The  Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has stopped accepting applications for its highest volume streams and the province wants the federal government to increase its allocation for skilled worker immigration.

As of May 9, applications for the Employer Pre-Screen and the International Student Category (both Masters and PhD) have been paused as the programs have reached targets for 2016.

Details of stopped or paused streams

  1. Ontario stopped sending notifications of interest for the Human Capital Priorities (Express Entry) stream effective February 16, 2016.
  2. Ontario temporarily paused the intake of new applications for the following select, high-volume OINP streams effective 5pm EDT on May 9, 2016:
    1. Employer Pre-Screen
    2. International Student – Masters Graduate stream
    3. International Student – PhD Graduate stream

* Any applications received after the cut off points will be returned, along with processing fees.

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