The popular Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program
Interested candidates can move to Ontario through its Nominee program: Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). With the help of this program, the province selects those candidates who have the required skills and experience. The OINP has the following three immigration categories:- Human Capital Category
- Business Category
- Employer Job Offer Category
Candidates invited through Human Capital Category
The Human Capital Category of the OINP includes two subcategories- Express Entry Stream and the International Graduates Stream. Recently, on April 30, Ontario has invited 242 candidates through its French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream which is linked with the federal express entry system. This is the second draw of 2020 and the largest one that invited bilingual express entry candidates. Also Read: How to Move to Canada through Express Entry? Also, invited candidates had to meet the eligibility criteria of the Express Entry system in order to apply under the Express entry linked streams.French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream
This stream helps Ontario select those candidates who belong to the federal express entry pool and are proficient in both languages, French and English. Also Read: Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) – Gateway to move to Canada An applicant need not have a job offer to apply for the provincial nomination through this stream. The emphasis is primarily on the language ability of a candidate.Requirements for French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream:
- Candidates should belong to Federal skilled worker class or Canadian experience class
- Proficiency in French at a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 7 or higher
- Proficiency in English at CLB level 6 or higher
- Minimum one-year work experience throughout five years under federal skilled worker stream
- One year of work experience within three years under the Candian Experience Class
