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The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has announced some major changes to its Human Capital Priorities (HCP), French-Speaking Skilled Worker (FSSW) and Employer Job Offer (EJO): In-Demand Skills stream.
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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 |
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