If we identify you as a candidate, we will send you a Notification of Interest (NOI) through your IRCC online account inviting you to submit an online application to the OINP.
Please note: Before you apply, you will need to make sure you meet the mandatory requirements for this stream. An NOI does not guarantee that you meet stream criteria or that your application will be approved.
You have 45 calendar days after you receive your NOI through your IRCC online account to submit an application to OINP.
Due to demand for Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream, not all Express Entry candidates who meet Ontario’s stream criteria will receive an NOI. To be responsive to Ontario’s labour market needs, parameters are set for each search conducted in the Express Entry pool. NOIs may be issued to candidates who not only appear to meet stream criteria but who also appear to meet other requirements, such as having work experience in targeted occupations or sectors. You can review the details of each search conducted in the Express Entry pool.
To qualify under Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream, you must meet the all the criteria in the seven categories below. You do not need a job offer to apply.
Please refer to section 10 of Ontario regulation 422/17 for more details on each requirement.
You must decide which of the following two federal programs you would like to be assessed against:
Under the Federal Skilled Worker Program, you must have:
Your work experience must have been:
You may have gained your work experience in Canada or overseas.
Continuous means:
Please note: Work experience may consist of back-to-back jobs with the same or different employer(s) (with no gap in between), but at least one year must be in the same NOC occupation as your primary NOC declared in your Express Entry profile.
If you are using periods of self-employment, you will need to provide employment documentation that is independently verifiable through third parties. This can include client reference letters indicating your duties and periods of work, as well as evidence of ongoing payments to you personally, for the services provided (for example, invoices). Please also note that your hours of self-employed work must be quantifiable to ensure that you accumulated at least 1,560 hours over one year of employment. Reference letters from yourself, your business partners and/or a family member are not accepted by the program.
Under the Canadian Experience Class, you must have:
Your work experience must have been:
Cumulative means:
Please note: Paid work experience gained while studying full-time at a post-secondary institution (for example, on a co-op work term) and self-employment are not eligible under the CEC.
Under both programs:
Vacation periods, regular sick leave and other standard paid leave entitlements as provided for in collective agreements, workplace legislation and/or individual employer policies are not considered interruptions to full-time employment. Extended leaves are considered interruptions to full-time employment and are not to be included in the calculation of work experience.
You must have a Canadian bachelor’s, master’s or PhD degree or its equivalent in another country.
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