Ontario PNP is Employer driven which means that you can only apply if your employer is pre-screened, position is approved, and your employer provides you with a nominee application package from the Pilot PNP.

Ontario employers must first complete the Pre-screening application process and must obtain approval for the positions they wish to fill before nominating applicants.

Employers must obtain approval for the positions they intend to fill under the “Employer Category” of the Pilot PNP in Ontario. This is called the Employer Category pre-screen application process.

Employers must meet the following criteria:

• Must have been in existence and in operation for at least three years preceding the date of application;
  
  
• Have at least $1,000,000 gross revenue in the previous fiscal year;
  
  
• Have at least five permanent full-time employees;
  
  
• Possess a place of business located in Ontario

The Employer Category comprises of 3 main streams:

• The Professional Stream comprises 10 occupations in the health care and education systems.
  
  
• The Skilled Worker Stream consists of 10 occupations in the construction and manufacturing sectors.
  
  
• The International Graduate Stream targets those recent graduates who are qualified to work in the above-mentioned 20 occupations. The program focuses on retaining international students, graduating from Ontario universities and colleges.

In order to be eligible as a Nominee under the Ontario Pilot PNP, applicants must have a permanent, full-time job offer, for which they are qualified, from an approved Ontario employer in an eligible occupation in any one of the three streams of the Employer Category.

The Pilot PNP will let Ontario to have a role in the selection of its own newcomers by facilitating the immigration of professionals in health care, education, manufacturing, and construction sectors for jobs that are currently facing labor shortages. Successful nominees who meet all Pilot PNP requirements will be given a “Letter of Nomination” from the province of Ontario for permanent residence as Provincial Nominees.

The Nominated individuals will then include this letter with their immigration application and then apply to Citizenship and Immigration Canada which consecutively carries out application processing including medical and background admissibility checks in order to issue work permits or permanent residence to applicants.

Potential nominees are only eligible to apply if they have a valid job offer and are qualified in one of the 20 occupations listed below:

International Student:
International students are eligible to apply to the Pilot PNP if they obtain a permanent full time job and must have:

• Have completed at least half of their studies in Ontario, and graduated from an eligible Ontario college or university
  
  
• Graduated from a field of study related to the job offer
  
  
• Apply within two years from the date on which they received their degree or diploma, or may apply during the last semester of completing their degree or diploma.

Employers can recruit qualified individuals currently outside Canada or inside the country, including international students who have completed college or university studies in Ontario related to one of the occupational fields.

International students will no longer be restricted to the Pilot PNP Occupation List, although their job offer has to be in a managerial, professional or skilled trades in accordance with NOC skill type 0 or skill level A, or B occupation list.

Multinational Investor Category
Employers must obtain approval for the positions they intend to fill under the “Multinational Investor Category of the Pilot PNP in Ontario. This category is to assist the entry of key personnel into companies that are making major investments in Ontario.

Ontario employers must first complete the pre-screening application process and must obtain approval for the positions they wish to fill before nominating applicants. This is called the Multinational Investor Pre-screening application process.

Companies must meet the following criteria:

• Make a qualifying investment of $10 million or more in Ontario;
• Create 25 net full-time permanent positions.