This was a promising start for those hoping to call Manitoba home, demonstrating the province’s dedication to drawing in skilled workers and foreign graduates.
The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) began its first draw on February 8th. There were a total of 282 invitations to apply for permanent residency.
Summary of the Draw:
Skilled Worker in Manitoba:
Invitations: 151
MPNP Cutoff Score: 619
The draw took into account profiles that included a close relative in Manitoba, highlighting the importance of family ties in the selection process.
2. International Education Stream:
Number of Invitations: 83
Invitations were sent to candidates who fulfilled the International Education Stream (IES) qualifying requirements, demonstrating Manitoba’s dedication to keeping international graduates from approved universities.
3. Skilled Worker Overseas:
Letters of Advice to Apply issued: 48
Ranking score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 713
This stream was made up of profiles that were especially invited under the MPNP Strategic Recruitment Initiative, highlighting the province’s focused strategy to address particular skill shortages.
In targeted rounds of invitations, the most recent British Columbia PNP draw on February 6 sent out over 213 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent residency (PR).
In a general BC PNP draw, 102 invites were issued under the Express Entry and BC PNP Skills Immigration streams.
Moreover, only 26 applicants with experience in 25 construction-related occupations were invited for British Columbia’s new category-based draw, which was introduced in late 2023.
Additionally, 39 profiles created with experience in 39 healthcare-related occupations received invitations to apply for permanent residency.
Finally, 46 invites have been sent to profiles that have experience as early childhood educators’ assistants or instructors (NOC 42202).
With the exception of the Entry Level and Semi-Skilled streams, the cutoff score for all of these draws rises by two points in comparison to the previous round of invites on January 23, 2023.
Latest BC PNP Draw: February 6
Draw type
Stream
MinimumScore
Number of invitations
General
Skilled Worker
122
102
Skilled Worker: EEBC option
122
International Graduate
122
International Graduate: EEBC option
122
Entry-Level and Semi-Skilled
97
Childcare: Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202)
Skilled Worker, International Graduate (includes EEBC option)
Through its Express Entry Draw Human Capital Priorities stream, Ontario has held a new draw, inviting 2,086 candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores between 379 and 430 to apply for immigration to Canada in the healthcare industry.
This draw is open to OINP candidates with experience in any of the 42 healthcare occupations.
It is the first round of invites for the Human Capital Priorities Stream (HCP) stream in 2024.
On February 6, 2024, IRCC issued targeted notifications of interest to potential candidates who may qualify for Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities stream.
Heal occupations
Candidates only received a notification if they had a comprehensive ranking system (CRS) score of
379-430 and work experience in the following national occupational classification (NOC) codes.
Your work experience in one of the following NOCs must be listed as your primary NOC in your Express Entry profile:
NOC 30010 – Managers in health care
NOC 31100 – Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
NOC 31101 – Specialists in surgery
NOC 31102 – General practitioners and family physicians
NOC 31103 – Veterinarians
NOC 31110 – Dentists
NOC 31111 – Optometrists
NOC 31112 – Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
NOC 31120 – Pharmacists
NOC 31121 – Dietitians and nutritionists
NOC 31201 – Chiropractors
NOC 31202 – Physiotherapists
NOC 31203 – Occupational therapists
NOC 31204 – Kinesiologists and other professional occupations in therapy and assessment
NOC 31209 – Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
NOC 31300 – Nursing coordinators and supervisors
NOC 31301 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
NOC 31302 – Nurse practitioners
NOC 31303 – Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
NOC 32100 – Opticians
NOC 32101 – Licensed practical nurses
NOC 32102 – Paramedical occupations
NOC 32103 – Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
NOC 32104 – Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians
NOC 32109 – Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
NOC 32110 – Denturists
NOC 32111 – Dental hygienists and dental therapists
NOC 32112 – Dental technologists and technicians
NOC 32120 – Medical laboratory technologists
NOC 32121 – Medical radiation technologists
NOC 32122 – Medical sonographers
NOC 32123 – Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists
NOC 32124 – Pharmacy technicians
NOC 32129 – Other medical technologists and technicians
NOC 32200 – Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists
NOC 32201 – Massage therapists
NOC 32209 – Other practitioners of natural healing
NOC 33100 – Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants
NOC 33101 – Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations
NOC 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
NOC 33103 – Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
NOC 33109 – Other assisting occupations in support of health services
The IRCC performed a targeted draw for profiles with level 7 French proficiency and a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 365 or higher.
On February 1st, 7,000 invitations to apply (ITAs) for Canadian permanent residency (PR) were issued in the first targeted Express Entry draw of 2024.
This is the biggest number of invites to apply in a single targeted round of invitations, as well as the lowest CRS score cutoff in the history of the francophone Express Entry draw.
Category: level 7 in French
Number of invitations issued: 7,000
CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 365
Tie-breaking rule: September 8, 2023, at 09:47:27 UTC
