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Ontario Nominee Program - Workforce Priority Stream

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The stream is for eligible skilled foreign workers who hold a qualifying job offer and work experience in any National Occupational Classification occupation, plus eligible self-employed physicians who have no job offer.

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    The Ontario Workforce Priority stream offers eligible skilled foreign workers with a qualifying job offer and work experience in any National Occupational Classification ( NOC ) occupation a pathway to apply to permanently live and work in Ontario. The stream is also available to eligible self-employed physicians who do not have a job offer.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The employer's job offer must be for a full-time and permanent position in Ontario, be urgently necessary to the employer's business, not affect a labour dispute, and meet the required wage level for the job's location.

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Limits of the record
  • Self-employed physicians apply under this stream without a job offer, so these conditions do not cover the whole stream.
  • The employer must also register and initiate the process through the employer portal and have its employment position approved - stated in other parts of the page, outside the cited slice.
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    Your employer’s job offer must: be for a full-time and permanent position in Ontario be urgently necessary to your employer’s business not affect a labour dispute meet the required wage level based on the location of your job offer

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

For a job offer in TEER category 0, 1, 2 or 3 the applicant needs one of: six months of consecutive paid full-time experience in the job offer position in the previous 12 months; three months for a recent Ontario graduate; two years of cumulative paid full-time experience in the same NOC occupation within five years (or part-time equivalent); or the licence or other authorisation required under Ontario or federal law for that position.

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Limits of the record
  • A job offer in TEER category 4 or 5 instead requires nine months of cumulative paid full-time experience gained within two years - stated separately on the page.
  • Transport truck drivers (NOC 73300) and bus/transit operators (NOC 73301) must meet the six-month experience requirement even if licensed or a recent Ontario graduate.
  • Language, education and legal-status requirements are set out in other sections, outside the cited slice.
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    If you have a job offer under TEER category 0, 1, 2 or 3, you must have one of the following : At least 6 months of consecutive, paid full-time work experience in the job offer employment position, within the 12 months before the date you made your application. If you are a recent Ontario graduate, at least 3 months of consecutive, paid full-time work experience in the job offer employment position within the 12 months before the date you made your application. At least 2 years of cumulative, paid, full-time work experience in the same NOC occupation as the job offer employment position (or in a different position that is permissible if your job offer employment position is in NOC  33102, NOC Sub-Major Group 223 or NOC 33103) within 5 years before the date you made your application, or the equivalent paid, part-time work experience Licence or other authorization required under Ontario or federal law to work in the job offer employment position.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Work is tied to the approved employment position: an applicant already with the employer must stay employed in that position until nomination and throughout the post-nomination period until permanent residence is granted or refused, and an applicant not yet with the employer must have a job offer effective on the date the work permit is obtained and work begins in the approved position. The official source does not state whether family may accompany the holder.

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Limits of the record
  • The page says nothing about whether family may accompany: 'spouse' has no occurrences and 'family' appears only as 'family ties' in the list of ties to Ontario.
  • It does not state who issues the work permit or for how long.
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    If you are already working for the employer in the employment position your employer is seeking to have approved, you must continue to be employed in the employment position until you are nominated and throughout the post-nomination period until your application for permanent residence is granted or refused. If you are not currently working for the employer, the job offer must be effective on the date you obtain a work permit and begin working in the approved employment position.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

A successful application brings a nomination approval letter, a nomination certificate and, if applicable, a work permit support letter; the applicant must then apply to IRCC for permanent residence within six months. The official source does not state a permit duration or renewal.

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Limits of the record
  • For a TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 occupation the nomination instead adds 600 Express Entry points and gives 60 calendar days to apply - stated in the section that follows the cited slice.
  • The six months is the deadline to file the permanent residence application, not the validity of any work permit; the page states no permit duration or renewal rule.
  • The nomination carries conditions during the nomination period and can be cancelled if the approved employment position ends.
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    If your application is successful, you will receive the following by email: a nomination approval letter a nomination certificate a work permit support letter (if applicable) Once you have the necessary documentation, you must apply to IRCC  for permanent residence within 6 months.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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