Ontario Fast-Tracks Immigration

Ontario's government is seeking to fast-track the immigration process for certain skilled professions and trades in order to help fill shortages in the labour market. In this program, employers may seek to nominate foreign candidates, who then become eligible to seek fast-tracked permanent resident status in Canada.

The nominee program has recently been expanded to include foreign students with a full time permanent offer of employment related to their Canadian studies. To be eligible, foreign students must be nominated by an Ontario employer; have completed at least half of their studies in Canada and graduated from an eligible Canadian college or university; and apply within two years of the date of their Canadian graduation.