A province in Canada, Ontario has opened the application process for its new Workforce Priority Stream, giving eligible foreign workers a new pathway to permanent residence through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program.\n<\/p>\n
The province announced that, effective August 4, 2026, eligible foreign nationals can now register an Expression of Interest through Ontario\u2019s e-Filing Portal, linked to a qualifying job offer from an eligible Ontario employer.\n<\/p>\n
In a post obtained from Canada Visa\u2019s X handle on Wednesday, according to the OINP, the new stream features three pathways: one for higher-skilled workers, one for lower-skilled workers, and another for self-employed physicians who are registered to practise in Ontario and are eligible to bill the province\u2019s public health insurance plan, OHIP.\n<\/p>\n
The province said that eligible foreign nationals must create an EOI linked to a qualifying job offer created by an eligible employer in the OINP Employer Portal to be considered for nomination.<\/p>\n
Although the Workforce Priority Stream was launched on June 26, 2026, candidates were unable to enter the selection pool until the online portal opened this week.\n<\/p>\n
Ontario said candidates with active EOIs will be ranked under a points-based scoring system introduced on July 20, 2026, with invitations to apply issued through periodic draws. <\/p>\n
\u201cOnce submitted, an EOI remains valid for up to 12 months,\u201d the province said, adding that candidates who do not receive an invitation within that period must register a new EOI to remain under consideration.<\/p>\n
The province also said invited candidates will have 17 calendar days to submit a complete application, while employers must apply for approval of the employment position within 14 calendar days of the invitation.\n<\/p>\n
Successful job-offer nominees will receive a provincial support letter that can be used to apply for a federal work permit while their permanent residence application is being processed.\n<\/p>\n
Ontario noted that successful applicants under the higher-skilled worker stream and the self-employed physician stream may also qualify to apply through the Enhanced Provincial Nominee Program linked to Express Entry, potentially benefiting from faster permanent residence processing.\n<\/p>\n
The Workforce Priority Stream is the first immigration pathway introduced under Ontario\u2019s overhaul of the OINP after the province closed all previous streams on May 30, 2026.\n<\/p>\n
Ontario said additional pathways, including a Priority Healthcare Worker Stream, an Entrepreneur Stream and an Exceptional Talent Stream, will be introduced during the second phase of the program\u2019s modernisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A province in Canada, Ontario has opened the application process for its new Workforce Priority Stream, giving eligible…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,14645,50986,50987,28428,28431,50988,50989,50990],"class_list":["post-158506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-canada-pr","tag-foreign-workers-canada","tag-immigration-pathways","tag-oinp","tag-ontario-immigration","tag-ontario-jobs","tag-permanent-residence-canada","tag-workforce-priority-stream"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}