What makes a job offer eligible for OINP's Employer Job Offer streams?

For OINP's Employer Job Offer streams, the job offer must meet a specific set of criteria — both at the employer level and the position level. At the employer level, the company must be registered and operating legally in Ontario, be in good standing with Ontario's employment standards and occupational health and safety laws, and generally not be a temporary staffing agency making placements for the foreign worker.

At the position level, the offer must be full-time (typically 40 hours per week), permanent (not seasonal, temporary, or contract), in an eligible NOC occupation for the stream, and at or above the Ontario median wage for that occupation (or the applicable minimum for the stream). The offer must also be in the occupation you are being nominated for — you cannot be nominated as an engineer based on an offer to work as a manager, for example.

Most OINP EJO streams require the position to be supported by a valid Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) from the federal government, or the applicant must be working in Canada in that role under an LMIA-exempt work permit. The LMIA is a federal document — it is separate from the OINP application.

Because both the employer and the position must meet Ontario's requirements, it is worth having an immigration professional review the offer before you build an application around it.