OINP: You must also have completed more than half of your studies while living and studying in Canada.

[gish]

Hi All,

I am stuck with a question that, unfortunately, can't find a clear response to, so being a silent member, I am reaching out to experts. My question is pretty simple, as we are all aware that IRCC recently said they would recognize distance learning for points express entry for the studies completed overseas during COVID.

I checked the OINP website, and for the international student stream, they say, "You must also have completed more than half of your studies while living and studying in Canada.", shouldn't OINP be flexible about the duration as well

My question is it possible that the state and IRCC can have 2 different requirements? If anyone has completed the studies from overseas and applied for OINP, please respond or can DM as well.

 

[Naturgrl]

Hi All,

I am stuck with a question that, unfortunately, can't find a clear response to, so being a silent member, I am reaching out to experts. My question is pretty simple, as we are all aware that IRCC recently said they would recognize distance learning for points express entry for the studies completed overseas during COVID.

I checked the OINP website, and for the international student stream, they say, "You must also have completed more than half of your studies while living and studying in Canada.", shouldn't OINP be flexible about the duration as well

My question is it possible that the state and IRCC can have 2 different requirements? If anyone has completed the studies from overseas and applied for OINP, please respond or can DM as well.

OINP is a provincial program, not tied to IRCC/federal policies. The international stream is not an Express Entry stream either. You will have to contact OINP and ask.

 

[gish]

Thank you for your reply. They just gave me their standard answer, refer to the website it has all the details

 

[scylla]

Hi All,

I am stuck with a question that, unfortunately, can't find a clear response to, so being a silent member, I am reaching out to experts. My question is pretty simple, as we are all aware that IRCC recently said they would recognize distance learning for points express entry for the studies completed overseas during COVID.

I checked the OINP website, and for the international student stream, they say, "You must also have completed more than half of your studies while living and studying in Canada.", shouldn't OINP be flexible about the duration as well

My question is it possible that the state and IRCC can have 2 different requirements? If anyone has completed the studies from overseas and applied for OINP, please respond or can DM as well.

The provinces determine their own requirements / criteria. So yes, it's certainly possible for there to be different requirements between the provincial programs and IRCC. There are many examples of this already across the various PNP programs.

Unless OINP updates their requirements, it's safe to assume they have not changed and more than half of studies must have been completed in Canada to qualify.

 

[QWERTYKING]

Hey guys. Did you get any update or response from Ontario for this issue? It's 2023 now and I feel like alot of students that studied in their respective home countries due to the pandemic will just not be able to apply for this stream and that'll cause a lot of headaches.