Canada: British Columbia, Ontario invites candidates under the PNP category

Provincial enrollment is the first step towards obtaining permanent residency from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and is not in itself the same as permanent residency.

Except for Quebec and Nunavut, most Canadian provinces and territories operate their own provincial enrollment programs. Interested candidates may be invited to apply for provincial enrollment through these programs.

The province of Quebec itself administers immigration programs and is separate from Canada’s immigration programs.

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Launched in 1998 and now accounts for more than 80,000 PR admissions per year, the number of PNPs has increased as federal and provincial governments consider it an effective tool for promoting the country’s economic development outside of provinces and urban centers. admits.

Here are the September 30-October 7 provincial immigration results:

Ontario: The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) invited 1,340 candidates from the Express Entry Skilled Trades stream on September 29, with a score of 266 required by the candidates.

By regulations, candidates must already reside in Ontario and require at least one year of cumulative paid full-time work experience in Ontario in a skilled trade that is either Minor Group 633 or Major Group 72, 73 or 82 National is listed. Professional Classification (NOC) to be eligible for this stream.

In addition, candidates need a valid license or certificate for their trade from an Ontario authority and a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) score of 5 or higher in English or French.

British Columbia: Provincial nominations in British Columbia were invited on 4 October for over 229 candidates.

Around 184 candidates were invited to a general draw that included technical professions including skilled labor and international graduate categories and included express entry candidates.

As reported by CIC News, candidates in the general draw had minimum SIRS scores that ranged between 82 and 120. SIRS works like the Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS), but is only used for British Columbia’s PNP. In addition, the province also conducted invitation rounds for candidates working in the following occupations.

Here is the list of candidates called for various purposes under PNP:

1) 32 Early Childhood Teachers and Assistants (NOC 4214) with a score of at least 60 points;

2) 13 Health workers with at least 60 marks from Skilled Workers, International Graduates, Entry Level and Semi-Skilled (including EEBC Option)

3) entry level and semi-skilled category health assistants have a minimum score of 60 and;

4) Other priority occupations with a minimum score of 60.

This will be the last draw of October as BC is holding the draw between October 12 and November 16, as there is a change from NOC 2016 to NOC 2021, an updated way of assessing a candidate’s skill level in economic immigration programmes.