Ontario conducts back-to-back Express Entry HCP draws!

Surya Rathee
[Published 13 Mar, 2023 | 04:42 AM]
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On March 10, 2023, Ontario conducted another Targeted draw for Healthcare professionals – inviting a total of 815 candidates under the Ontario Express Entry Human Capital Priorities (HCP) stream.

Candidates with profiles in IRCC's Express Entry system created between March 10, 2022, and March 10, 2023, were invited to the latest Ontario draw. This was the third Human Capital Priorities draw conducted by Ontario in 2023. Just yesterday, on March 9, Ontario conducted its second Express Entry HCP draw inviting a total of 822 candidates. 

Who was invited?

A total of 815 candidates were issued NOIs in a Targeted Draw with CRS scores ranging from 479-489. Invited candidates were also required to have employment experience in certain National Occupation Classification (NOC) codes including:

• NOC 20012 - Computer and information systems managers
• NOC 21211 - Data Scientists
• NOC 21223 - Database analysts and data administrators
• NOC 21230 - Computer systems developers and
• NOC 21231 - Software engineers and designers
• NOC 21232 - Software developers and programmers
• NOC 21233 - Web designers
• NOC 21234 - Web developers and programmers
• NOC 21311 - Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers 

Ontario regularly searches Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) Express Entry pool to find candidates who may meet the criteria of one of Ontario’s Express Entry and Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) managed immigration streams.

Candidates may apply to the Human Capital Priorities stream if they:

• Received a Notification of Interest (NOI) on March 10, 2023.
• Can demonstrate that their work experience was in one of the eligible National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes listed above.

If you have been issued an NOI in this HCP draw, you now have 45 days to submit an online application to the OINP.