Opportunities Ontario: Provincial Nominee Program
Success stories
Opportunities Ontario: Provincial Nominee Program helps employers hire the skilled workers they need, but are having difficulty finding, by assisting with the immigration of foreign workers and international students. Through the program, skilled foreign workers and international students may be nominated for permanent resident status in Canada.
Watch some videos on how Opportunities Ontario helped a foreign worker, international student, and an employee find what they needed.
Kiran Manjunath, Master’s Graduate Stream
After graduating with an MBA from Queen’s University, Kiran Manjunath applied to Opportunities Ontario and became a nominee. He and his wife live and work in Toronto.
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Dr. George Therapondos
“I originally came on a temporary worker’s permit which was renewed a couple of times but then I was given the opportunity to apply for this program that allowed me to become a permanent resident….Opportunities Ontario has worked very well for me. It has removed the need for renewing my visa every year.”
– Dr. George Therapondos is the Director of the Clinical Trials Unit, Multi-organ Transplant Program at University Health Network and came to Canada in 2005.
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May Zheng
“And the people there (at Opportunities Ontario) are really, really helpful. They were always available for our questions…. My life now in Canada is fantastic. We’re glad that we made the decision to make Canada our home.”
– After receiving her Masters from the University of Waterloo, May Zheng started working at GGY as an actuarial programmer.
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