Ontario PNP Organizes First In-Demand Skills Stream Draw

Ontario is the largest province in Canada and provides opportunities in many different industries to skilled immigrants. Ever since the introduction of the new Expression of Interest (EOI) system, Ontario has invited hundreds of eligible candidates.

Recently, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) organized its first-ever In-Demand Skills stream draw via the new intake system. The province issued 54 invitations within three weeks of introducing the In-Demand Skills stream to the new EOI system. The selected candidates will now be able to submit their application for a provincial nomination. The minimum required score for the candidates to receive an invitation was 11. The OINP also organized a draw for the Regional Immigration Pilot without any EOI score requirement, and only one candidate was invited.

Who was eligible?

For this draw, Ontario required candidates to have professional experience in any of the listed occupations. Some examples are:

Health and agricultural fields:

• NOC 4412 – home support workers and related occupations, apart from housekeepers
• NOC 8432 – nursery and greenhouse workers
• NOC 3413 – nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
• NOC 8431 – general farmworkers
• NOC 8611 – harvesting laborers
• NOC 9462 – industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers

Manufacturing industry outside Greater Toronto Area:

• NOC 9416 – metalworking and forging machine operators
• NOC 9421 – chemical plant machine operators
• NOC 9417 – machining tool operators
• NOC 9422 – plastics processing machine operators
• NOC 9411 – machine operators, mineral and metal processing
• NOC 9418 – other metal products machine operators
• NOC 9526 – mechanical assemblers and inspectors
• NOC 9523 – electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers

Invited candidates can apply for their nomination within two weeks.