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 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 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 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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Ontario Now Accepting New French Language Test, TCF Canada

Canada Immigration To Accept New TCF Test For French Language
December 17, 2018 – Ontario has followed the federal government by announcing it is now accepting results of a second French-language for immigration applications. An Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program statement says the Test de connaissance du français pour le Canada (TCF Canada) is accepted as of December 10, 2018. It follows an announcement from Immigration,
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Ontario Immigration Granted Increased 2018 Nomination Allocations

OINP’s Ontario Corporate Stream Applications Move Online
December 6, 2018 – The Ontario immigration office has received an increased nomination allocation for 2018 under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). It means the province will continue to nominate candidates for Canada immigration, after previously stating nominations would stop after the allocation was reached for 2018. An OINP statement said: “Please be advised
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Skilled Trades Candidates Issued NOIs for Ontario Immigration

Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program: Express Entry streams
November 30, 2018 – Ontario immigration has issued Notifications of Interest to a new group of candidates through the provincial Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream. The November 26 draw saw 181 NOIs issued to Ontario immigration candidates. To qualify for the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program draw, applicants needed to have submitted Express Entry profiles between
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Ontario Conducts New Draw Under Popular Human Capital Priorities Stream

New Ontario Express Entry Draw Targets French Speakers
November 28, 2018 – Ontario has conducted the first draw in more than three months aimed at its popular Express Entry Human Capital Priorities stream. The November 26 draw saw Notifications of Interest for Ontario immigration issued to 185 candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores between 350 and 448 points. To be included in the
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