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Ontario invited 818 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination on February 24.
罢丑别听 (OINP) invited candidates who may be eligible for the . These candidates needed to have a profile in the Express Entry system with a聽 (CRS) score of at least 359. Ontario invited candidates who had created an Express Entry profile between the dates of February 24, 2021, and February 24, 2022.
For the second time in a row, Ontario removed its CRS cap. The maximum points an Express Entry candidate can get without a provincial nomination is 600. Prior to the February 22 draw, candidates whose CRS score was above the maximum range would not be eligible to apply for the nomination.
Ontario opening up PR pathway for more Express Entry candidates
Canada has not held an Express Entry draw for anyone but PNP candidates since聽September 2021. Immigration Minister聽 has not said when draws for 聽(CEC) and聽 (FSWP) candidates will resume, but recently said it would be in the 鈥�near future.鈥�
In all of 2021, Express Entry candidates in Ontario with scores of more than 467 were not invited to apply for a nomination. As a result, some candidates were trying to reduce their scores in the pool in order to get a nomination from Ontario.
According to the new聽聽Canada is expecting to bring in 83,500 immigrants through both Express Entry-aligned and base PNP categories this year. The new targets are greater than what the government projected in the last levels plan, which was 81,500 PNP immigrants for 2022, and 83,000 for 2023.
Ontario鈥檚 biggest draw of the year so far was on January 27, when the province invited 1,032聽 candidates. On February 23, Ontario held its聽biggest HCP draw of the year at 773 candidates.
Ontario鈥檚 Express Entry Skilled Trades Stream opens pathways for CEC candidates
Ontario鈥檚 Express Entry-linked聽聽offers a pathway to permanent residency for聽听补苍诲听聽candidates. The OINP invites eligible candidates to apply for a provincial nomination.
To be eligible, candidates need to be living in Ontario with a valid聽. They also need to have a minimum of one year of full-time work experience, or the equivalent in part-time work. They must have completed this work experience in the province in a聽聽under Canada鈥檚聽听(狈翱颁).
No job offer is needed to apply under the Skilled Trades Stream, but candidates must meet all the mandatory聽.
The first step to being considered for a provincial nomination is to submit a profile to the Express Entry system.
About Express Entry
Express Entry is an application management system that allows people to apply for permanent residence directly to聽聽(IRCC). It is not an immigration program itself, but it manages the applications for the聽,听, and聽.
If you are eligible for one or more of these programs, you can then create an Express Entry profile. Once you upload all your documents, you will get a score based on your work experience, education, age, and language ability in English or French, among other criteria.
The highest scoring candidates are issued ITAs, which allow them to apply for聽.
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