French-speaking skilled worker
 11. For the purposes of subsection 16 (2) of the Act, the following criteria are prescribed for an applicant for a certificate of nomination in the French-speaking skilled worker category: 0.1  The applicant must have demonstrated that they had the labour market or human capital attributes on the basis of which the director issued to the applicant a notification of interest under section 3.2 of Ontario Regulation 421/17 (Approvals Under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program and Other Matters) made under the Act. 1.  The applicant must meet the criteria to be eligible to receive from the federal Department of Citizenship and Immigration, under the Express Entry system as a member of the federal skilled worker class or the Canadian experience class, an invitation to apply to become a permanent resident. 2.  The applicant must have been issued a notification of interest from Ontario and have applied for a certificate of nomination within the deadline determined by the director, which will be published on the Ministry’s website. 3.  If the applicant is a member of the federal skilled worker class, the applicant must have accumulated, within five years before the date of making the application, a continuous period of at least one year of paid full-time work experience, or the equivalent paid part-time work experience as described in section 16, in the occupation. i.  that the applicant identifies in the Express Entry system as his or her primary occupation, other than a restricted occupation, and ii.  that is listed in the National Occupational Classification under Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities (TEER) Category 0, 1, 2 or 3. 4.  If the applicant is a member of the Canadian experience class, the applicant must have accumulated, within three years before the date of making the application and while lawfully residing and working in Canada, a cumulative period of at least one year of paid full-time work experience, or the equivalent paid part-time work experience as described in section 16, in one or more occupations, i.  that the applicant identifies in the Express Entry system, other than a restricted occupation, and ii.  that is listed in the National Occupational Classification under Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities (TEER) Category 0, 1, 2 or 3. where the experience was accumulated during periods other than when the applicant was engaged in a full-time program of study, and which does not include any period of self-employment. 4.1  If the law of Ontario requires that an individual hold a licence or other authorization for engaging in the activity required by the employment position held by the applicant, the applicant must have held the required licence or other authorization during the time the individual engaged in the activity. 5.  The applicant must have demonstrated, within two years before the date of making the application, i.  French language proficiency at or above the level of Canadian Language Benchmark 7, as set out in the Canadian Language Benchmarks, in all four proficiencies based on a test administered by an institution described in section 15, and ii.  English language proficiency at or above the level of Canadian Language Benchmark 6, as set out in the Canadian Language Benchmarks, in all four proficiencies based on a test administered by an institution described in section 15. 6.  The applicant must have obtained a post-secondary degree at the bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral level from a Canadian institution authorized to issue such a degree, or an equivalent credential from another jurisdiction that is supported by an educational credential assessment report that is less than five years old on the date the application is made and that was produced by a designated educational credential assessment organization indicating that the applicant has authentic foreign educational credentials that are equivalent to completed Canadian educational credentials. 7.  The applicant must have the minimum necessary settlement amount applicable for the applicant and his or her family members, in one of the following forms or a combination of them: i.  Funds that are transferable, available and unencumbered by debts or other obligations, equal to the minimum necessary settlement amount or to the portion of that amount not accounted for under subparagraph ii. ii.  A job offer in Ontario with annual earnings equal to the minimum necessary settlement amount or to the portion of that amount not accounted for under subparagraph i. O. Reg. 422/17, s. 11; O. Reg. 248/18, s. 7; O. Reg. 243/19, s. 9; O. Reg. 192/21, s. 8; O. Reg. 528/22, s. 4; O. Reg. 597/22, s. 3, 4.