On February 6, 2024, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) conducted the first invitation draw of the year under the Human Capital Priorities Stream.
The OINP issued 2,086 targeted Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to healthcare professionals with work experience in 42 National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes.
Invited candidates' comprehensive ranking system (CRS) Express Entry score was between 379 and 430 points. Last year, the province invited 17,502 candidates through fourteen Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream draws. In 2024, Ontario issued 10,208 invitations under all streams of OINP.
#Ontario, #OINP, #Human_capital, #Occupations_in_demand, #healthcare
February 10, 2024
On February 6, 2024, the Quebec Ministry of Immigration (MIFI) published the results of the 57th invitation round in Quebec’s online system Arrima.
On January 24, 2023, MIFI invited 1,007 candidates to apply for a Quebec Selection Certificate under the Quebec Skilled Worker Program.
Candidates invited in this round had a minimum score of 615, at least level 7 oral proficiency in French, and a valid job offer outside the territory of the Montreal Metropolitan Community.
Last year, Quebec invited 18,376 candidates through the regular Arrima draws.
#MIFI, #Quebec, #Arrima, #QSW
February 10, 2024
On February 6, 2024, the Government of British Columbia held new invitation draws under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) and issued invitations to apply to qualified and skilled candidates with work experience in healthcare, childcare, construction, and veterinary care occupations.
In the general draw, the province invited 102 candidates. The minimum score for candidates invited in this draw was 97 points.
BC issued 46 ITAs to candidates under the childcare-targeted draw for early childhood educators (NOC 42202). In the Healthcare-targeted draw, British Columbia invited 39 candidates who scored 60 points.
The province also issued 26 invitations to candidates working in the construction sector.
Furthermore, up to five invitations have been issued to candidates working in veterinary care occupations. In total, British Columbia issued up to 218 ITAs in this draw.
This year, British Columbia has already invited up to 1,222 candidates.
#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #EEBC, #Skills_Immigration, #PNP, #ECE, #construction_workers #BCPNP_Tech
February 10, 2024
On February 1, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held a new Express Entry draw for French language proficiency candidates.
In round #282, IRCC issued 7,000 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to francophone candidates. The cut-off score of this draw was 365 points, 105 points fewer than the previous draw for this category.
The tie-breaking rule for this round was September 8, 2023, at 09:47:27 UTC. As of January 30, 2023, there were 215,726 profiles registered in the Express Entry pool.
This year, Canada issued 10,280 ITAs through the Express Entry draws.
#Express_Entry, #IRCC, #ITA, #immigration_to_Canada, #PR, #Francophone_draws
February 5, 2024