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16 NEW OCCUPATIONS WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE UNDER EXPRESS ENTRY

By Atty. Henry Moyal

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) currently uses NOC 2016 to determine the eligibility of occupations under its temporary and permanent residency programs. At present, the programs managed under Express Entry are open to occupations that are categorized as Skill Level B or above. As of November 2022, that will change with the implementation of the NOC 2021 which divides occupations into six TEER’s  (representing the requisite Training, Education, Experience, and Responsibilities) categories.

The new TEER structure would be adopted as follows:

Skill Type O ➔ TEER 0

Skill Level A ➔ TEER 1

Skill Level B ➔ TEER 2 / 3

Skill Level C ➔ TEER 4

Skill Level  D➔ TEER 5

With the implementation of NOC 2021, the programs’ eligibility cut-off will become TEER 3. As such, this will result in the following sixteen occupations becoming eligible under Express Entry, based on their updated educational and experience requirements:

Payroll administrators;

Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants;

Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates;

Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants;

Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants;

Sheriffs and bailiffs;

Correctional service officers;

By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers;

Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations;

Residential and commercial installers and servicers;

Pest controllers and fumigators;

Repairers and servicers;

Transport truck drivers;

Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators;

Heavy equipment operators;

Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors.

This is good news for applicants with a least one year of work experience ( in Canada or outside of Canada) who now will be eligible to apply for permanent residence as their work experience will be considered skilled and eligible under express entry.

Attorney Henry Moyal is a certified and licensed immigration lawyer in Toronto, Ontario.
The above article is general advice only and is not intended to act as a legal document.
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