Ontario Express Entry Human Capital Priorities: NOC-Targeted Invitations Issued

Ontario immigration is issuing Notifications of Interest through the provincial Express Entry Human Capital Priorities stream to candidates in nine occupations.

A Wednesday, August 26 announcement on the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) website said the province would “issue targeted notifications of interest”.

The nine targeted National Occupational Classification codes include jobs in finance, advertising, sales and healthcare.

Express Entry Human Capital Priorities: Targeted Occupations For August 26 Draw

0111 Financial managers
0124 Advertising, marketing and public relations managers
0601 Corporate sales managers
1111 Financial auditors and accountants
1114 Other financial officers
1122 Professional occupations in business management consulting
3012 Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
3124 Allied primary health practitioners
3132 Dietitians and nutritionists

Ontario Express Entry: Human Capital Priorities Stream

The OINP issues periodic Notifications of Interest (NOI) throughout the year.

This stream is designed for skilled workers who wish to live and work in Ontario, and who have proven skills and abilities to successfully establish themselves in the province.

To qualify under this stream, applicants must have:

Ongoing profile under the Federal Express Entry system and be qualified for either the FSWP or the CEC.
Hold minimum of 1-year of full time, or full-time equivalent work experience under NOC occupation level 0, A or B, in the past five years if applying under the FSWP or in the past three years if applying under CEC.
Hold the equivalent of a Canadian Bachelors degree or higher.
Show language proficiency of minimum CLB/NCLC level 7 in English or in French.
Intention to reside in the province of Ontario.
Residing with legal status in Canada, if applicable.
Proof of required settlement funds.
Minimum Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System score as determined by director under period draws.

Application process

Ontario will select eligible applicants from the Express Entry Pool. Candidates must:

Meet the eligibility criteria for the HCP stream AND
Meet the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score.

The application for nomination must be submitted within 45 calendar days from the NOI. An application fee of $1,500 is due at this time.

If the application is approved, the candidate will receive a nomination certificate and 600 points under their Express Entry profile.

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.