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Today we're going to look at one of my favorite topics How to immigrate to Canada without a job offer. And specifically we're going to be looking at the Ontario Provincial Nominee program or the Ontario PNP.

it's interesting to me because one of the things that I hear time and time again is, "Monty, I need a job to emigrate to Canada. Well, obviously having a job does help. But in many situations, and in many circumstances, it's not necessary and you can immigrate to Canada without a job offer.

And when most people think of emigrating to Canada, they think of the Express Entry System and the visas that granted on the back of that system ie Federal Skilled Worker Federal Skilled Trade, Canada Experience Class but they seem to overlook always the PNP the Provincial Nominee program.

I think this myth really of having to need a job offer before one can immigrate to Canada on Express Entry is because express entry uses the comprehensive ranking system CRS, and during the CRS points are accumulated based on a number of different factors and for Express Entry these are called Human Capital factors.

But essentially, in most cases, express entry candidates do not require a job offer, although having won does obviously result in a higher number of points. And therefore a better chance of being invited to apply for permanent residency.

However, the PNP or Provincial Nominee program does things a little bit differently. The PNP was introduced to ensure a fairer or more balanced distribution of the benefits of immigration throughout the provinces, with each province given the autonomy to determine its own set of nomination requirements.

So depending on your age, employment, the role that you do, the experience that you have, the qualifications that you hold, it may well be that you can fit better or easier into one particular province rather than the other.

So you might be asking why I chose to focus on Ontario. The Ontario Provincial Nominee program is called the OINP, and you probably see a reference like this online and in the news, but essentially, Ontario gets about 1/3, so 33% of all newcomers in Canada arrive in Ontario as their first destination. 

And why is this? Why do people tend to head to Ontario as opposed to any other province? Well, really, it's got to be the employment opportunities, high wages and diverse population every time those three things come up, employment opportunities, high wages, diverse population. 

So how then do you emigrate to Canada, Ontario in this instance, without a job offer? 

Well, the first thing you need to do is make an application under what's something called the Ontario Express Entry, human capital priority stream. Now, as you can expect, the OINP priority scheme is limited to some very specific roles and jobs. 

So first of all, software engineers and designers, if you're currently a software engineer or designer, and you have the right skills, the right experience and the right qualifications, then Ontario is going to be a very interesting possibility for you.