Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program has issued 486 invites to Canadians in the federal Express Entry system pool. These candidates were invited to apply to gain nomination from the province of Ontario. Among the immigrants invited were managers, nurses as well as professionals in the field of human resources. These occupations were among 18 others targeted as classified by the National Occupation Classification in the latest draw for Ontario PNP.
Invitation to 486 Express Entry candidates by Ontario for provincial nomination.
The three major targeted occupations among the top 18 were managers, nurses and human resource professionals that were invited in this new Ontario PNP draw. After a 2 month break, Ontario resumed conducting draws, the first being held on October 6, and this time gave priority to the Human Capital Priorities Stream
The candidates who have received their invitation will be eligible for nomination from the province of Ontario, which will go into supporting their application for gaining permanent resident status. Apart from the nomination, they will be required to meet the fulfilment of the program through which they are applying to gain Canada PR.
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, aligned with the federal Express Entry system, will give the foreign workers who gain a nomination, a boost of 600 points which will be counted towards their overall CRS score. The OINP gave preference to the applicants who were already present in the Express Entry pool and have a CRS score in the range of 463 and 467.
Are You Eligible For Canadian Immigration?
In the latest draws those candidates will be considered eligible to get a nomination from OINP if they are working in one of the below mentioned 18 occupations as classified by the NOC:
- NOC 0114: This refers to administrative services and those involved in managerial roles.
- NOC 0122: This includes those working in the banking industry, including credit and other investment managers.
- NOC 0124: Those people working in the advertising and marketing sector, or who hold public relations manager positions fall under this category.
- NOC 0125: This category includes those working in the business services sector or who have manager roles in the same.
- NOC 0211: This category includes engineering managers.
- NOC 0311: This category includes foreign nationals working as managers in the healthcare sector.
- NOC 0601: People working as corporate sales managers fall under this category.
- NOC 0631: Those foreign nationals fall under this category who work in the restaurant and foodservice sector or hold manager positions in the same.
- NOC 0711: This category is for those working as construction managers.
- NOC 0731: This refers to those working as managers in the transportation industry.
- NOC 0911: Manufacturing managers fall under the given category.
- NOC 1121: This category includes human resource professionals.
- NOC 1122: Foreign workers working in professional occupations as well as in business management consulting fall under this category.
- NOC 2161: This category includes those working as mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries.
- NOC 3012: Registered nurses along with registered psychiatric nurses fall under this category.
- NOC 3211: This category includes those who work as medical laboratory technologists.
- NOC 3231: This includes opticians.
- NOC 3233: This includes people working in the healthcare sector as licensed practical nurses.
Those Express Entry candidates who have been invited should have a minimum of one year of previous job experience in any one of the above-mentioned occupations to be eligible to gain a nomination. If a person gains a nomination through OINP or any other PNP, they will gain priority while receiving an ITA to apply further to gain Canada PR. So far, the total number of candidates invited by the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program equals 4,851. In the previous year, 6,716 invites were issued to applicants under the Express Entry stream and the Human Capital Priorities Stream, making OINP the most popularly linked program to the Express Entry.
How Can A Provincial Nomination Help An Express Entry Applicant Get An ITA
Those candidates who received a nomination from a province will immediately be awarded 600 additional points in the Comprehensive Ranking System and increase their chances of getting an Invitation to Apply. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the IRCC held draws for PNP only candidates, meaning only those candidates were sent invitations through the Express Entry system who had gained a nomination from a province or territory.
In the second half of 2020, Canada opened up draws not just for those candidates who had a nomination, but also for candidates applying through other streams and pathways. All the applicants who had scored above the decided cut-off CRS score were sent invitations to apply.
Canadian Express Entry System
The Express Entry system manages the applications submitted by candidates through three economic migration streams:
- Federal Skilled Worker Program: This program is to help those foreign workers who immigrate to Canada and gain permanent residency who have skilled work experience outside Canada.
- Federal Skilled Trades Program: This stream is for those people who have experience working in a skilled trade and wish to gain permanent resident status in Canada and even citizenship.
- Canadian Experience Class: This program is to help those wishing to immigrate to Canada and settle permanently who have previous work experience as Canadian workers.
A single candidate may be eligible for more than one of the Express Entry pathways. Eligible candidates, with a score above a certain cut-off set by the IRCC, have their applications placed in a pool of candidates. The eligibility is determined based on age, work experience, educational qualifications, language proficiency, adaptability etc. These factors are also used to assign a score to each application through a Comprehensive Ranking System. Those who have the highest score in the pool will be sent an invitation to apply by Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, which permits them to continue the process for applying for Canada PR further.
