Newfoundland Immigration Draw Targets Technology and Health Jobs

Canada immigration news: Details of three 2021 draws through the Priority Skills NL stream have been revealed by Newfoundland & Labrador immigration.

The three draws saw a total of 663 invitations issued to Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) candidates with skills and experience in a range of technology and healthcare occupations.

In June, 381 invitations were issued, mainly to Licensed Practical Nurses (NOC 3233), but also under five other health-related National Occupational Classification codes (see below).

A further draw in September saw 22 invitations issued, with just under half of them going to Software Developers (NOC 2173).

An October draw, featuring 260 invites, also majored in Software Developers but also featured nine other technology occupations.

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Priority Skills NL Immigration Draws

Draw date	NOC	Occupation	Invites	Total Invites
Oct-21	2173	Software Developers	205	260
	2173	Cloud Specialists	9
	2175	Web Developers	11
	2174	Python Developers	8
	2173	AI Developers	7
	2121	Bioinformaticians	5
	2175	UI/UX Developers	5
	2175	.Net Developers	5
	2172	Data Analysts	3
	2171	Security Specialists	2
Sep-21	2173	Software Developers	10	22
	2174	Python Developers	4
	2173	Cloud Specialists	4
	2173	AI Developers	2
	2175	Web Developers	2
Jun-21	3233	Licensed Practical Nurses	224	381
	3431	Personal Care Attendants	82
	3124	Nurse Practitioners	57
	4151	Clinical Psychologists	10
	2111	Medical Physicists	5
	3215	Radiation Therapists	3

Priority Skills NL

Priority Skills NL is aimed at candidates with work experience in occupations in demand in Newfoundland and Labrador, plus a high level of education and language ability.

Candidates must complete an Expression of Interest and those with the highest scores and greatest interest from employers are invited to apply to the NL PNP.

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are accepted from:

Candidates with at least one year of experience in the last 10 years in one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s in-demand occupations.
Candidates with a PhD or Master’s from Memorial University within the past three years in Technology, Health Care, Aquaculture or Agriculture.

Other Eligibility Criteria

All candidates must:

Have Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 5 or higher in English. IELTS or CELPIP test must have been taken within the last year.
Be at least 21 years old.
Intend to live permanently in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Colin Singer

Colin Singer is an international acclaimed Canadian immigration lawyer and founder of immigration.ca featured on Wikipedia. Colin Singer is also founding director of the Canadian Citizenship & Immigration Resource Center (CCIRC) Inc. He served as an Associate Editor of ‘Immigration Law Reporter’, the pre-eminent immigration law publication in Canada. He previously served as an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec and National Immigration Law Sections and is currently a member of the Canadian Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Colin has twice appeared as an expert witness before Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. He is frequently recognized as a recommended authority at national conferences sponsored by government and non-government organizations on matters affecting Canada’s immigration and human resource industries. Since 2009, Colin has been a Governor of the Quebec Bar Foundation a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of the profession, and became a lifetime member in 2018.