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OOPNP French-Speaking Skilled Workers Stream

blackbear88

Star Member
Mar 2, 2016
107
1
NOC Code......
1223
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Hi Damocles,

For now I'm getting all my info together and as soon as I have my TEF done (not before April 2017, no TEF available in NZ) I will be creating my EE profile and hope for an Ontario nomination under the French Speaking Skilled Worker Stream.

Keep you updated throughout and good luck to all of you already in the process.
 

Damocles

Hero Member
Jul 22, 2016
349
18
Johannesburg
Category........
PNP
Visa Office......
Pretoria?
NOC Code......
2133
App. Filed.......
06-Jul-2016
Doc's Request.
09-Dec-2016
Nomination.....
16-Dec-2016
AOR Received.
26-Jan-2017 and 03-May-2017
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
17-Mar-2017
I am in a process of improving the format of the list. I copied and pasted it from an excel sheet but it is not rendered well on this page , depending on the device used to access it and zoom factor. I will try to used the built in table feature provided by the forum. I will update it as soon I am done re-formatting it using a suggested format by rajkamalmohanram. Keep sending your timeline updates.

Good luck to all for the AOR and ultimately nominations
 

Damocles

Hero Member
Jul 22, 2016
349
18
Johannesburg
Category........
PNP
Visa Office......
Pretoria?
NOC Code......
2133
App. Filed.......
06-Jul-2016
Doc's Request.
09-Dec-2016
Nomination.....
16-Dec-2016
AOR Received.
26-Jan-2017 and 03-May-2017
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
17-Mar-2017
Re-formatted and updated List
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Forum Name NOC Docs@OINP AOR Date Nomination Date Additional Info / comments
1. rajkamalmohanram ...... 16-Oct-2015 11-Feb-16 Pending Human Capital Priority Stream
2. BC4life ...... 20-Oct-2015 11-Mar-16 Pending
3. figaro2 ...... 25-Jan-2016 20-Aug-16 Pending File returned and Resubmitted on 17-Jul-16
4. blebelle 6221 14-Apr-2016 26-Aug-16 Pending
5. fcabirol 0213 14-Apr-2016 22-Aug-16 Pending
6. superfly ...... unknown Pending Pending
7. Damocles 2133 05-Jul-2016 Pending Pending
8. Aishach 1223 08-Jul-2016 Pending Pending
9. julientran 3131 18-Jul-2016 19-Aug-16 Pending
10. mkayy89 ...... 20-Jul-2016 Pending Pending
11. Armovasa 2153 03-Aug-2016 Pending Pending
12. sofrofro 4163 26-Aug-2016 Pending Pending
13. maleeksha 2173 29-Aug-2016 Pending Pending
14. Aal_ ...... unknown Pending Pending Just Received PT Notification of Interest from OINP
15. Dedicated ...... Not yet sent Pending Pending Awaiting PT Notification of Interest from OINP
16. luc1992 ...... Not yet sent Pending Pending Awaiting PT Notification of Interest from OINP
17. Christina4 ...... Not yet sent Pending Pending Awaiting PT Notification of Interest from OINP
18. nthuynh 1112 Not yet sent Pending Pending Awaiting PT Notification of Interest from OINP
19. blackbear88 ...... Not yet sent Pending Pending Awaiting PT Notification of Interest from OINP
20. BlackJeans ...... Not yet sent Pending Pending Awaiting PT Notification of Interest from OINP
21. tanit ...... Not yet sent Pending Pending Awaiting PT Notification of Interest from OINP
22. betty44 ...... Not yet sent Pending Pending Awaiting PT Notification of Interest from OINP
 

BC4life

Hero Member
Nov 5, 2015
583
136
Toronto, ON
Visa Office......
HKVO
NOC Code......
0125
Nomination.....
06-10-2016
AOR Received.
07-12-2016
IELTS Request
Upfront
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
19-12-2016
Passport Req..
28-02-2017
VISA ISSUED...
09-03-2017
LANDED..........
XX-07-2017
Thanks for taking the time to arrange all this, my AOR is March 11th, 2016
 

Damocles

Hero Member
Jul 22, 2016
349
18
Johannesburg
Category........
PNP
Visa Office......
Pretoria?
NOC Code......
2133
App. Filed.......
06-Jul-2016
Doc's Request.
09-Dec-2016
Nomination.....
16-Dec-2016
AOR Received.
26-Jan-2017 and 03-May-2017
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
17-Mar-2017
BC4life said:
Thanks for taking the time to arrange all this, my AOR is March 11th, 2016
Hi BC4life,

You are welcome and your timeline has been updated
 

Aal_

Hero Member
Feb 28, 2016
962
89
NOC Code......
2174
App. Filed.......
16-03-2017
AOR Received.
17-03-2017
Med's Done....
23-02-2017 / Passed: 12-07-2017
Passport Req..
11-09-2018
Guys, I just received the interest letter!!! Thank you for whomever told me to put FRENCH as a first language sorry i forgot who you are. I CONFIRM after 2 months of no interest letter and recreating the profile multiple times, it is when I put French as first language is when I got the invitation. My CRS is 383.

By the way they say to contact Ontario immediately, what does that mean, what should u do next?? THANKS!
 

Christina4

Full Member
Jul 26, 2016
36
0
Aal_ said:
Guys, I just received the interest letter!!! Thank you for whomever told me to put FRENCH as a first language sorry i forgot who you are. I CONFIRM after 2 months of no interest letter and recreating the profile multiple times, it is when I put French as first language is when I got the invitation. My CRS is 383.

