the CanadaVisa Team - 17 November, 2015
The province of Ontario has announced that it is not accepting new applications to the “base” streams of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) for Canadian immigration.
Base provincial nominations are those made outside the Express Entry system, and are subject to particular PNP streams and processing standards. An individual who successfully obtains a base nomination from a province will not be awarded 600 points under the Comprehensive Ranking System, but will be able to use that nomination in order to apply for Canadian permanent residence.
In a statement, the OINP said that:
Annual provincial nomination targets are determined by the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) received a base stream allocation of 2,500 nominations for 2015.
OINP has exhausted its base stream allocation for 2015, and the program is unable to issue further nominations under its base streams until January 1, 2016. If you have already submitted an application to the OINP but have not yet received a decision, your application will be finalized in 2016.
If your employer pre-screen application has been approved, the OINP will continue to accept the corresponding nominee application(s) under the Foreign Worker and International Student with a Job Offer streams.
Between November 16th, 2015 and December 31, 2015, the program will not accept any new Employer pre-screen applications or applications under the Master’s and PhD streams. Any applications received during this time period will be returned to the applicant. The program welcomes new applications under these streams starting on January 1, 2016.
Ontario’s two “enhanced” Express Entry streams – known as the Human Capital Priorities and French-Speaking Skilled Worker streams, respectively – remain open, but candidates must first be eligible for and enter the Express Entry pool and receive a PT Notification of Interest before they may make an application.
