On January 11, 2022, the Government of Ontario held new draws in the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream (EJO FW), International Student Stream (EJO IS), and In-Demand Skills Stream (EJO IDS) of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP).
The province issued 264 invitations to apply (ITAs) to the eligible candidates through the EJO FW Stream with a minimum score of 38, and 762 ITAs to international students through the EJO IS Stream with a score of 59 and above.
Under the EJO IDS, the province invited 58 candidates with a minimum score of 11. All invited candidates work in one of the following occupations: Health and agricultural occupations:
• NOC 3413 – nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates • NOC 4412 – home support workers and related occupations, excluding housekeepers • NOC 8431 – general farm workers • NOC 8432 – nursery and greenhouse workers • NOC 8611 – harvesting labourers • NOC 9462 – industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers Manufacturing (outside the GTA only): • NOC 9411 – machine operators, mineral and metal processing • NOC 9416 – metalworking and forging machine operators • NOC 9417 – machining tool operators • NOC 9418 – other metal products machine operators • NOC 9421 – chemical plant machine operators • NOC 9422 – plastics processing machine operators • NOC 9437 – woodworking machine operators • NOC 9446 – industrial sewing machine operators • NOC 9461 – process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated products processing • NOC 9523 – electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers • NOC 9526 – mechanical assemblers and inspectors • NOC 9536 – industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators • NOC 9537 – other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
Last year, OINP issued invitations to 5,394 candidates under these streams.
January 12, 2022
On January 11, 2021, British Columbia held two rounds in the Skills Immigration (SI) and Express Entry British Columbia (EEBC) categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP).
In the general draw, BC issued 201 invitations. The lowest scores in the categories were:
• Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 103 (+3 points) • Skills Immigration - International Graduate 90 (+2 points) • Skills Immigration - Entry Level and Semi-Skilled 78 (+4 points) • Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker 110 (+4 points) • Express Entry British Columbia - International Graduate 92
The second draw of the day targeted only candidates in NOC 0621 - Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers and NOC 0631 - Restaurant and Food Service Managers.
The province issued 31 invitations for such candidates. The lowest score of those candidates was 110 points, 4 points more compared to the previous NOC-specific draw. In total, British Columbia issued 334 ITAs under the BCPNP in 2022.
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https://www.welcomebc.ca/Immigrate-to-B-C/B-C-Provincial-Nominee-Program/Invitations-to-Apply
January 12, 2022
On January 10, 2022, the Government of Nova Scotia published the results of the new draw in the International Graduate Entrepreneur Stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP).
In the new which was held on December 22, 2021, the province invited 2 international graduate entrepreneurs,
and the lowest score was 53 points, four points fewer than in the previous draw.
In 2021, Nova Scotia has already invited 6 international graduate entrepreneurs in three invitation rounds. In total, this year, the province invited more than 97 candidates.
#Nova_Scotia, #Entrepreneurs, #International_Graduate_Entrepreneur
https://novascotiaimmigration.com/move-here/entrepreneur/
January 11, 2022
On January 9, 2022, the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) conducted the first invitation round in the Entrepreneur Program in 2022.
In this round, SINP invited 51 candidates.
The highest Expression of Interest (EOI) score for this round was 140 points.
The average score was 105bpoints.
The lowest score was 90, and those applicants were invited to apply only if they scored CLB level of 4 or higher in English or French. In 2021, in total, Saskatchewan invited 134 entrepreneurs.
#Saskatchewan, #SINP, #Entrepreneurs, #business_immigration
January 10, 2022