An Express Entry candidate received an OINP notification of interest (Federal Skilled Worker stream) in their IRCC portal and didn't know where to continue. The thread's answer:
- The NOI arrives federally, but the application is provincial. The invitation shows up in your IRCC/Express Entry account, but you respond by creating a profile on Ontario's own OINP e-filing portal — not by doing anything further inside IRCC at this stage.
- Submit documents and the provincial fee there. Once the OINP profile is created, you upload the required documents and pay Ontario's processing fee to actually apply for the nomination.
- Read the letter — it carries the access details. The applicant hit a portal screen asking for a PIN; members pointed out the notification letter itself explains the steps (and where the invitation was delivered matters — email vs. OINP profile vs. IRCC account). Locate the full letter in your account and follow its instructions for accessing/linking the invitation.
- Only after nomination do you return to the federal side (for an EE-linked stream, the nomination is then reflected against your Express Entry profile).
General pattern worth remembering for any enhanced PNP: federal account for the interest notification, provincial portal for the application, then back to the federal application once nominated.