Hi,
I entered my express entry profile on October 7th. I have 472 points.
On the 8th of October, I received an invitation from Ontario (PT Notification of Interest) to apply to their Provincial Programme in my express entry account (OINP under the Human Capital Priorities Stream). The application seems quite expensive at $1,500 not including fees for the Feds afterwards. Before I jump in to applying for Ontario (I can't find much information on this programme from anyone has applied etc) I just wanted to find out how long it generally takes to process applications for Ontario and if this is a good move for me at this stage of my application? Maybe I'm super lucky to be asked to apply to Ontario? I am around 15-points over the threshold for getting an ITA under CEC as of the last draw so while I'd be happy to move to Ontario and gladly take 600 points to guarantee my PR application, I also can't afford to just burn 1,500 on a provincial application that may take a year to process for example or not be necessary points wise.
As always to everyone on this forum, thank you for your really helpful replies. If I manage to stay here, I'll make sure to give something back to everyone in the future who needs some help.
I entered my express entry profile on October 7th. I have 472 points.
On the 8th of October, I received an invitation from Ontario (PT Notification of Interest) to apply to their Provincial Programme in my express entry account (OINP under the Human Capital Priorities Stream). The application seems quite expensive at $1,500 not including fees for the Feds afterwards. Before I jump in to applying for Ontario (I can't find much information on this programme from anyone has applied etc) I just wanted to find out how long it generally takes to process applications for Ontario and if this is a good move for me at this stage of my application? Maybe I'm super lucky to be asked to apply to Ontario? I am around 15-points over the threshold for getting an ITA under CEC as of the last draw so while I'd be happy to move to Ontario and gladly take 600 points to guarantee my PR application, I also can't afford to just burn 1,500 on a provincial application that may take a year to process for example or not be necessary points wise.
As always to everyone on this forum, thank you for your really helpful replies. If I manage to stay here, I'll make sure to give something back to everyone in the future who needs some help.
