So ive been working on as a Research Assistant at a lab in Waterloo, ON for 6 months now and I want to apply under OPNP. I am wondering if anyone have applied the pre-screen or ask the professor to apply for the pre-screen under OPNP ? I know it is a lab of a university so I am not sure how would it work ? If anyone has done this and successful, please let me know. It would be much appreciated
Can anyone help me with this question? Also, for the pre-screen, do you have to apply right when you get hired or is it still ok for you to apply as long as you still work under the contract ?
You need Permanent Full time job to apply for Pre Screening.
Pre Screening will take 4 months of time to reply.
List of documents you can look at ontario immigration site
From Ontario Immigration site, Please do confirm by calling them :
In order to qualify for Opportunities Ontario, job offers must be permanent and full-time. Getting a first job after graduation is not an easy task and many students will not receive permanent full-time job offers right out of school. Given this reality for students, Opportunities Ontario will also consider one-year renewable contracts on a case-by-case basis.
I already read that and really appreciate that you helped yet my work place is a research lab within a university so the pre-screen form would be different . I am just wondering if anyone here have been in the same situation and also applied for pre-screen
Someone has asked a similar question on their OPNP facebook page.
Hello. I am hired as a research assistant at Biochemistry lab at Wilfrid Laurier University and in my 6th month of work now. I am wondering if a University is consider to be a business work place ? Is my professor eligible for pre-screen ? I read the eligibility for employee and the university as a whole is meeting the requirements but Im not too sure about one specific lab within the university ? Can you please give me further information regarding this situation ? Thank you
Study, Work, Stay: Opportunities Ontario
For further information about the employer stream please take a look at the requirements on our website: http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/.../OI_PNPEMPLOYER...
The company which will be the university you work for will have to apply for you as a hole and needs to meet the requirements. The signing officer of the university will have to sign the pre-screen application. If they get approved for the position then you can submit your nominee application.
You may be eligible under the International Student with a job offer stream if you meet all the eligibility criteria for that stream of the program.
You are not required to have worked for any period of time or have previous work experience in order to apply under the International Student with a job offer stream.
For more information about our program and the eligibility requirements, please visit our website: www.ontario.ca/studyworkstay.
