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On Monday, November 6, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) removed the NOC code of transport truck drivers from the list of certificate of qualification in the Express Entry pool.

The Certificate of Qualification usually qualifies an individual to work in a particular skilled trade in Canada, this shows that the person ticks all the necessary boxes to practice the trade in that province, this also includes passing a certification exam. Obtaining this certificate automatically adds an addition of 50 points to an individual’s CRS score.

See below complete list of Occupations eligible for Certificate of Qualification with NOC codes

1. 22114: Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists
2. 22212: Drafting technologists and technicians
3. 22311: Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
4. 22312: Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
5. 62200: Chefs
6. 63200: Cooks
7. 63201: Butchers (retail and wholesale)
8. 63202: Bakers
9. 63210: Hairstylists and Barbers
10. 72010: Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
11. 72011: Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
12. 72012: Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
13. 72013: Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
14. 72014: Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
15. 72020: Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
16. 72021: Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
17. 72022: Supervisors, printing and related occupations
18. 72023: Supervisors, railway transport operations
19. 72024: Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
20. 72025: Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations
21. 72100: Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
22. 72101: Tool and die makers
23. 72102: Sheet metal workers
24. 72103: Boilermakers
25. 72104: Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters
26. 72105: Ironworkers
27. 72106: Welders and related machine operators
28. 72200: Electricians (except industrial and power system)
29. 72201: Industrial electricians
30. 72202: Power system electricians
31. 72203: Electrical power line and cable workers
32. 72204: Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers
33. 72205: Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians
34. 72300: Plumbers
35. 72301: Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers
36. 72302: Gas fitters
37. 72310: Carpenters
38. 72311: Cabinetmakers
39. 72320: Bricklayers
40. 72321: Insulators
41. 72400: Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
42. 72401: Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
43. 72402: Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
44. 72403: Railway carmen/women
45. 72404: Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
46. 72405: Machine fitters
47. 72406: Elevator constructors and mechanics
48. 72410: Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
49. 72411: Auto body collision, refinishing, glass technicians and damage repair estimators
50. 72420: Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics
51. 72421: Appliance servicers and repairers
52. 72422: Electrical mechanics
53. 72423: Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics
54. 72429: Other small engine and small equipment repairers
55. 72500: Crane operators
56. 72501: Water well drillers
57. 72999: Other technical trades and related occupations
58. 73100: Concrete finishers
59. 73101: Tilesetters
60. 73102: Plasterers, drywall installers, finishers and lathers
61. 73110: Roofers and shinglers
62. 73111: Glaziers
63. 73112: Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
64. 73113: Floor covering installers
65. 73200: Residential and commercial installers and servicers
66. 73201: General building maintenance workers and building superintendents
67. 73202: Pest controllers and fumigators
68. 73209: Other repairers and servicers
69. 73301: Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators
70. 73310: Railway and yard locomotive engineers
71. 73311: Railway conductors and brakemen/women
72. 73400: Heavy equipment operators
73. 73401: Printing press operators
74. 73402: Drillers and blasters—surface mining, quarrying and construction
75. 82010: Supervisors, logging and forestry
76. 82020: Supervisors, mining and quarrying
77. 82021: Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services
78. 82030: Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
79. 82031: Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
80. 83100: Underground production and development miners
81. 83101: Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers
82. 83110: Logging machinery operators
83. 83120: Fishing masters and officers
84. 83121: Fishermen/women
85. 92010: Supervisors, mineral and metal processing
86. 92011: Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing, and utilities
87. 92012: Supervisors, food and beverage processing
88. 92013: Supervisors, plastic and rubber product manufacturing
89. 92014: Supervisors, forest products processing
90. 92015: Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing
91. 92020: Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling
92. 92021: Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing
93. 92022: Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing
94. 92023: Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing
95. 92024: Supervisors, other products manufacturing and assembly
96. 92100: Power engineers and power systems operators
97. 92101: Water and waste treatment plant operators
98. 93100: Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing
99. 93101: Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing
100. 93102: Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators

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On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, over 203 invitations to apply for permanent residency was sent out in the latest BC PNP Draw. The cutoff score remains same as previous invitations.

This invitation cut across the 35 tech occupations, early childhood educators and assistants, healthcare related occupations, animal health technologists (32104), veterinary technicians and veterinarians (31103) .

See below summary of the latest BC PNP DRAW

The BC PNP processing timeframe for Skills immigration and Post-nomination request remains 3 months respectively. Only when completed applications are received do processing commence.

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In the latest Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Draw announced on Thursday, October 30, 2023, a total of 1,117 invitations to apply for permanent residency was sent out in general draws.

A total of 1,051 invitations were sent under the Masters Graduate Stream to profiles with an Expression of Interest score of 43 and above. Under the PHD stream, 66 invitations were sent to profiles with an Expression of Interest score of 42 and above.

See below all OINP Draw under the Masters Graduate Stream in 2023

Expression of Interest profiles that were created between November 22, 2022 and October 30, 2023 were considered for this round of invitation.

See below Expression of Interest OINP Draws 2023

All invited candidates have 14 days to submit an application supporting the information in their Expression of Interest profile in order to get Permanent Residency (PR) in Ontario.

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On Thursday, October 26, 2023, the latest express entry draw invited 3600 candidates to apply for permanent residency under 35 Healthcare Occupations. The CRS cutoff score for this draw was 431.

This would be the 3rd round of express entry invitation this week as on October 24th, a PNP-only draw was announced by IRCC inviting 1,548 candidates to apply for permanent residency with the lowest ranked score at 776. A total of 300 candidates were also invited on the 25th of October in the francophile draw to apply for permanent residency with a CRS cut off score of 486.

See below the details of Express Entry Draws this week:

See below the 35 Healthcare Occupations eligible for the Latest Express Entry Draw:

• 31112 – Audiologists and speech language pathologists
• 31201 – Chiropractors
• 31110 – Dentists
• 31121 – Dieticians and nutritionists
• 41320 – Education counsellors
• 31102 – General practitioners and family physicians
• 42203 – Instructors of persons with disabilities
• 31204 – Kinesiologists and other professional occupation in therapy and assessment
• 32101 – Licensed practical nurses
• 32201 – Massage therapists
• 33101 – Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations
• 32120 – Medical laboratory technologists
• 32121 – Medical radiation technologists
• 32122 – Medical sonographers
• 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
• 31302 – Nurse practitioners
• 31300 – Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors
• 31203 – Occupational therapists
• 31111 – Optometrists
• 33109 – Other assisting occupations in support of health services
• 32209 – Other practitioners of natural healing
• 31209 – Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
• 32109 – Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
• 32102 – Paramedical occupations
• 33103 – Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
• 31303 – Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
• 31202 – Physiotherapists
• 31200 – Psychologists
• 31301 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
• 32103 – Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
• 31100 – Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
• 31101 – Specialists in surgery
• 41301 – Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies
• 32200 – Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists
• 31103 – Veterinarians

See below Express Entry processing time as of October 24, 2023

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