Ontario held a new nomination draw on October 6 targeting about 18 high-priority, skilled occupations for provincial nominations. Among the invited candidates were nurses, managers in the production, financial sectors, HR professionals who are already registered in the federal Express Entry pool.
Quick Highlights on October 6 Ontario PNP Draw
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued targeted invitations to apply for provincial nomination under its Express Entry Human Capital Priorities (HCP) stream.
#1 Qualifying Score: As candidates having only registered Express Entry profiles were considered, the qualifying score was based on their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). A CRS score is given to candidates based on their human capital factors like age, language proficiency, work experience, and education qualification. The score is given out of 1200 points.
The qualifying CRS score for the October 15 draw varied between 463 and 467.
#2 Occupation of invited candidates: All the 486 invited candidates were required to have a mandatory work experience of one year or more in any one of the following occupations:
NOC 0114 | Other administrative services managers |
NOC 0122 | Banking, credit and other investment managers |
NOC 0124 | Advertising, marketing and public relations managers |
NOC 0125 | Other business services managers |
NOC 0211 | Engineering managers |
NOC 0311 | Managers in health care |
NOC 0601 | Corporate sales managers |
NOC 0631 | Restaurant and food service managers |
NOC 0711 | Construction managers |
NOC 0731 | Managers in transportation |
NOC 0911 | Manufacturing managers |
NOC 1121 | Human resources professionals |
NOC 1122 | Professional occupations in business management consulting |
NOC 2161 | Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries |
NOC 3012 | Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses |
NOC 3211 | Medical laboratory technologists |
NOC 3231 | Opticians |
NOC 3233 | Licensed practical nurses |
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Ontario has invited 4,851 immigration candidates under this stream in 2021. All these invited candidates have at least one year of work experience in one of the targeted occupations.
Qualifying for Canada PR with Ontario Provincial Nomination
Receiving an invitation to apply for permanent residency remains under the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government. A provincial nomination will, however, fast-track the total time taken to receive an invitation to apply.
Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) issues provincial nominations to eligible skilled workers under its famous Human Capital Priorities stream. The province also invites candidates already registered in the federal pool under its Tech draw.
Those with provincial nominations like the one from Express Entry Human Capital Priorities (HCP) stream or Ontario Tech Draw or any other stream will get preferential treatment to obtain permanent residence. The inclusion of additional 600 CRS points makes the entire process of applying for Canada PR through Express Entry even simpler.
Since the start of 2021, Canada has been holding program-specific Express Entry draws where it invites candidates either with provincial nominations or prior work experience in Canada. Canada has already exceeded its initial target of issuing 108,500 new ITAs for Canada PR in 2021 and expects to invite more candidates further.
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