January

January 17, 2025

January 15, 2025

January 2, 2025

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.

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