An Express Entry candidate received an Ontario (OINP) message in their profile and asked whether to respond by email or through the OINP e-Filing Portal. The thread's useful specifics:
- A letter of interest is not a nomination. The recipient clarified mid-thread they had received a letter of interest — the invitation to apply to OINP through its e-Filing Portal. The portal application, with its own document set and deadline, is the correct response; email is not the channel.
- Authorize your ECA provider to share your report with OINP. The most concrete tip: don't forget to authorize your credential-assessment provider to send a copy of the ECA report directly to OINP. This is an easy-to-miss step that isn't part of the federal EE flow.
- The authorization rule applies to specific providers only. A member added the precision: the extra authorization is needed only for WES, CES and the Medical Council of Canada. For other designated agencies, no additional step is required.
- Different streams, same portal. Whether under Human Capital Priorities or the French-speaking stream (another member asked which), the application still goes through the e-Filing Portal after the notification.