{"id":162278,"date":"2018-04-30T19:03:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T23:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162278"},"modified":"2018-04-30T19:03:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T23:03:02","slug":"express-entry-candidates-focus-of-new-ontario-invitation-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/30\/express-entry-candidates-focus-of-new-ontario-invitation-rounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Express Entry candidates focus of new Ontario invitation rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_162279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162279\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/toronto-1439133_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162279\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/toronto-1439133_640.jpg\" alt=\"Ontario has invited 75 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination through its Skilled Trades and French-Speaking Skilled Workers streams. (Pixabay photo)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/toronto-1439133_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/toronto-1439133_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ontario has invited 75 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination through its Skilled Trades and French-Speaking Skilled Workers streams. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Invitation rounds are third in April for Skilled Trades and French-Speaking Skilled Worker streams<\/p>\n<p>Ontario has invited 75 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination through its Skilled Trades and French-Speaking Skilled Workers streams.<\/p>\n<p>Held April 25 and 26, the invitation rounds were the third to take place in each stream\u00a0since April 11.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/ontario-provincial-nominee-program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)<\/a>\u00a0said candidates selected in this round through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/ontario-express-entry-skilled-trades-stream.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skilled Trades Stream<\/a>\u00a0submitted their Express Entry profiles between January 1, 2018, and April 25, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Those invited through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/ontario-express-entry-french-speaking-skilled-worker-stream.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream<\/a>\u00a0submitted their Express Entry profile between January 1, 2018, and April 26, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario has now issued 545 Notifications of Interest (NOIs) through Ontario\u2019s Skilled Trades Stream since the start of 2018 and 384 through the French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream.<\/p>\n<p>The Skilled Trades Stream is for skilled workers with a valid profile in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/express-entry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal Express Entry system<\/a>\u00a0who qualify for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/canadian-experience-class.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Experience Class<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0have work experience in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/ontario-express-entry-skilled-trades-stream.html#Occupations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an eligible skilled trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream was launched in 2015 to target French-speaking Express Entry candidates who qualify for either the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/canadian-skilled-worker-immigration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Skilled Worker Class<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0the Canadian Experience Class and who have sufficient English language abilities (CLB 6 or higher). The program was created to help bolster Ontario\u2019s francophone population, which numbers around 500,000 people and is the largest francophone population outside of Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>There is no\u00a0minimum\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/express-entry-comprehensive-ranking-system.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Ranking System<\/a>\u00a0score requirement for either streams.<\/p>\n<p>There are also unique provincial criteria for both the Skilled Worker Stream and French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream.<\/p>\n<p>Express Entry candidates who are issued a Notification of Interest by Ontario and receive a provincial nomination are awarded an additional 600 CRS points, leaving them well positioned to receive an Invitation to Apply, or ITA, in a later Express Entry draw.<\/p>\n<p>Express Entry candidates who received an NOI in this latest invitation round have 45 calendar days from the date the NOI letter was issued to submit an online application to the OINP.<\/p>\n<p>The first step to pursuing any of Ontario\u2019s Express Entry-linked streams is to submit\u00a0a profile to the federal Express Entry pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottom-btn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/assess\/canada-immigration-assessment-form.htm?site=cic&amp;cat=artbot#skw=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To find out if you are eligible to enter the Express Entry pool, fill out a FREE assessment form today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2018 CICNews All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invitation rounds are third in April for Skilled Trades and French-Speaking Skilled Worker streams Ontario has invited 75 Express Entry &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":162279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26169,50477,31963],"class_list":["post-162278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-immigration","tag-express-entry-candidates","tag-french-speaking-skilled-worker","tag-ontario-immigrant-nominee-program-oinp","mauthors-stephen-smith","mauthors-cic-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}