By the way they say to contact Ontario immediately, what does that mean, what should u do next?? THANKS!
Congratulations Aal !!! That was great news .
For some time now , I had the feeling that , although it is not mentioned as a prerequisite, having French as a first language makes all the difference between getting selected or not . So , you absolutely confirmed my hunch . As for me , the problem is that once I change French as my first language , I become ineligible by scoring less than 67 /100 . Yet , in order to check this theory , I put my great aunt (my mother's first cousin) as a relative in Canada , which gives me 5 points , and changed my 1st language to French . I will keep you posted if I get the pt , but in the meantime could someone let me know whether :
1. Does my great aunt count as a relative ? We are close , but I did not included her before in my profile because she is living in Montreal
2. If I get selected , my husband will take the ielts test , in order to earn an extra 5 points , but that might not be within the 45 day window . Is that ok ?

Good luck Aal ! And Conglatulations to Damocles for your list , good job !
 

Christina4

Full Member
Jul 26, 2016
36
0
Hello ,
This is a question to Aal and all you guys who have received a pt .
Is it possible once you get selected and receive the pt , to update the express entry profile and put English as first language instead of French ?
 

maleeksha

Star Member
Nov 26, 2015
193
34
Category........
PNP
Congrats Aal!
You need to send the application package and the payment to Ontario. Download the application guide and read everything carefully. I sent mine last Friday and they received it yesterday.

Raj's post in http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/oinp-ee-human-capital-priorities-stream-comprehensive-guide-t396543.0.html was very helpful in preparing my application package. Good luck!

Aal_ said:
Guys, I just received the interest letter!!! Thank you for whomever told me to put FRENCH as a first language sorry i forgot who you are. I CONFIRM after 2 months of no interest letter and recreating the profile multiple times, it is when I put French as first language is when I got the invitation. My CRS is 383.

By the way they say to contact Ontario immediately, what does that mean, what should u do next?? THANKS!
 

Dedicated

Hero Member
Aug 11, 2016
480
43
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris
NOC Code......
2131
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
maleeksha said:
I sent mine last Friday and they received it yesterday.
How long do you think you'll have to wait till they officially nominate you? I know that people have been waiting for months...
 

Dedicated

Hero Member
Aug 11, 2016
480
43
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris
NOC Code......
2131
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
And guys, how do you prove your Ties to Ontario?
 

maleeksha

Star Member
Nov 26, 2015
193
34
Category........
PNP
I know it's going to be a loooooong wait. People from Oct/Nov 2015 are still waiting for nomination. But the good news is that the almost all of the Human capital priority stream (HCPS) applicants have received their AOR and the nomination for some of them might be close, since they are receiving calls etc. from OINP officers. We only need to wait till they are done with applications received in Mar-2016. The HCPS closed on 16th Feb and since applicants have 45 days to submit their applications, once they received the NOI, the last application received was probably on the 31st March. Ours might be a tad quicker than the Oct/Nov applicants since they stopped some streams in Feb and May 2016. I just hope that our processing is well under way before Nov 2016, The HCPS might open again at that time and things might slow down again.

I think even for our Oct2015 to Mar2016 friends they might not be getting nomination at the same time. Otherwise Ontario might use up all the slots in the CIC draws. My guess is AOR by Oct this year and nomination by Mar next year (i heard OINP is slow in Nov/Dec). And then another 6 months for the federal part.

BTW, did you change your first language to French? Personally I think it's worth the try, now that we have good news from Aal. The last CIC draw had a cutoff of above 500 anyway ...

For ties in Ontario, my sister lives in Ontario and I have provided all her papers in my application (citizenship doc, birth certificate, mortgage doc, driver's license)

Dedicated said:
How long do you think you'll have to wait till they officially nominate you? I know that people have been waiting for months...
 

Dedicated

Hero Member
Aug 11, 2016
480
43
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris
NOC Code......
2131
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
maleeksha said:
BTW, did you change your first language to French?
Not yet. Do you delete and create a new profile with French as your first language? Or can you just switch the languages in your existing profile? I know it's better to create the new one so that they could notice you but is it technically possible to switch the priorities for the languages in the existing EE profile?

maleeksha said:
For ties in Ontario, my sister lives in Ontario and I have provided all her papers in my application (citizenship doc, birth certificate, mortgage doc, driver's license)
And how do people who have no relatives, arranged employement, previous visits, etc. prove their tie? It's quite impossible in this case. I mean I have never been to Canada, neither have I any relative or job offer from there...
 

Dedicated

Hero Member
Aug 11, 2016
480
43
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris
NOC Code......
2131
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Christina4 said:
Is it possible once you get selected and receive the pt , to update the express entry profile and put English as first language instead of French ?
This interests me a lot too.
 

maleeksha

Star Member
Nov 26, 2015
193
34
Category........
PNP
I guess for this one, you can write a really nice letter of intent. Do some networking in your field and start following some companies in ON. You can mention these in your Letter of Intent. But most importantly, just stress on the fact that you are bilingual and how you can contribute to Ontario's French community.

Dedicated said:
And how do people who have no relatives, arranged employement, previous visits, etc. prove their tie? It's quite impossible in this case. I mean I have never been to Canada, neither have I any relative or job offer from there...