No Educational Requirements for Nurses

If you are a nurse and you are applying through the OINP Express Entry’s Human Capital Priorities or French Speaking Skilled Worker stream, you might not have to meet educational requirements.

If you meet the following requirements, you won’t have to meet the educational requirements to immigrate to Canada through any of the abovementioned streams:

You are registered by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), in General, Extended, or Temporary class
Your NOC code is one of the following:
- NOC 31300 (Nursing coordinators and supervisors)
- NOC 31301 (Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses)
- NOC 31302 (Nurse practitioners)
- NOC 32101 (Licensed practical nurses)

Eligible Occupations List Extended for In-Demand Skills Stream

OINP’s Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream will now offer a greater number of people to immigrate to the province. The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) has expanded the list of occupations eligible to apply under the In-Demand Skills, but they require a job offer first.

The following changes came into effect as of 1st July 2024.

One NOC was added for a job offered (NOC 75119 – Other trades helpers and labourers) either outside or inside GTA.

The list of occupations expanded to include the following NOCs (for job positions outside GTA).

NOC Code	NOC Title
NOC 14400	Shippers and Receivers
NOC 14402	Production logistics workers
NOC 65320	Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations
NOC 74200	Railway yard and track maintenance workers
NOC 74203	Automotive and heavy truck and equipment parts installers and servicers
NOC 74204	Utility maintenance workers
NOC 74205	Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers
NOC 75101	Material handlers
NOC 75119	Other trades helpers and labourers
NOC 75211	Railway and motor transport labourers
NOC 75212	Public works and maintenance labourers
NOC 85102	Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers
NOC 94101	Foundry workers
NOC 94102	Glass forming and finishing machine operators and glass cutters
NOC 94103	Concrete, clay and stone forming operators
NOC 94104	Inspectors and testers, mineral and metal processing
NOC 94112	Rubber processing machine operators and related workers
NOC 94120	Sawmill machine operators
NOC 94121	Pulp mill, papermaking and finishing machine operators
NOC 94123	Lumber graders and other wood processing inspectors and graders
NOC 94142	Fish and seafood plant workers
NOC 94143	Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
NOC 94200	Motor vehicle assemblers, inspectors and testers
NOC 94202	Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment manufacturing
NOC 94203	Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers
NOC 94205	Machine operators and inspectors, electrical apparatus manufacturing
NOC 94211	Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products
NOC 94212	Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
NOC 95100	Labourers in mineral and metal processing
NOC 95101	Labourers in metal fabrication
NOC 95103	Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
NOC 95104	Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing
NOC 95106	Labourers in food and beverage processing
NOC 95107	Labourers in fish and seafood processing