International Student with a Job Offer Stream
For a nomination certificate to be issued under this category, both the employer and the international student must submit an application to show that eligibility requirements are met. Eligible employers are required to first submit a Pre-screen Application to OINP to have the position they want to fill approved. If the OINP approves this application, the prospective nominee (the international student the employer is seeking to recruit), must submit a Nominee Application within 60 days of the approval of the Pre-screen Application.
Minimum Requirements
International students with an approved job offer from a Canadian employer are eligible to apply under this stream if they:
- Have graduated from, or have met the requirements of a full-time degree or diploma program, at an eligible publicly-funded Canadian college or university;
- The program of study must have been at least two years in length, OR a one-year post-graduate certificate program, which requires a previous degree or diploma.
- The previous degree or diploma may have been obtained outside Canada.
- Have completed at least half of their studies in Canada;
- Have acquired an approved permanent, full-time job offer in a skilled occupation (NOC levels 0, A, or B); and
- The job offer must meet the entry-level wage levels in Ontario for that occupation.
- Note: the job need not be in the same field as the degree or diploma.
- Apply within two years of the date on which they received their Canadian degree or diploma.
