On October 20, 2021, Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) issued invitations to apply (ITAs) for the Master's Graduate and Ph.D. Graduate streams.
The province issued 479 ITAs to the eligible candidates under the Master's Graduate Stream. The minimum score of this round was 35 points, the same as it was in the previous draw.
Ontario also invited 63 candidates under the Ph.D. Graduate Stream.
The minimum score for this draw was 25, 9 points more than in the previous program-specific draw.
In 2020, the province has not invited any candidates under these two streams. In 2019, OINP invited only 1,000 candidates of the Master's Graduate Stream.
In total, Ontario invited 1,834 candidates under the Master's Graduate Stream, and 204 candidates under the Ph.D. Graduate Stream in 2021.
#Ontario, #OINP, #PNP, #Employer_Job_Offer, #international_students, #Occupations_in_demand, #skilled_workers, #Masters_graduates, #PhD_graduates
https://www.ontario.ca/page/2021-ontario-immigrant-nominee-program-updates
October 22, 2021
On October 19, 2021, British Columbia held a new draw in the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Tech Program (BC PNP Tech).
In this draw, the province invited 85 candidates in four categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker, Skills Immigration - International Graduate, Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker, and Express Entry British Columbia - International Graduate.
The lowest score in all categories was 75 points, 5 points more than in the previous draw. In 2021, British Columbia invited 1,581 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in the BCPNP Tech. In total, BCPNP issued 9,703 ITAs to date.
#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP, #BCPNP_Tech
https://www.welcomebc.ca/Immigrate-to-B-C/B-C-Provincial-Nominee-Program/Invitations-to-Apply
October 20, 2021
On October 13, 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) conducted a new Express Entry draw.
Draw #207 targeted candidates under the Provincial Nominee Program. IRCC invited 681 provincial candidates, and the cut-off score in this round was 720 points, 22 points fewer compared to the previous PNP-specific draw that occurred on September 29.
The tie-breaking rule for this round was March 16, 2021, at 07:53:28 UTC.
As of October 12, 2021, there are 183,133 profiles registered in the pool, 2,878 more compared to the previous update. In total, Canada issued 110,377 ITAs to foreign nationals through Express Entry in 2021.
#Express_Entry, #IRCC, #ITA, #PNP
October 14, 2021
On October 12, 2021, British Columbia conducted two draws in the Skills Immigration (SI) and Express Entry British Columbia (EEBC) categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP). In the general draw, the province issued 308 invitations.
• Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 91 (+1 point) • Skills Immigration - International Graduate 78 (+1 point) • Skills Immigration - Entry Level and Semi-Skilled 69 • Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker 87 (+1 point) • Express Entry British Columbia - International Graduate 76 (+1 point)
The second round of the day targeted only candidates in NOC 0621 - Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers and NOC 0631 - Restaurant and Food Service Managers.
BCPNP invited 101 such candidates.
Both NOCs have a high number of registrants within the BC PNP Skills Immigration Registration System.
The lowest score of those candidates was 104 points, 1 point fewer than in the previous draw for these NOCs.
In total, British Columbia issued 9,618 ITAs under the BCPNP in 2021.
#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #EEBC, #Skills_Immigration, #PNP
https://www.welcomebc.ca/Immigrate-to-B-C/B-C-Provincial-Nominee-Program/Invitations-to-Apply
October 13, 2021