OINP issues ITAs for Employer Job offer category

Ontario issued hundreds of Invitations to Apply (ITA) on June 29, 2022 under the Expression of Interest (EOI) system. These ITAs were sent by the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program to potential applicants in the Expression of Interest system pool who would be eligible for the following streams of immigration:

•Employer Job Offer

• International Student stream
• In-demand skills stream 
• Masters Graduate 
• PhD Graduate 
• Economic Mobility Pathway Project 

The Employer Job Offer- International Student, general draw invited 229 candidates to apply to potential candidates with a minimum score of 79 and above. Targeted skilled trades draw (see list of targeted NOC codes below) invited 217 invitations to apply to potential candidates with a cut-off score of 62 and above. 

The Masters Graduate stream issued 491 invitations to apply to potential candidates with a score of 38 and above and, the PhD Graduate 65 invitations to apply were issued to potential candidates with a score of 28 and above. 

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program also issued 2 targeted invitations to candidates who may qualify for the federal Economic Mobility Pathways Project under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream.

The following NOC codes were sought by the OINP for candidates in the international student stream draw:

• NOC 2232 - Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
• NOC 2233 - Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians
• NOC 2242 - Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
• NOC 2243 - Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
• NOC 2253 - Drafting technologists and technicians
• NOC 2282 - User support technicians
• NOC 2283 - Information systems testing technicians
• NOC 7201 - Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
• NOC 7205 - Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
• NOC 7233 - Sheet metal workers
• NOC 7242 - Industrial electricians
• NOC 7271 – Carpenters
• NOC 7282 - Concrete finishers
• NOC 7284 - Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
• NOC 7293 – Insulators
• NOC 7301 - Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
• NOC 7303 - Supervisors, printing and related occupations
• NOC 7305 - Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
• NOC 7311 - Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
• NOC 7313 - Refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
• NOC 7314 - Railway carmen/women
• NOC 7315 - Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
• NOC 7321 - Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
• NOC 7371 - Crane operators
• NOC 9241 - Power engineers and power systems operators

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About the Employer Job Offer stream 

Foreign workers with a job offer in a skilled occupation can apply to live and work permanently in Ontario through the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream. Your employment offer must be in a skilled occupation at the National Occupational Classification's Skill Type 0 or Skill Level A or B. (NOC). Foreign employees both inside and outside of Canada are eligible for this stream.

Before submitting an online application to be nominated for permanent residency by the Ontario government, you must first register in the OINP's Expression of Interest System and obtain an invitation to apply.

In order to be considered under the Employer Job Offer stream applicants need to submit an application to the federal government through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) once they are nominated. They are the ones who are selected get a permanent residency.

Application requirements: 

1. An Expression of interest profile and an invitation to apply

2. Work experience or licence or other authorization

3. Valid licence or other authorization (if applicable)

4. A stated intent to live in Ontario

5. Legal status in Canada (if applicable)

The results of this recent Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draw were made public by Ontario on June 29. With the exception of Quebec and Nunavut, the majority of Canadian provinces and territories run their own PNPs. Interested candidates may receive invitations from these programmes to submit an application for a provincial nomination. Provincial nomination can considerably boost the prospects of getting permanent resident status, even if it is not the same as it in and of itself.