February

February 2, 2026

February 2, 2026

Physicians under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream invited

On February 2, 2026, we issued 129 targeted invitations to apply to potential candidates in the Expression of Interest system pool who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream who work as physicians in NOC codes 31100, 31101 and 31102.

Candidates only received an invitation if they had a score of 33 and above, and a job offer in 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

Please refer to the January 5 program update for more details.

You may apply to the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream if you received an invitation to apply on February 2, 2026. Eligible profiles must have been created and attested by January 28, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

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. You must submit your application and payment within 17 calendar days from the date we issued the invitation to apply

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 February 2, 2026, we issued 47 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.

The targeted communities include the following Census Divisions: Lanark, and Leeds and Grenville.

Please note that as of July 2, 2025, all applications for the approval of an employment position under the Employer Job Offer streams must be submitted via the Employer Portal. Only candidates whose employers have submitted a job offer through the Employer Portal, and have successfully registered an expression of interest, will be considered.

If the OINP has selected your expression of interest, both you and your employer will be notified via email. Your employer may then submit an application for approval of an employment position directly though the Employer Portal, and you may submit your application and make the payment. Please refer to the June 12 program update and the Employer Portal user guide for more details.

Candidates only received an invitation under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream if they had a score of 44 and above, and a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 12200 - Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
  • NOC 21222 - Information systems specialists
  • NOC 21231 - Software engineers and designers
  • NOC 31301 - Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
  • NOC 33102 - Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
  • NOC 42202 - Early childhood educators and assistants

Candidates only received an invitation under the Employer Job Offer: International Student stream if they had a score of 69 and above, and a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 12111 - Health information management occupations
  • NOC 12200 - Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
  • NOC 13111 - Legal administrative assistants
  • NOC 22232 - Occupational health and safety specialists
  • NOC 22310 - Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
  • NOC 32101 - Licensed practical nurses
  • NOC 33102 - Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
  • NOC 33103 - Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
  • NOC 42201 - Social and community service workers
  • NOC 42202 - Early childhood educators and assistants
  • NOC 52120 - Graphic designers and illustrators

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 one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • NOC 44101 - Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations
  • NOC 75101 - Material handlers
  • NOC 94100 - Machine operators, mineral and metal processing
  • NOC 94111 - Plastics processing machine operators
  • NOC 94140 - Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing

You may apply to one of the Employer Job Offer streams if you received an invitation to apply on February 2, 2026. Eligible profiles must have been created and attested by January 28, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

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. Your employer must submit the application for the approval of an employment position within 14 calendar days from the date we issued the invitation to apply.
  4. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX. You must submit your application and payment within 17 calendar days from the date we issued the invitation to apply.

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 healthcare occupations and early childhood educators and assistants invited

On February 2, 2026, we issued 1,649 targeted invitations to apply to potential candidates in the Expression of Interest system pool who may qualify for the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker or International Student stream who work in priority health occupations or in NOC 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants, and who are currently residing in Canada.

Please note that as of July 2, 2025, all applications for the approval of an employment position under the Employer Job Offer streams must be submitted via the Employer Portal. Only candidates whose employers have submitted a job offer through the Employer Portal, and have successfully registered an expression of interest, will be considered.

If the OINP has selected your expression of interest, both you and your employer will be notified via email. Your employer may then submit an application for approval of an employment position directly though the Employer Portal, and you may submit your application and make the payment. Please refer to the June 12 program update and the Employer Portal user guide for more details.

Candidates only received an invitation under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream if they had a score of 36 and above, and under the Employer Job Offer: International Student stream if they had a score of 56 and above, and a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

  • 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 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants

You may apply to one of the Employer Job Offer streams if you received an invitation to apply on February 2, 2026. Eligible profiles must have been created and attested by January 28, 2026, 11:59 p.m.

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. Your employer must submit the application for the approval of an employment position within 14 calendar days from the date we issued the invitation to apply.
  4. Log in to the OINP e-Filing Portal and click the newly created file number with the prefix JOXX. You must submit your application and payment within 17 calendar days from the date we issued the invitation to apply.

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.

January

January 5, 2026

January 5, 2026

Changes to eligibility for self-employed physicians under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has made changes to the classes of certificates of registration from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) that physicians can hold if applying as self-employed to the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream.

These changes aim to broaden eligibility for foreign national internationally educated physicians and are in alignment with changes to regulations made under the Medicine Act,1991, which came into effect on January 1, 2026.

Physicians under National Occupational Classification codes 31100, 31101 and 31102 who are members in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and hold a provisional certificate of registration, are now eligible to apply as self-employed to the OINP for a certificate of nomination provided they have an Ontario Health Insurance Plan OHIP billing number.

The amendments also remove the postgraduate license from the list of eligible licenses since postgraduate license-holders are unable to meet the requirement of having an OHIP billing number. Postgraduate education license-holders may be eligible under the OINP’s Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream if they have a job offer with an Ontario employer.

The amendments came into effect on January 1, 2026.

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: