On 01 January 2024, The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program updated the OINP International Student Stream to increase eligibility for international students who have earned a one-year college graduate certificate to qualify for permanent residency.
This change is initiated because the previous candidates with one-year college graduation certificates can only apply through the OINP International Student Stream if the completion of the degree is required for admission.
However, now this modification is eligible for any one-year college program that grants an Ontario Graduate Certificate.
Have a look at the new OINP International Student Stream:-
| Effective January 1, 2024 | Prior to January 1, 2024 | |
| Program requirement | Students who completed a one-year certificate from an Ontario college resulting in an Ontario College Graduate Certificate are eligible. | Students who completed a one-year certificate from an Ontario college were only eligible if their program required a degree for admission. |
| Program eligibility | Most one-year graduate certificate programs in Ontario will become eligible. | Most certificates were ineligible. |
These changes now increase the number of certificate programs which is eligible for the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program. Take a look at the eligible Canadian Universities and Colleges for OINP International Student Stream:-
Ontario colleges:-
- Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Centennial College
- College Boreal
- Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
- Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology
- George Brown College
- Georgian College
- Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
- La Cite collegiale
- Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Michener Institute of Education at UHN
- Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Lawrence College of Applied Arts and Technology
Ontario Universities:-
- Algoma University
- Brock University
- Carleton University
- Lakehead University
- Laurentian University
- McMaster University
- Nipissing University
- Ontario College of Art and Design University
- Queen’s University
- Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
- Trent University
- University of Guelph
- Universite de Hearst
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology
- University of Ottawa
- University of Sudbury
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
- University of Windsor
- Western University
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- York University
You can check your score as per the education system as well. The following charts show the points required as per the Educational Credential Assessment.
- PhD: 10 points
- Masters: 8 points
- Bachelors or equivalent: 6 points
- Graduate diploma or certificate: 6 points
- Undergraduate diploma or certificate: 5 points
- Apprenticeship, trades certificate, or diploma: 5 points
- College diploma or trade certificate: 5 points
- Less than college or trade certificate: 0 points
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