BC & Ontario hold new draws for Permanent Residence
September 21, 2021 – British Columbia held its latest draw for BC PNP Tech and invited 74 immigration candidates to apply for provincial nomination. Invitations sent to the qualified candidates were issued through the BC PNP Tech under the stream of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP). For a candidate to be eligible for the invite, one must meet the requirements of either one of British Columbia’s Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories that are being managed by the Skill and Immigration Registration System (SIRS).
A minimum provincial score of 80 points is needed for a candidate to receive an invitation from the International Graduate and Skilled Worker subcategories. Once a candidate received an invite, they are given 30 calendar days to apply for the nomination. To date, British Columbia has now issued over 8,661 invitations to apply for provincial nomination.
Meanwhile, on September 22, 2021 – Ontario province held its third In-Demand Skills stream draw through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) using the province’s new intake program. This latest draw resulted in 72 invited immigration candidates applying for provincial nominations.
A total of 65 immigration candidates was invited through the general draw while the remaining 7 immigration candidates were invited through the Regional Immigration Pilot; for this stream, there is no required EOI score. However, candidates must have work experience in either of the following occupations listed below:
Manufacturing (outside the GTA only):
- NOC 9523 – electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
- NOC 9526 – mechanical assemblers and inspectors
- NOC 9536 – industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators
- NOC 9537 – other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
- NOC 9411 – machine operators, mineral and metal processing
- NOC 9416 – metalworking and forging machine operators
- NOC 9417 – machining tool operators
- NOC 9418 – other metal products machine operators
- NOC 9421 – chemical plant machine operators
- NOC 9422 – plastics processing machine operators
- NOC 9437 – woodworking machine operators
- NOC 9446 – industrial sewing machine operators
- NOC 9461 – process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated products processing
Health and agricultural occupations:
- NOC 8432 – nursery and greenhouse workers
- NOC 8611 – harvesting laborers
- NOC 9462 – industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
- NOC 3413 – nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
- NOC 4412 – home support workers and related occupations, excluding housekeepers
- NOC 8431 – general farm workers
