Ontario’s Masters and PhD Graduate Streams

The Canadian province of Ontario started accepting Canada Immigration/Permanent Residency applications from interested international post-graduates from the Masters and PhD Graduate Streams on October 12^th, 2017.

These two streams are extremely popular and whenever they start accepting applications, they reach their intake limits within a few days. While Ontario did not disclose how many applications will be accepted for the current application intake period, the Masters Graduate Stream reached its intake limit the day they announced the opening of both the streams. Therefore, Ontario is no longer accepting registrations for the Masters Graduate Stream. However, registration is still open for the OINP PhD Graduate Stream.

Through the Masters Graduate Stream and the PhD Graduate Stream, both streams linked with the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), Ontario enables skilled international students who want to live and work in Ontario obtain a Nomination Certificate which expedites their Canadian Immigration process.

International Students Category is designed for international students with a Master’s degree or a PhD obtained in Canada who want to live and work permanently in Ontario.

OINP Masters Graduate Stream applicants must:

• Intend to live and work in Ontario.
• Be a graduate of a Master’s program from a publicly funded University in Ontario.
• Have completed one academic year on a full-time basis.
• Submit the application no later than two years from the date of completion of the Master’s degree. Or submit the application during his/her last semester of study in the program.
• Be currently residing in Ontario with legal status.
• Be proficient in English and/or French.
• Demonstrate sufficient funds to support themselves and their dependents.
• Have lived in Ontario for at least one complete year during the past two years.

OINP PhD Graduate Stream applicants must:

• Have graduated from an existing PhD program at an eligible publicly funded university in Ontario. Or successfully completed the degree requirements for such a program (and are awaiting their degree). Or, have at least two years of completed PhD studies at an eligible publicly funded university in Ontario.
• Application must be submitted no later than two years from the date the PhD was received.
• Be currently residing in Ontario with legal status.
• Be proficient in English and/or French.
• Demonstrate sufficient funds to support themselves and their dependents.

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