speaking Skilled Worker streams can use periods of self-employment to meet the streams’ work experience requirement if they have periods of self-employment in an occupation under one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 31100 - Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
  • NOC 31101 - Specialists in surgery
  • NOC 31102 - General practitioners and family physicians

Applicants to these streams must decide which of two federal program criteria they would like to be assessed against:

  • the Federal Skilled Workers Program; or
  • the Canadian Experience Class

The amendments allow applicants who choose to be assessed against Canadian Experience Class criteria to use periods of self-employment if that experience is in a designated NOC.

The amendments do not apply to applicants under any other NOC. This amendment mirrors recent updates to federal policy.

These changes are reflected on the program requirements webpage. For more information, please visit:

The updated regulations can be found on Ontario’s e-Laws Website:

January 17, 2025

Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) pilot

On January 2, 2025, the Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) pilot launched for a one-year term. The pilot sets aside 200 nominations from the OINP’s Employer Job Offer streams for each partner community, addressing specific regional immigration needs

The REDI pilot offers a pathway to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers with a job offer who want to live and work in a participating community including Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Sarnia-Lambton, and Thunder Bay.

There is no separate application process for the pilot. Applicants with job offers from Ontario employers in one of the designated pilot communities should apply through the standard OINP Expression of Interest (EOI) system, and would be eligible for targeted pilot draws.

January 15, 2025

Employer Job Offer Foreign Worker stream: Economic Mobility Pathways Project (EMPP) candidates invited

On January 15, 2025, we issued 4 targeted invitations to apply to candidates who may qualify for the federal Economic Mobility Pathways Project under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream.

January 2, 2025

Immediate bans for non-compliant immigration representatives

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has updated its procedures to strengthen protections for newcomers. Effective immediately, the Director of the Ontario Immigration Act, 2015 can ban immigration representatives who contravene the Act without first issuing an administrative monetary penalty.

This change allows quicker action against fraud and misrepresentation, building on existing measures to protect newcomers and maintain the integrity of the OINP.

Learn more: