OOPNP French-Speaking Skilled Workers Stream

[Dedicated]

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.

Yeah. That seems much easier to do. Thanks!

And one more question, guys. Let's say you got the notification of interest, and sent all of the required documents to Ontario. Meanwhile cut-off scores drop and you receive an ITA. Do you accept that ITA? And what happens to all this OINP stuff?

 

[maleeksha]

In that case it will be wiser to accept the nomination from CIC and move directly to the Federal part. You should notify Ontario to drop your application. And you still lose the $1500.

But i doubt that will happen in my case! It will be quite some time for the CRS cutoff to drop.

And one more question, guys. Let's say you got the notification of interest, and sent all of the required documents to Ontario. Meanwhile cut-off scores drop and you receive an ITA. Do you accept that ITA? And what happens to all this OINP stuff?

 

[Dedicated]

In that case it will be wiser to accept the nomination from CIC and move directly to the Federal part. You should notify Ontario to drop your application. And you still lose the $1500.

And it is not prohibited to accept that ITA, right?

But i doubt that will happen in my case! It will be quite some time for the CRS cutoff to drop.

What is your current score?

 

[maleeksha]

And it is not prohibited to accept that ITA, right?

I do not think so.

What is your current score?

445

 

[Dedicated]

445

Then I am really glad you received the NOI.

In my case I may choose French as the first language in case someone can confirm that it is allowed to change it back to the second language after sending the documents to Ontario.

 

[Aal_]

Guys does the reference letter requires explicitly the supervisor signature, or HR is enough? couldn't find a clear answer. Thanks.

 

[maleeksha]

I've submitted reference letters from my previous and current employer, signed by the HR Manager on company letter head.

Guys does the reference letter requires explicitly the supervisor signature, or HR is enough? couldn't find a clear answer. Thanks.

 

[Damocles]

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 !

Thanks!
Congrats Aal- Indeed!

 

[nthuynh]

Yup I agree with you. I just tried to change my first language and French did work. I received PT NOI yesterday 29/08/16.
I have prepared all documents and will sent them on 31/08/16
Thank you very much for your advice

 

[Aal_]

Thank you guys for the congratulations. And congrats to you too nthuynh!

Guys i have a question, I have applied to CSQ quebec on August 16 intake but haven't received yet documents checklist, so i guess i should answer the question:

"Have you, your spouse or common-law partner, or any of your dependent children, already submitted or been included in an Application under
a Provincial Nominee Program to another province or territory"

by yes. Do you think this will affect my application in any way? I know at the end I will choose only one to proceed with federal.

-Another question are the papers required to be signed by ministry of foreign affairs and/or Canadian embassy in my country?

EDIT: Also does the notarization of translation need to be certified by any body or translating the notarization?
EDIT2: Also I don't see any requirement for a marriage certificate? Is that possible or have I missed it somewhere?

Thank you.

 

[Damocles]

Thank you guys for the congratulations. And congrats to you too nthuynh!

Guys i have a question, I have applied to CSQ quebec on August 16 intake but haven't received yet documents checklist, so i guess i should answer the question:

"Have you, your spouse or common-law partner, or any of your dependent children, already submitted or been included in an Application under
a Provincial Nominee Program to another province or territory"

by yes. Do you think this will affect my application in any way? I know at the end I will choose only one to proceed with federal.

-Another question are the papers required to be signed by ministry of foreign affairs and/or Canadian embassy in my country?

EDIT: Also does the notarization of translation need to be certified by any body or translating the notarization?
EDIT2: Also I don't see any requirement for a marriage certificate? Is that possible or have I missed it somewhere?

Thank you.

I believe you successfully applied before the cap was reached and have you paid the application fees as well?
If that'is the case, in my opinion, you should answer yes to the question.
As far a how this would affect your application to OINP, I am not sure of the correct answer. This is the reason why I did not apply to that program. In my case . I have got siblings in Quebec but would prefer to stay in Ontario because my wife and kids are English speaking. I was just afraid that this would weaken the reasons I had put in my letter of undertaking to staying in Ontario since I have got no ties with the province. In addition they require that we (french speaking applicants to OINP) must not intend to stay in Quebec for the program. The whole Express Entry, in fact, specifically exclude Quebec. But As I said, I do not know the consequences of that. Maybe it might even work in your favor if they really need to increase their french speaking population and might even accelerate your application so as to snatch you from the Quebec Process.
Anyway, in your undertaking letter, yo must have strong motivation that proves that you prefer Ontario over Quebec, and that if chosen by Ontario, you would drop your Quebec endeavour. Let us know of your progress. Good Luck!!

 

[Aal_]

I believe you successfully applied before the cap was reached and have you paid the application fees as well?
If that'is the case, in my opinion, you should answer yes to the question.
As far a how this would affect your application to OINP, I am not sure of the correct answer. This is the reason why I did not apply to that program. In my case . I have got siblings in Quebec but would prefer to stay in Ontario because my wife and kids are English speaking. I was just afraid that this would weaken the reasons I had put in my letter of undertaking to staying in Ontario since I have got no ties with the province. In addition they require that we (french speaking applicants to OINP) must not intend to stay in Quebec for the program. The whole Express Entry, in fact, specifically exclude Quebec. But As I said, I do not know the consequences of that. Maybe it might even work in your favor if they really need to increase their french speaking population and might even accelerate your application so as to snatch you from the Quebec Process.
Anyway, in your undertaking letter, yo must have strong motivation that proves that you prefer Ontario over Quebec, and that if chosen by Ontario, you would drop your Quebec endeavour. Let us know of your progress. Good Luck!!

good points. Well I will tell the truth! i am french speaking, my wife is not, i wanted to go to ontario but did not receive interest letter until after i applied to quebec. Let's see how that would go!

What about my other questions do you have any recommendations? Thanks.

 

[bellaluna]

I replied to Aal when he PMed me, and I thought I'd also share the reply here for the benefit of everyone else, regarding writing to OINP about an existing application in progress:



I wrote in my OINP application that I applied to SINP and would withdraw it for OINP, which I did. (ETA: SINP nominated me in spite of my request to withdraw, which I had to reject, which was fortunate as OINP nominated me 2 weeks later.)

OINP sent me a direct nomination, but I believe there were other cases where they contacted the applicant prior to nomination to confirm that they still would proceed with OINP. Might happen in your case as the CSQ is outside EE. (You can't have a pending nomination in EE once the province sends you one, you have to reject it for a different province to nominate you.)

I don't think there is a problem, people do it every time.

 

[nthuynh]

Hello everyone, please help
I suppose that some of you live in France, me too. How did you pay the fees of 1500$ when submitting for Ontario nomination?
I search for Acceptable Methods of Payment:
Money Order; Cashier/Certified Cheque; Postal Money Order; Bank Draft.
Their equivalents in French are:
Les mandats bancaires; les chèques tirés ou visés; les mandats postaux; les traites bancaires

These days I have asked many French Post (La banque Postale) and my bank Boursorama but they don't make those services. ???
French Post has something similar to Postal Money Order, it's called "Mandat Cash", but only in EURO
Boursorama has something similar to Certified Cheque but it's paid only in France.
I cannot use Money transfer service like Western Union because I don't know CIC account number.
Could you please guide me?

 

[Damocles]

Hello everyone, please help
I suppose that some of you live in France, me too. How did you pay the fees of 1500$ when submitting for Ontario nomination?
I search for Acceptable Methods of Payment:
Money Order; Cashier/Certified Cheque; Postal Money Order; Bank Draft.
Their equivalents in French are:
Les mandats bancaires; les chèques tirés ou visés; les mandats postaux; les traites bancaires

These days I have asked many French Post (La banque Postale) and my bank Boursorama but they don't make those services. ???
French Post has something similar to Postal Money Order, it's called "Mandat Cash", but only in EURO
Boursorama has something similar to Certified Cheque but it's paid only in France.
I cannot use Money transfer service like Western Union because I don't know CIC account number.
Could you please guide me?

I nthuynh,

I am not living in France , but at the time of sending my application, I ran into some difficulties in obtaining, in time, the proper payment method in South Africa. So I send money to my sister in Montreal ( I used Western Union) and send all my package by DHL. She ordered a bank draft, placed it in the parcel when she received it ( 2 Days after I sent it) and mailed it to IONP. OINP received my parcel 4 days after I initiated the process. Maybe you can try the same way if you know someone in Canada and are still having the problem of getting the payment effected from France. Good luck!!