Hi Raj,
I believe you finally got your long awaited ITA. Congrats on that!
Need some clarification:
Provided that OINP leaves its cutoff score at 400 in the next intake, would you suggest that I recreate my profile sometime at the end of October 2016?
They haven't yet announced anything about opening the stream again in Nov itself. The problem with creating a profile now is that we are not sure if they would send the interest email to existing profiles or just new ones.
Next question, about the "ties" to Ontario. If I mention a friend who's been living in Ontario for over 12 months, what kind of information might OINP seek from him - just their name, address, and SSN kind of stuff , to verify if they are genuinely residing in Ontario? Or, would they be also required to demonstrate if they are sponsoring somebody else also, such as his sibling?
Just write a good letter stating why you are influenced to come to Ontario. you can also mention you were influence by your friend. They only info they may ask is Name, address and relationship of the person.
I understand that it is not mandatory to demonstrate "ties" o Ontario, but it's certainly preferable?
"Intention to Reside in Ontario: All applicants must intend to reside in
Ontario, as demonstrated by a statement of intent and indication of ties to
Ontario. See Section 3.5 for further information"
its not necessary, but makes your file stronger.
Third question, the work experience requirement for OINP is required to be a full time job in the past 5 years and at least 1 year old, correct?
Yes, you are right
"If you choose to be assessed against the FSWP criteria, OINP requires
that you have a minimum of one year of continuous and full-time
employment (1,560 hours or more) or an equal amount in continuous
part-time paid work experience in a National Occupation Classification
(NOC) level 0, A, or B occupation in the past five years from the
date of the PT Notification of Interest from Ontario. The one year
minimum of continuous and full-time (or equivalent continuous part time)
employment must have been completed in one specific NOC
occupation."
What that means is that you need to have a continuous 1 year full time experience or part time continuous work for 1560 hours. Hope you have checked the NOC listing to find your job.
Good Luck,