WHEN
Live webinar March 10, 2020 @ 11:00 AM EST
OR available available video recording

INSTRUCTOR
Andrew Carvajal

DURATION
4 hours

SUMMARY: This course will provide an in-depth discussion of all of the provincial immigration programs available under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, including job offer streams, student streams, Express Entry streams and entrepreneur applications. The instructor will address the advantages of navigating OINP options versus federal programs for permanent residence, as well as the steps to obtain worker status or maintain temporary residence once applicants receive a provincial nomination.

Overview and initial client assessment
- When to consider OINP and other PNP options
- 2020 quota and intake
- Processing times
OINP ONe-key and the online intake process
Employer/Job Offer streams
- Advantages of OINP vs. federal applications
- Employer requirements
- Foreign Worker Stream
- International Student Stream
- In-Demand Skills Stream and 2019 changes
Entrepreneur Stream
- Candidate requirements
- Business and investment criteria
- Steps involved in entrepreneur application
- 2019/2020 draws
Human Capital streams
- OINP Guides
- Master’s Students
- PhD Graduates
Express Entry streams
ON Regional Pilot
OINP generalities and practical tips
- Sample cover letter
- After nomination
- Application for permanent residence
- Work permit application and extension of status as a worker
- Internal Review
- Obligation to live in Ontario following nomination

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CPD CREDITS

For Lawyers and Paralegals

Law Society of Ontario
   • Substantive Hours: This program is eligible for up to 4 hours

Law Society of British Columbia
   • Approved for 4 CPD credits

Law Society of New Brunswick
   • Approved for 4 CPD hours

Law Society of Saskatchewan
   • Approved for 4 CPD hours

Law Societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
   • For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements

For Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants

Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council
   • Approved for 4 CPD hours
   • Video recording valid until November 10, 2020

Purchasing Options

Single Course

Includes
• Attendance at the live four hours webinar
• Access to the course materials

Your Instructor

Andrew Carvajal

Barrister & Solicitor

Partner, Desloges Law Group

Andrew is a Toronto lawyer and partner at Desloges Law Group. He received a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2011.

Andrew’s legal expertise involves immigration law, administrative law and some civil litigation. His immigration practice focuses on permanent residence applications under federal and provincial economic programs, all types of business/corporate immigration, applications for sponsorship under the family class and temporary residence applications.

Andrew also represents individuals and corporations in administrative matters, professional and academic discipline cases, as well as Small Claims Court litigation. His professional discipline practice includes the representation of Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants in complaint and discipline proceedings before their regulatory council.

Besides his work at Desloges Law Group, Andrew has been an instructor in the Immigration Consulting program at Herzing College and a guest speaker in a number of immigration education programs and seminars organized by professional associations and community centres. He is also a frequent contributor to several publications dealing with immigration, refugee and administrative law and has been invited to speak about immigration changes on local and national news segments.

Prior to practising law, Andrew was a sociology professor at McGill University and a university researcher in projects dealing with criminal justice, equality laws, family transformation and social research methods.