On October 8, 2024, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) introduced significant updates to the Employer Job Offer Foreign Worker stream. This update is aimed at skilled trades and other priority occupations, giving eligible candidates the opportunity to receive invitations for permanent residency.
The key requirement is that applicants must have received a valid job offer in one of the specified National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes and meet the minimum score criteria. For skilled trades, the minimum required score is 48, while for other priority occupations, the score requirement is 52.
Candidates in skilled trades need a valid job offer and must have achieved a score of 48 or higher. Here are the eligible NOC codes for this category:
NOC 22212 - Drafting technologists and technicians
NOC 22301 - Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
NOC 22302 - Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians NOC 22311 - Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) NOC 22312 - Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
NOC 70010 - Construction managers
NOC 70011 - Home building and renovation managers NOC 70012 - Facility operation and maintenance managers
NOC 72010 - Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
NOC 72011 - Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
NOC 72012 - Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
NOC 72013 - Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
NOC 72014 - Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
NOC 72020 - Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
NOC 72021 - Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews NOC 72022 - Supervisors, printing and related occupations
NOC 72024 - Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators NOC 72100 - Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
NOC 72101 - Tool and die makers NOC 72102 - Sheet metal workers NOC 72103 - Boilermakers
NOC 72104 - Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters NOC 72105 - Ironworkers
NOC 72106 - Welders and related machine operators
NOC 72200 - Electricians (except industrial and power system) NOC 72201 - Industrial electricians
NOC 72203 - Electrical power line and cable workers
NOC 72204 - Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers
NOC 72205 - Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians
NOC 72300 - Plumbers
NOC 72301 - Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers NOC 72302 - Gas fitters
NOC 72310 – Carpenters NOC 72311 - Cabinetmakers
NOC 72320 - Bricklayers NOC 72321 - Insulators
NOC 72400 - Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics NOC 72401 - Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
NOC 72402 - Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics NOC 72403 - Railway carmen/women
NOC 72404 - Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors NOC 72406 - Elevator constructors and mechanics
NOC 72410 - Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
NOC 72422 - Electrical mechanics
NOC 72423 - Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics NOC 72500 - Crane operators
NOC 73100 - Concrete finishers NOC 73101 - Tilesetters
NOC 73102 - Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers NOC 73110 - Roofers and shinglers
NOC 73111 - Glaziers
NOC 73112 - Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) NOC 73113 - Floor covering installers
NOC 73200 - Residential and commercial installers and servicers
NOC 73201 - General building maintenance workers and building superintendents NOC 73202 - Pest controllers and fumigators
NOC 73209 - Other repairers and servicers NOC 73400 - Heavy equipment operators
NOC 73402 - Drillers and blasters - surface mining, quarrying and construction
NOC 82031 - Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
NOC 92100 - Power engineers and power systems operators
Candidates for priority occupations need a minimum score of 52 to qualify. Key occupations under this category include:
NOC 00015 – Senior managers - construction, transportation, production and utilities NOC 12200 - Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
NOC 13101 - Property administrators NOC 13102 - Payroll administrators NOC 10010 - Financial managers
NOC 10011 - Human resources managers
NOC 10022 - Advertising, marketing and public relations managers NOC 11100 - Financial auditors and accountants
NOC 11200 - Human resources professionals
NOC 11202 - Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations NOC 12100 - Executive assistants
NOC 12102 - Procurement and purchasing agents and officers NOC 21300 - Civil engineers
NOC 21301 - Mechanical engineers
NOC 21310 - Electrical and electronics engineers NOC 22212 - Drafting technologists and technicians NOC 22233 - Construction inspectors
NOC 22303 - Construction estimators
NOC 22310 - Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians NOC 22311 - Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) NOC 52121 - Interior designers and interior decorators
NOC 60010 - Corporate sales managers NOC 10012 - Purchasing managers
NOC 10020 - Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers NOC 10021 - Banking, credit and other investment managers
NOC 10029 - Other business services managers NOC 11101 - Financial and investment analysts
NOC 11103 - Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers
NOC 11201 - Professional occupations in business management consulting NOC 12010 - Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers NOC 12011 - Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers
NOC 12012 - Supervisors, library, correspondence and related information workers NOC 12101 - Human resources and recruitment officers
NOC 12103 - Conference and event planners
NOC 12110 - Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations NOC 12111 - Health information management occupations
NOC 12112 - Records management technicians
NOC 12113 - Statistical officers and related research support occupations NOC 12201 - Insurance adjusters and claims examiners
NOC 12202 - Insurance underwriters
NOC 12203 - Assessors, valuators and appraisers NOC 13111 - Legal administrative assistants
NOC 13112 - Medical administrative assistants NOC 13200 - Customs, ship and other brokers NOC 20010 - Engineering managers
NOC 20011 - Architecture and science managers NOC 21102 - Geoscientists and oceanographers NOC 21111 - Forestry professionals
NOC 21200 - Architects
NOC 21201 - Landscape architects
NOC 21202 - Urban and land use planners NOC 21203 - Land surveyors
NOC 21210 - Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries NOC 21320 - Chemical engineers
NOC 21321 - Industrial and manufacturing engineers NOC 21322 - Metallurgical and materials engineers NOC 21330 - Mining engineers
NOC 21331 - Geological engineers NOC 21332 - Petroleum engineers NOC 21390 - Aerospace engineers
NOC 21399 - Other professional engineers, n.e.c.
NOC 22101 - Geological and mineral technologists and technicians NOC 22112 - Forestry technologists and technicians
NOC 22114 - Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists NOC 22210 - Architectural technologists and technicians
NOC 22211 - Industrial designers
NOC 22213 - Land survey technologists and technicians
NOC 22214 - Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology NOC 22230 - Non-destructive testers and inspectors
NOC 22231 - Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers NOC 22300 - Civil engineering technologists and technicians
NOC 22302 - Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians NOC 22312 - Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
NOC 22313 - Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors
NOC 40010 - Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration
NOC 40011 - Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administration
NOC 40012 - Government managers - education policy development and program administration
NOC 40019 - Other managers in public administration
NOC 40020 - Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training
NOC 40021 - School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education NOC 40030 - Managers in social, community and correctional services
NOC 41200 - University professors and lecturers NOC 41300 - Social workers
NOC 41302 - Ecclesiastical occupations
NOC 41401 - Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts NOC 42201 - Social and community service workers
NOC 42202 - Early childhood educators and assistants NOC 42203 - Instructors of persons with disabilities NOC 43200 - Sheriffs and bailiffs
NOC 43201 - Correctional service officers
NOC 43202 - By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers
NOC 51120 - Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations
NOC 52119 - Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts
NOC 52120 – Graphic designers and illustrators
NOC 80010 - Managers in natural resources production and fishing NOC 80020 - Managers in agriculture
NOC 80021 - Managers in horticulture NOC 80022 - Managers in aquaculture
NOC 82020 - Supervisors, mining and quarrying
NOC 82021 - Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services
NOC 82031 - Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
NOC 83100 - Underground production and development miners
NOC 83101 - Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers
NOC 83110 - Logging machinery operatorsYou may apply to this stream if you received an invitation to apply on October 8, 2024.