The Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream gives foreign workers with a Ontario job offer in a skilled occupation the opportunity to apply to permanently live and work in Ontario. You must first register in the OINP’s Expression of Interest System and receive an invitation to apply before you can apply online to be nominated by the Ontario government for permanent residence. If you are nominated, your next step is to apply to the federal government through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). They make the final decision on who becomes a permanent resident.

1. Job Offer Requirement

• Full-time offer, means the job must be a minimum of 1,560 hours a year and a minimum of 30 hours of paid work per week.
• Permanent offer, means the job must have no end date (also known as an indeterminate duration). Job offers that are seasonal and/or contract based are ineligible.
• The job offered must be in a skilled occupation at TEER category 0, 1, 2 or 3 of the National Occupational Classification (NOC).
• The pay of the job offered must meet or be higher than the median wage level, for that occupation, in the specific region of Ontario where you will be working.
• Position is urgently necessary to employer’s business. This means that the job offer must align with your employer’s existing business activities and the position must be urgently needed to maintain or grow ongoing business activity.
• The work you do while in the position of the job offer must occur primarily in Ontario.

2. Applicant’s past work experience

• If your job offer is for an occupation that requires a mandatory licence or other authorization under Ontario law , you must hold a valid licence or authorization from the appropriate regulatory body in Ontario at the time of application submission.
• If your job offer is not for an occupation that requires a mandatory licence or other authorization in Ontario, you must demonstrate at least two years of cumulative paid full-time work experience (or the equivalent in paid part-time work) work experience in the same occupation as the NOC code of your job offer.

3. Employer requirement

• have been in active business for at least three years prior to submitting your application
• have business premises in Ontario where you will work
• have no outstanding orders made against them under the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 or the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• demonstrate that enough effort was made to recruit a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident prior to offering the position to you (this only applies if you are currently living outside Canada or working outside of Ontario)
• must meet the relevant revenue requirements for the most recently completed fiscal year
  • a minimum of $1,000,000 in total gross annual revenue if you will work or report to work at a location in the Greater Toronto Area (City of Toronto, Durham, Halton, York and Peel regions) or
  • a minimum of $500,000 in total gross annual revenue if you will work or report to work at a location outside the Greater Toronto Area
• full-time employee requirements
  • have at least 5 full-time employees who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents if the business operates in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA),
  • have at least 3 full-time employees full-time employees who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents if the business operates outside the Greater Toronto Area