OINP: Entrepreneur Stream Guide

Refer to the Entrepreneur Stream Application Guide for more details on these requirements.

If you are nominated

If your application for nomination is successful you will receive a Letter of Nomination and an OINP Certificate of Nomination.

Your next step is to apply within six months for permanent residence to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

You will need to include your Letter of Nomination and the OINP Certificate of Nomination.

If you are not nominated

If your application is unsuccessful, we will let you know by email. If you think we made an error in our decision that led to your application being refused, you may ask for an internal review.

To request an internal review:

1. Download and complete the Notice of Request for Internal Review form. Ensure that you carefully read the instructions on the form.
2. In a separate document, clearly identify an error or errors in the director’s decision or order that, if not made, would have resulted in the decision or order being decided differently (see subsection 10(1)(a) of Ontario Regulation 421/17 (General))
3. Send the completed Notice of Request for Internal Review form and all supporting documents by email to internalreview-revisioninterne@ontario.ca. You must email us within:
   • 30 calendar days of receiving your notice of refusal if you live in Canada
   • 60 calendar days of receiving your notice of refusal if you live outside of Canada

In your email, explain how:

• on the date you submitted your application, you met all requirements
• an error we made resulted in your application being unsuccessful

You cannot include any new information that you did not include in your original application, unless that information was not reasonably available to you at the time you submitted your application.

New information that you did not include in your application because of an oversight will not be considered.

Monitoring after nomination

Post-nomination monitoring will continue for a period of 36 months after you have been nominated. This monitoring is to ensure that nominees are meeting the Entrepreneur Stream criteria up until the granting of permanent residence.

After permanent residence has been granted, monitoring will continue to collect valuable information from former nominees to assist with the evaluation of the Entrepreneur Stream.