On January 11, Ontario held its first PNP for the year 2022!

“On January 11, 1,084 immigrants applied for a provincial nomination in Ontario.”

Invitations were sent to candidates with profiles in the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program’s (OINP) Expression of Interest (EOI) system for Canada immigration. These individuals may be eligible for one of three streams under the Employer Job Offer Category: Foreign Worker, International Student, or In-Demand Skills.

The numbers for each stream of the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) are as follows:

• Job Offer from an Employer: Foreign Worker Stream – 264
• International Student Stream – 762 Employer Job Offer
• Job Offer from an Employer: In-Demand Skills Stream – 58

Candidates hired through the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream have worked in the following NOCs before:

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 farmworkers
• NOC 8432 – nursery and greenhouse workers
• NOC 8611 – harvesting laborers
• 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