PNP
PNP
Nearly 40 percent of Canada’s population calls Ontario home. It is the most popular landing destination for immigrants from all around the globe. Ontario is also home to Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, and its largest city, Toronto. Ontario is the center of Canada’s economic, social, and political life. People choose to land in Ontario because of its job opportunities, high income and diverse population. In fact, more than half of those living in Toronto were born outside of Canada.
Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) is known as the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP).
Through this program, aspiring immigrants with the skills and experience targeted by the province may receive a provincial nomination from Ontario, after which they can apply for Canadian permanent residence with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
What is the processing time for Ontario PNP?
OINP processing time can be divided into 2 periods:
- The time that is taken by the Ontario province to offer the Nomination
- The time that is taken for the Canada PR Visa to be processed and offered
The province currently estimates its processing times to be around 90 to 60 days for the majority of its immigration streams. The applications for Express Entry Skilled Trades are being processed within 60 to 30 days. The complexity of individual applications determines the processing times for each Business immigration application.
IRCC at the federal level at present processes non-Express Entry nominee applications from provinces within 19 to 15 months. The usual average of 6 months holds good for the streams aligned with Express Entry.
What are the occupations in demand in Ontario?
The In-Demand Occupation List of Ontario consists of all the occupations that are highly demanded by the province and urgently require skilled workers to fill the gaps in the labor market. Thousands of skilled immigrant workers are invited through OINP every year for addressing the scarcity of skilled and talented workers in the province.
The OINP Occupation in Demand list is published every year. This enables the overseas workers to apply to the intended occupation and also assists the employers in Ontario to choose qualified candidates for nomination.