u/Simple_Sound_92

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) is currently reviewing your application under the PhD Graduates stream, which was received on May 3, 2026.

In order to finalize the review of your application, further information and/or documentation is required from you. Legal Status (O Reg 422/17, s 3 (3)): LAST MODIFIED: MARCH 9, 2025 A person who applies for a certificate of nomination from inside Canada must be a temporary resident of Canada under section 22 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada). If you are applying from within Canada, you must have legal status (a visitor record, study permit, or work permit) at the time you apply and should maintain that status until the time of nomination. Your application indicates that your study permit expired on December 17, 2025, and that you submitted an application no. W31277XXXX to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on September 22, 2025, for a work permit.

Please provide: • A copy of your valid Work Permit; AND/OR • An update on your current legal status in Canada.

You have 5 calendar days from the date of this email to submit the required information and/or documentation to the OINP.

Should the program not receive the requested additional information within 5 calendar days, your application will be assessed based on the information already provided.

Hi Everyone,

I have received the above email from the OINP to update on my current status. When I submitted my application, I was on maintained status, and to this date, there has been no decision on my PGWP application yet.

What should be my response to the OINP? Kindly guide.

Hi, I have received an ITA under the OINP-PHD stream. I am married, but the certificate is not available to me at this moment. I have all the genuine marriage photos and wedding cards with me. I am going to submit my application and plan to have my Wife as the accompanying person. Do you think it would be an issue? I am attaching the Letter of explanation, which will be supported by other marriage proof documents. Suggest that if any of you ever come across this situation.

Spouse is living in the USA, and her application for the green card is approved under the NIW program (exceptional talent). I have recently received the OINP ITA under the PhD stream. Unfortunately, I have not received the marriage certificate, but photos of all the rituals and cards are available. In my application, I plan to mention my status as married and my wife as a non-accompanying person. To prove her residency in the USA, I will be providing her pay stub and VISA details.

Moreover, the consent form only asks about the accompanying spouse's details. Does it mean I do not need to provide my spouse's details in the consent form?