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Page 1: Opportunities Ontario: Provincial Nominee Program ... · Nominee Application PR Application (CIC) Employers apply for nominee positions Employer forms are available online Approved

Opportunities Ontario:

Provincial Nominee Program

(Opportunities Ontario)

Presentation to International Students

WWW.ONTARIOIMMIGRATION.CA

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What do I need to know?

• What is Opportunities Ontario?

• Am I eligible?

• How to apply?

• Why choose Opportunities Ontario?

• How to approach an employer?

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What is Opportunities Ontario?

• Pathway to permanent residence in Ontario

• Permission to work in Ontario

• Fast-tracked permanent residence application

by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)

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Apply to

Opportunities Ontario*

Opportunities Ontario

Nominates (Selects)

CIC Checks Admissibility

Permanent Resident Visa

Apply to CIC

CIC Selects

CIC Checks Admissibility

Permanent Resident Visa

Opportunities Ontario CIC

*Individuals cannot apply to Opportunities

Ontario directly

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Who is eligible?

• Students who have graduated within the past two years

or are enrolled in their last semester at a publicly-funded

Canadian college or university

• All students must have completed at least half of their

qualifying studies in Canada

• Students must have legal status, if they are in Canada.

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What programs are eligible?

• Full-time diploma or degree programs (minimum of 2

years)

• One-year post-graduate degree programs and certificate

programs, for which a previous degree or diploma is a

pre-requisite, are also eligible

• Skilled trade certificate programs will be considered on a

case-by-case basis

• Part-time studies and preparatory college programs do

not qualify

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Do I need a job offer?

Yes

the job offer must be…

•for a job in Ontario

•permanent, full-time

•in NOC 0,A,B

•paying at least an entry level wage

To Learn what people are paid in various occupations

across Canada, visit www.labourmarketinformation.ca

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What is NOC?

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION

•the following NOC Codes are eligible:

•0: Management occupations

•A: Generally, occupations requiring University Education

•B: Generally, occupations requiring College Education or

Apprenticeship Training

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How do I Apply?

•First step:

•Your EMPLOYER must apply and be

PRE-SCREENED and approved by Opportunities

Ontario

•Employer eligibility criteria and Pre-screen Application

Forms are available on our website

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Is my employer eligible?

•has been in active business for 3 years

•has at least 3 employees (5 for employers in the GTA)

•meets the minimum gross revenue criteria of $500,000 ($1

million for employers in the GTA)

•has business premises in Ontario you will work

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Second step:

•Approved Employer will receive Nominee Application

Forms - YOU then complete and submit the nominee

application forms to us with the processing fee

•If approved, you and your immediate family will be

nominated by Opportunities Ontario

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What happens next?

• Submit your permanent residence application to CIC

as soon as you receive written notice of you approval

from Opportunities Ontario

•Average processing time at CIC-Buffalo is 6-7 months

for Provincial Nominees

•You should consider applying for a post-graduation

work permit, just-in-case your Opportunities Ontario

application is delayed or denied

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Employer

Pre-Screen

Application

Nominee

Application

PR

Application

(CIC)

Employers apply for

nominee positions

Employer forms are

available online

Approved employers

recruit foreign workers

and/or international

students

Nominee receives

application package

Nominee submits

completed application

package to

Opportunities Ontario

If approved, individual

is nominated by the

province for PR

CIC screens for

inadmissibility (health,

security and criminality)

If successful, the

nominee will receive

permanent residence in

approximately 8-12

months

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Why should I choose Opportunities

Ontario?

• NO work experience requirement

• NO language testing

• NO point system

• Provincial Nominees receive priority processing from

CIC (process takes approximately 8-12 months)

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How do I get my employer interested?

Know the Program

• It is up to you to convince your employer to take part

• Research the program – so that you can provide the

employer with all the important information

•No cost to the employer for the pre-screen application

(first step)

• Print off the employer form

• Direct employer to our website

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Receives PR

status

February 2011

Begins

employment

May 2010

Final Semester

Eligible to apply

February 2010

Receives PR

status

May 2012

Final Semester Begins

employment

May 2010

Eligible to apply

May 2011

Opportunities Ontario

Federal Immigration System

Jane is in her final semester of a 4-year B.Sc. Program at

Trent University. In February, Jane was offered a full-time job

which commences in May after she has graduated. Jane has

no previous work experience in either Canada or her home

country.

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Example 1:

Maria is in the 2nd year of her 3-year diploma program in

Business - Insurance. She will be completing her diploma in

April, 2010. Maria has secured a full-time, permanent job

offer with HBC as a Financial Analyst. Maria has been offered

an annual salary of $25,000.

Is she eligible for Opportunities Ontario?

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Answer 1:

• Maria is not in the final semester of her 3-year diploma

program.

• She has only been offered an annual salary of $25,000

which does not meet the entry level wage for this occupation.

• HBC will have to apply for pre-screen approval before Maria

can submit her nominee application.

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Example 2:

Michael has completed his 1-year Human Resources

Management Certificate program. Since graduation Michael

has been working on his post-graduation work permit. He

has been offered a position as a Recruitment Officer at RBC.

RBC has obtained a pre-screen approval from Opportunities

Ontario.

Is he eligible for Opportunities Ontario?

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Answer 2:• Need to assess the application, more information required

• Examples of questions we ask in assessing applications• Is the student in his/her final semester or have graduated

within the past 2 years?

• Has the student graduated from a publicly funded university

or college in Canada?

• Does the degree or diploma meet the minimum criteria?

• Has the student finished at least half of his/her program in

Canada?

• Does the job offer meet the criteria (full-time, permanent, in

NOC 0, A, B)?

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Career Services Centre for Career Education

401 Sunset AvenueRm 111 Dillon HallUniversity of WindsorWindsor, ON Canada N9B 3P4Ph: (519) 253-3000 ext. 3895Fax: (519) [email protected]: 8:00am - 4:30pm

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CONTACT US:

www.ontarioimmigration.ca

1-866-214-6820