Ontario Issues 210 NOIs In Express Entry Draw For French Speakers

Ontario immigration has issued 210 Notifications of Interest in a new draw through the Express Entry-linked French-Speaking Skilled Worker stream.

The November 4 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program draw, saw NOIs issued to candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 453 and 470.

To qualify for the draw, candidates had to submit Express Entry profiles between November 4, 2019 and November 4, 2020.

Candidates must have a minimum of Canadian Language Benchmark 7 in French and 6 in English to qualify.

Ontario has now issued 902 FSSW NOIs in 2020. The province issued a total of 549 FSSW NOIs in the whole of 2019.

Ontario immigration has conducted a new draw through the Express Entry-linked French Speaking Skilled Worker stream.

Date	NOIs Issued	Express Entry profile submission date
04-Nov.20	210	November 4, 2019 to November 4, 2020
18-Jun-20	143	June 18, 2019 to June 18, 2020
30-Apr-20	307	April 30, 2019 to April 30, 2020
09-Jan-20	242	January 9, 2019 to January 9, 2020

Source: OINP

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