The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) operates an Expression of Interest system for applications to five of its most popular streams.
Those streams are:
- Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker
- Employer Job Offer: International Student
- Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills
- Masters Graduate
- PhD Graduate
Before applying to these streams, candidates must submit a profile to the Expression of Interest system.
Each profile is scored based on factors including education, language ability, skill and work experience among others (see below).
Ontario then selects candidates who are issued invitations to submit applications to one of the above streams.
Profiles in the Expression of Interest system can be updated at any time. An EOI profile is valid for 12 months or until an ITA is received.
Invitations to apply are issued periodically by the OINP. Draws are conducted on a general basis, by inviting the overall highest-scoring candidates, or on a targeted basis, by targeting candidates who meet specific labour market or human capital requirements.
Candidates who receive an ITA have 14 days to submit a complete application.
Ontario Expression of Interest: Scoring Factors
EMPLOYMENT / LABOUR MARKET FACTORS
Job Offer: NOC TEER
- NOC TEER category 0 or 1 – 10 Points
- NOC TEER category 2 or 3 – 8 Points
- NOC TEER category 4 – 0 Points
- NOC TEER category 5 – 0 Points
Job Offer: Broad Occupational Category
- Occupational Category 0,2,3 – 10 points
- Occupational Category 7 – 7 points
- Occupational Category 1,9 – 5 points
- Occupational Category 4,8 – 4 points
- Occupational Category 5,6 – 3 points
Job Offer: Wage
- $40 per hour or higher – 10 points
- $35 to $39.99 per hour – 8 points
- $30 to $34.99 per hour – 7 points
- $25 to $29.99 per hour – 6 points
- $20 to $24.99 per hour – 5 points
- Less than $20 per hour – 0 points
Work Permit Status
- With valid work permit – 10 points
- Without valid work permit – 0 points
Job Tenure With Job Offer Employer
- 6 months or more working in job offer position – 3 points
- Less than 6 months working in job offer position or not currently working in position – 0 points
Canadian Work Experience: Earnings History
Based on a Notice of Assessment issued by the Canada Revenue Agency in the last five years.
- $40k or more earnings in a year – 3 points
- Less than $40k earnings in a year – 0 points
EDUCATION
Highest Level Of Education
Canadian credential or Educational Credential Assessment required.
- PhD – 10 points
- Masters – 8 points
- Bachelors or equivalent – 6 points
- College diploma or trade certificate – 5 points
- Less than college or trade certificate – 0 points
Field Of Study
Canadian credential required.
- STEM/health (engineering, health, math, computer science) and trades – 12 points
- All other fields [except arts and humanities] (business and administration, social, legal, education, behavioral science) – 6 points
- Arts and humanities – 0 points
Canadian Education Experience
Credential must be for a degree or diploma program from a Canadian public institution that takes at least two years to complete on a full-time basis, or for a degree, diploma or certificate program from a Canadian public institution that takes at least one year to complete on a full-time basis and requires a degree as an admission requirement.
- More than one Canadian credential – 10 points
- One Canadian credential – 5 points
LANGUAGE
Official Language Ability
- CLB 9 or higher – 10 points
- CLB 8 – 6 points
- CLB 7 – 4 points
- CLB 6 or lower – 0 points
Knowledge Of Official Languages
- 2 Official Languages – 10 points
- 1 Official Language – 5 points
REGIONALIZATION
Regional Immigration: Location Of Job Offer
- Northern Ontario – 10 points
- Other areas outside GTA (except Northern Ontario) – 8 points
- Inside GTA (except Toronto) – 3 points
- Toronto – 0 points
Regional Immigration: Location Of Study
- Northern Ontario – 10 points
- Other areas outside GTA (except Northern Ontario) – 8 points
- Inside GTA (except Toronto) – 3 points
- Toronto – 0 points
How The EOI Scoring Is Applied To Each Stream
Scoring factor | Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker | Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills | Employer Job Offer: International Student | Masters Graduate | PhD Graduate |
Job offer: NOC TEER category | Scored | Not applied | Scored | Not applied | Not applied |
Job offer: NOC broad occupational category | Scored | Scored | Scored | Not applied | Not applied |
Job offer: wage | Scored | Scored | Scored | Not applied | Not applied |
Work permit status | Scored | Scored | Scored | Scored | Scored |
Job tenure with job offer employer | Scored | Scored | Scored | Not applied | Not applied |
Earnings history | Scored | Scored | Scored | Scored | Scored |
Highest level of education | Not applied | Not applied | Scored | Not applied | Not applied |
Field of study | Not applied | Not applied | Scored | Scored | Scored |
Canadian education experience | Not applied | Not applied | Scored | Scored | Scored |
Official language ability | Scored | Not applied | Scored | Scored | Scored |
Knowledge of official languages | Scored | Not applied | Scored | Scored | Scored |
Regional immigration: location of job offer | Scored | Scored | Scored | Not applied | Not applied |
Regional immigration: location of study | Not applied | Not applied | Scored | Scored | Scored |