9,000 candidates were nominated to apply for PR in 2021 by OINP

The government of Ontario announced on January 19, 2022 that the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has reached its 2021 nomination allocation. This was a total of 9,000 nominations for successful applicants from all streams, including 250 nominations for NOC skill level C and 400 further nominations for a reallocation in-year.

New applications and applications which have already been submitted to the OINP will continue to be accepted and processed under the OINP’s 2022 nomination allocation. However, applicants can check the status of their applications through the OINP e-Filing portal.

The OINP has nominated 779 foreigners so far in 2022. The OINP also sent out notices of interest to potential candidates for its Human Capital Priorities (HCP) stream on January 12, 2022.

The OINP targeted candidates with a comprehensive ranking system score between 464-467 and work experience in the following NOC codes:

• Other administrative services managers (NOC 0114)

• Banking, credit and other investment managers (NOC 0122)

• Advertising, marketing and public relations managers (NOC 0124)

• Other business services managers (NOC 0125)

• Engineering managers (NOC 0211)

• Managers in health care (NOC 0311)

• Corporate sales managers (NOC 0601)

• Restaurant and food service managers (NOC 0631)

• Construction managers (NOC 0711)

• Managers in transportation (NOC 0731)

• Manufacturing managers (NOC 0911)

• Human resources professionals (NOC 1121)

• Professional occupations in business management consulting (NOC 1122)

• Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries (NOC 2161)

• Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 3012)

• Medical laboratory technologists (NOC 3211)

• Opticians (NOC 3231)

• Licensed practical nurses (NOC 3233)