1,084 invitations in three Employer Job Offer Streams were issued in Ontario

On January 11, 2022, the government of Ontario conducted new draws in three sections of the Employer Job Offer (EJO). These were Foreign Worker Stream (FW), International Student Stream (IS) and In-Demand Skills Stream (IDS) of the Ontario Immigrant Nomination Program (OINP).

The province issued 264 invitations to apply (ITAs) to the eligible candidates for the EJO FW Stream with a minimum score of 38, and 762 ITAs to international students for the EJO IS Stream with a score of 59 and above.

Under the EJO IDS, the province invited 58 candidates with a minimum score of 11. All invited candidates work in one of the following occupations:

• Health and agricultural occupations:

  • Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates (NOC 3413)

  • Home support workers and related occupations, excluding housekeepers (NOC 4412)

  • General farm workers (NOC 8431)

  • Nursery and greenhouse workers (NOC 8432)

  • Harvesting labourers (NOC 8611)

  • Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers (NOC 9462)

• Manufacturing (outside the GTA only):

  • Machine operators, mineral and metal processing (NOC 9411)

  • Metalworking and forging machine operators (NOC 9416)

  • Machining tool operators (NOC 9417)

  • Other metal products machine operators (NOC 9418)

  • Chemical plant machine operators (NOC 9421)

  • Plastics processing machine operators (NOC 9422)

  • Woodworking machine operators (NOC 9437)

  • Industrial sewing machine operators (NOC 9446)

  • Process control and machine operators, food, beverage and associated products processing (NOC 946)

  • Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers (NOC 9523)

  • Mechanical assemblers and inspectors (NOC 9526)

  • Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators (NOC 9536)

  • Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors (NOC 9537)

OINP issued invitations to 5,394 candidates under these streams last year, 2021.