Ontario has issued 1,186 invitations for immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination. On December 7, 2021, Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (ONIP) has sent the invitations to the candidates who had profiles in its Express of Interest system. The candidate needs to be qualifying for one of these employer job offer categories that include Foreign Worker, In-demand skills, and international student.
OINP has also conducted two general draws that are:-
- Employer job offer: For Foreign worker stream with the score of 37 or higher
- Employer job offer:- For International student stream with the score of 62 and higher
The OINP held a targeted draw for candidates under the Employer Job offer: In-demand skill stream. They should have work experience in the following national occupational codes:-
Health and agricultural occupations:
- NOC 3413 – nurse aides, orderlies, and patient service associates
- NOC 4412 – home support workers and related occupations, excluding housekeepers
- NOC 8431 – general farmworkers
- NOC 8432 – nursery and greenhouse workers
- NOC 8611 – harvesting labourers
- NOC 9462 – industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
Manufacturing (outside the GTA only)
- NOC 9411 – machine operators, mineral and metal processing
- NOC 9416 – metalworking and forging machine operators
- NOC 9417 – machining tool operators
- NOC 9418 – other metal products machine operators
- NOC 9421 – chemical plant machine operators
- NOC 9422 – plastics processing machine operators
- NOC 9437 – woodworking machine operators
- NOC 9446 – industrial sewing machine operators
- NOC 9461 – process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated products processing
- NOC 9523 – electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors, and testers
- NOC 9526 – mechanical assemblers and inspectors
- NOC 9536 – industrial painters, coaters, and metal finishing process operators
- NOC 9537 – other products assemblers, finishers, and inspectors
You can apply for these streams if you get an invitation to apply on December 7, 2021.
Ontario is looking for more immigrants
Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada distributed a number of nominations every year for the provinces and territories for operating Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs).
Ontario has received 8,350 nominations for temporary foreign workers in intermediate skilled occupations, NOC Skill Level C, plus an additional 250 nominations in the year 2021.
Ontario had allotted 8,600 nominations as of November 10, 2021. In an October interview with CIC News, Ontario’s immigration minister, Monte McNaughton, said the province is asking the federal government to double its allocation next year.
Reference link- https://www.cicnews.com/2021/12/ontario-invites-1186-pnp-candidates-from-all-employer-job-offer-streams-1219820.html#gs.iry7qt