Ontario Invites 502 Candidates in Latest PNP Draw

Key Highlights:

• Overview
• Candidates Invited
• NOC Occupations for Invitation

Just two days after holding the first draw, the Canadian province of Ontario has now invited 502 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).

Candidates Invited

The candidates who received the Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for the provincial nomination had registered their profile under the federal Express Entry system and must have had a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score between 464 and 467 points to be eligible.

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) invited only those candidates who would be eligible for its Express Entry Human Capital Priorities (HCP) stream. 

HCP allows skilled foreign professionals the opportunity to start their careers in the province and settle down there.

NOC Occupations for Candidates

The OINP invited those candidates who had a work experience in any of these occupations listed in the following  National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

• NOC 0114 – Other administrative services managers
• NOC 0122 – Banking, credit and other investment managers
• NOC 0124 – Advertising, marketing and public relations managers
• NOC 0125 – Other business services managers
• NOC 0211 – Engineering managers
• NOC 0311 – Managers in health care
• NOC 0601 – Corporate sales managers
• NOC 0631 – Restaurant and food service managers
• NOC 0711 – Construction managers
• NOC 0731 – Managers in transportation
• NOC 0911 – Manufacturing managers
• NOC 1121 – Human resources professionals
• NOC 1122 – Professional occupations in business management consulting
• NOC 2161 – Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
• NOC 3012 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
• NOC 3211 – Medical laboratory technologists
• NOC 3231 – Opticians
• NOC 3233 – Licensed practical nurses