OINP Expression of Interest System Now Open

Ontario’s online EOI system is now open for intake of candidates who are interested in applying for provincial nomination under the International Student and Foreign worker categories.

The OINP expects to open the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills, Masters Graduate and PhD Graduate stream for expressions of interest soon.

All of these streams will now be managed under the new EOI system.

Candidates will be ranked and selected based on those who are most likely to meet Ontario’s economic and labour market needs based on these attributes:

• education – level and field of education and where completed
• language – English or French
• regional immigration – intention to settle outside of the Greater Toronto Area
• skill and work experience level
• earnings history
• other factors relevant to employment prospects – job offer in Ontario, Canadian work experience
• strategic priorities – attributes that would address immediate labour market needs in Ontario or a region of Ontario

Candidate profiles will be available for selection by the province for 12 months or until an invitation to apply is received. Profiles can also be updated during this time for any chances in various factors.

If you are invited to apply the OINP will contact you or your representative if you have one.

Candidate answers will be scores using the National Occupational Classification (NOC) system to assign points to their job offer and Canadian work experience.

Job offer: NOC skill level

(Not applied to Masters Graduate or PhD Graduate streams.)

• NOC Skill Level A – 10 points
• NOC Skill Level B – 8 points
• NOC Skill Level C – 0 points
• NOC Skill Level D – 0 points

Job offer: NOC type

• NOC Type 0,1,2,3,9 – 10 points
• NOC Type 4,5,6,7,8 – 5 points

Job offer: wage

(Not applied to Masters Graduate or PhD Graduate streams.)

• $40 per hour or higher – 10 points
• $20 to $39.99 per hour – 5 points
• Less than $20 per hour – 0 points

Canadian work experience: length

(Cumulative)

• 12 Months or more – 4 points
• Less than 12 months – 0 points

Canadian work experience: NOC Skill Level

• NOC Skill Level A – 3 points
• NOC Skill Level B – 0 points
• NOC Skill Level C – 0 points
• NOC Skill Level D – 0 points

Canadian work experience: earnings history

• $40k or more earnings in a year – 3 points
• Less than $40k earnings in a year – 0 points

Highest level of education

• PhD – 10 points
• Masters – 8 points
• Bachelors or equivalent – 6 points
• College diploma or trade certificate – 5 points
• Less than college or trade certificate – 0 points

Field of study

(Not applied to Foreign Worker or In-Demand Skills streams)

• Engineering – 10 points
• Health care – 10 points
• Math and Computer Science – 9 points
• Business and Administration – 7 points
• Trades – 7 points
• Social, Legal, and Education – 6 points
• Arts and Humanities – 5 points

Canadian education experience

(Not applied to Foreign Worker or In-Demand Skills streams.)

• More than one Canadian credential – 10 points
• One Canadian credential – 5 points

Official language ability

(Not applied to Foreign Worker or In-Demand Skills streams.)

• CLB 9 or higher – 10 points
• CLB 8 – 6 points
• CLB 7 – 4 points
• CLB 6 or lower – 0 points

Knowledge of official languages

(Not applied to Foreign Worker or In-Demand Skills streams.)

• 2 Official Languages – 10 points
• 1 Official Language – 5 points

Regional immigration: location of job Offer

(Not applied to Masters or PhD streams.)

• Outside GTA – 10 points
• Inside GTA – 6 points

Regional immigration: location of study

(Not applied to Masters or PhD streams.)

• Outside GTA – 10 points
• Inside GTA – 6 points

Strategic priorities

(To address immediate labour market needs in the province or a region of the province.)

• As determined by OINP on the expression of interest system invitation to apply webpage – 10 points (if in use).