Ontario Immigration Employer Job Offer Category To Target Manufacturing Labour Shortage

Ontario Immigration Employer Job Offer Category To Target Manufacturing Labour Shortage
2020-01-16 – The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program is set to add 13 manufacturing jobs to the eligible occupations under the popular Employer Job Offer category. Candidates for the new National Occupational Classification codes will only be eligible if their job offer is outside of the Greater Toronto Area. A proposed regulation amendment posted on Wednesday,
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Ontario Immigration Issues 954 NOIs in First Tech Draw of 2020

Ontario Immigration Issues 954 NOIs in First Tech Draw of 2020
2020-01-15 – Ontario immigration has conducted its first Tech Draw of 2020, and the first since August 1, 2019, issuing Notifications of Interest to 954 Express Entry candidates. The January 15 draw featured a Comprehensive Ranking System score range of 460 to 427, with candidates required to have submitted Express Entry profiles between January 15,
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Ontario Immigration Issues 7,391 Nominations In 2019

Ontario Immigration Issues 7,391 Nominations In 2019
2020-01-14 – Ontario issued a total of 7,391 nominations through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program in 2019, the province has announced. The number includes the OINP’s initial allocation of 6,650, plus the 700 extra places offered by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in December. It also includes 41 nominations issued to intermediate skilled temporary foreign
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Ontario Invites 242 French Speaking Candidates In First Express Entry Draw Of 2020

Ontario Invites 242 French Speaking Candidates In First Express Entry Draw Of 2020
2020-01-09 – Ontario immigration has conducted its first draw since May 2019 through the Express Entry-linked French-Speaking Skilled Worker stream. The January 9 draw, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program’s first of 2020, saw 242 Notifications of Interest issued. To qualify for the draw, candidates had to submit Express Entry profiles between January 9, 2019 and
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Ontario Launches New OINP Regional Immigration Pilot

Ontario Launches New OINP Regional Immigration Pilot
2019-12-19 – Ontario has announced the launch of a new Regional Immigration Pilot designed to attract newcomers to smaller communities. The two-year Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program pilot aims to fulfill labour needs that are not currently being met locally. It will focus specifically on the communities of Chatham-Kent, Cornwall and Belleville/Quinte West. “Our government is
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Ontario Wants Provincial Immigration Allocation Doubled To 13,300 By 2021

Ontario Invites 242 French Speaking Candidates In First Express Entry Draw Of 2020
2019-12-18 – Ontario immigration has called on Canada’s federal government to double the allocation of provincial immigrants it receives each year. Canada’s most populous province wants the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program’s allocation to hit 13,300 by 2021, up from 7,000 this year, in response to a skilled labour shortage. The request has been made by
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Ontario Immigration Invites 667 Candidates In Largest Skilled Trades Draw of 2019

Ontario Immigration Invites 667 Candidates In Largest Skilled Trades Draw of 2019
2019-12-12 – Ontario immigration has conducted its largest Skilled Trades draw of 2019, issuing Notifications of Interest to 667 candidates with profiles in the Express Entry Pool. The December 11 draw was the first under the Skilled Trades stream since March. It brings the total number of Skilled Trades NOIs issued in 2019 to 1,399.
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Ontario Immigration Reaches 2019 Nomination Allocation, Then Receives 700 Extra Spaces

Ontario Immigration Reaches 2019 Nomination Allocation, Then Receives 700 Extra Spaces
2019-12-12 – Ontario immigration has reached its 2019 federal government nomination allocation – and promptly received an increase from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Canada’s most populous province had an initial allocation of 6,650 nominations for the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, which it reached as of December 9, 2019. The province has also been allocated
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Ontario Immigration Issues 16 NOIs In New Entrepreneur Stream Draw

Ontario Immigration Issues 16 NOIs In New Entrepreneur Stream Draw
2019-12-03 – Ontario immigration has conducted a new Entrepreneur Stream draw, issuing Notifications of Interest to 16 business candidates. The December 2 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program draw required a minimum score of 118 points, nine lower than the previous draw. This was the fourth Ontario Entrepreneur draw of 2019 and the first since September 20,
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How Ontario Is Addressing Shortage of Nursing-Related Occupations

How Ontario Is Addressing Shortage of Nursing-Related Occupations
2019-11-27 – A recent change to the Ontario immigration Employer Job Offer In-Demand Skills Stream provides a new avenue to Canada for candidates with skills and experience in nursing-related occupations. In July 2019, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) moved to add three National Occupational Classification codes to the stream, two of which were aimed
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