Ontario PNP invites Express Entry candidates in 10 priority occupations | VO Visas

 Ontario PNP invites Express Entry candidates in 10 priority occupations  | VO Visas

Ontario invited nurses, investment managers, and accountants in the Express Entry pool to apply for a provincial nomination , 2021

Ontario invited 583 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination .

Invited candidates had profiles in the Express Entry system with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 464 and 467.

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) invited candidates who may be eligible for the Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream (HCP). This Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) gives foreign workers the opportunity to launch their careers in Ontario and make Canada’s most populous province their new home.

In this draw, the OINP invited Express Entry candidates to apply for the provincial nomination if they had work experience in one of the following 10 occupations:

• Banking, credit and other investment managers (NOC 0122);
• Advertising, marketing and public relations managers (NOC 0124);
• Other business services managers (NOC 0125);
• Corporate sales managers (NOC 0601);
• Financial auditors and accountants (NOC 1111);
• Financial and investment analysts (NOC 1112);
• Human resources professionals (NOC 1121);
• Professional occupations in business management consulting (NOC 1122);
• Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 3012); and
• Business development officers and marketing researchers and consultants (NOC 4163).

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These targeted occupations were identical to Ontario’s previous HCP draws.

Invited Express Entry candidates need to have at least one year of work experience in one of these occupations in order to receive the provincial nomination. If they are nominated under this, or any other Express Entry-linked PNP, they will be bumped to the front of the line to receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence.

How provincial nominations help Express Entry candidates get ITAs

Express Entry candidates who receive a nomination from a PNP automatically get an additional 600 CRS points toward their overall score. This effectively guarantees that they will receive an ITA in a subsequent Express Entry draw

During the pandemic, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has been holding PNP-only draws, where candidates needed a PNP in order to be invited.

In 2020, Canada also held PNP-only draws as well as all-program draws towards the later half of the year, where all candidates were invited who had a score above the CRS cutoff.

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