A member on an open work permit had a job offer with an LMIA in progress, which added CRS points and helped trigger an Ontario PNP invitation under the STEM stream — but the actual closed work permit tied to that job offer was still 2–3 months away from being processed.
What the thread clarified:- Accepting a PNP invitation that relied on job-offer points you can't yet substantiate can be treated as misrepresentation. Members warned this directly and recommended getting professional (regulated consultant / immigration lawyer) advice before proceeding, rather than guessing.
- The core issue is consistency between what you claimed and what you can prove. If your CRS score only qualified for the invite because you selected "yes" to having a job offer (which added points), you need to actually be able to back that up — an open work permit alone doesn't count for job-offer points; the LMIA-backed offer does.
- Timing options members discussed: waiting for the closed work permit to actually arrive before accepting, rather than accepting the invitation while the supporting work permit is still pending.
The practical takeaway: an invitation that was triggered partly by job-offer points is only safe to accept once you can document that job offer properly (LMIA, and ideally the closed work permit itself) — accepting before you can prove it risks a misrepresentation finding, which carries serious consequences for future applications.