An applicant at CRS 440 (one year of Canadian experience, zero age points) assumed the OINP Employer Job Offer – Foreign Worker Stream would give a provincial nomination worth 600 Express Entry points. The thread corrected that assumption:
- Know which OINP streams are Express Entry–aligned. The Employer Job Offer (Foreign Worker) stream is a base stream — it is not part of Express Entry, so a nomination through it does not add 600 CRS points. It leads to PR through its own application track instead.
- For the 600-point boost, target the Human Capital stream. Members pointed to OINP's Express Entry–aligned Human Capital Priorities stream, which issues Notifications of Interest to candidates already in the Express Entry pool and does carry the 600-point nomination.
- Program-specific draws can rescue lower scores. One member shared that a relative with zero age points received an ITA and PR at 442 points through a Skilled Trades draw under CEC, holding a Red Seal Certificate of Qualification — targeted draws sometimes have far lower cutoffs than general ones.
Takeaway from the thread: at 440 with no age points, check whether your NOC fits a trades or category-based draw, and only count on 600 nomination points from streams explicitly aligned with Express Entry.