HOW TO APPLY

This section covers the immigration process. It also points you to the forms you will need to fill out.

Opportunities Ontario: Provincial Nominee Program

Opportunities Ontario: Provincial Nominee Program (Opportunities Ontario) launched in 2009.

Ontario employers can nominate key individuals with critical skills and expertise for work permits and permanent residence in Canada through Opportunities Ontario. This is helpful for employers who are having difficulty finding the skilled workers they need.

Please note that Opportunities Ontario is employer-driven. This means that you can only apply if your employer is pre-screened, the position is approved, and your employer provides you with a nominee application package from Opportunities Ontario.

Immigrating to Canada

If you want to immigrate to Ontario as a permanent resident under the federal immigration progam, you must first apply with the Government of Canada. The same is true if you want to work or study here temporarily. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is responsible for these programs.

Permanent Immigration

Immigrating to Ontario, Canada

Skilled Workers:

• Immigrating as a “skilled worker”
• Qualifications required to apply as a skilled immigrant

Applying as a business immigrant if you are an investor, entrepreneur or self-employed person

Sponsoring family members

Getting refugee protection

Adopting a child from another country

Becoming a Canadian citizen, after you’ve become a permanent resident

• Citizenship Application Forms

Temporarily Working, Studying or Living in Ontario

Information about working temporarily in Ontario

Information about studying temporarily in Ontario

See our OntarioImmigration.ca pages on Work Permits and International Students for more information.

Other Resources

Check the status of your immigration application, change the address on your application or pay the immigration application fees.