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OUT OF STATUS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CAN APPLY FOR PR UNDER NEW 2023 PROGRAM

By Atty. Henry Moyal

IRCC has just announced a new program that rewards those who are actually illegal in Canada. In fact, not only temporarily illegal but those who have been in Canada with no status for at least 5 years.

The program is effective until January 2, 2024 and has a quota of 1000 applicants. Refugee claimants or refused refugee claimants are not eligible to apply.

The main eligibility requirements are:

1. The main applicant must have originally entered Canada legally.
2. Has continuously resided in Canada for at least five years.

1. Is working without legal authorization in the construction industry in the GTA and has accumulated, and be able to provide evidence of, three years full-time work experience within the past five years in construction industry in one of the occupations below.
2. Has family (mother, father, brother, sister, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or cousin or spouse or partner or child) living in Canada who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident

If you or someone you know qualifies for the above it is important to be immediately assessed and obtain a referral from the CLC as soon as possible as there is a limited amount of applications being accepted.

Eligible Occupations:

• NOC 72010 – Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
• NOC 72011 – Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
• NOC 72012 – Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
• NOC 72013 – Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
• NOC 72014 – Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
• NOC 72020 – Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
• NOC 72021 – Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
• NOC 72022 – Supervisors, printing and related occupations
• NOC 72023 – Supervisors, railway transport operations
• NOC 72024 – Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
• NOC 72100 – Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
• NOC 72101 – Tool and die makers
• NOC 72102 – Sheet metal workers
• NOC 72103 – Boilermakers
• NOC 72104 – Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters
• NOC 72105 – Ironworkers
• NOC 72106 – Welders and related machine operators
• NOC 72200 – Electricians (except industrial and power system)
• NOC 72201 – Industrial electricians
• NOC 72202 – Power system electricians
• NOC 72203 – Electrical power line and cable workers
• NOC 72204 – Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers
• NOC 72205 – Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians
• NOC 72300 – Plumbers
• NOC 72301 – Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers
• NOC 72302 – Gas fitters
• NOC 72310 – Carpenters
• NOC 72311 – Cabinetmakers
• NOC 72320 – Bricklayers
• NOC 72321 – Insulators
• NOC 72400 – Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
• NOC 72401 – Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
• NOC 72402 – Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
• NOC 72403 – Railway carmen/women
• NOC 72404 – Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
• NOC 72405 – Machine fitters
• NOC 72406 – Elevator constructors and mechanics
• NOC 72410 – Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
• NOC 72411 – Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators
• NOC 72420 – Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics
• NOC 72421 – Appliance servicers and repairers
• NOC 72422 – Electrical mechanics
• NOC 72423 – Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics
• NOC 72429 – Other small engine and small equipment repairers
• NOC 72500 – Crane operators
• NOC 72501 – Water well drillers
• NOC 72999 – Other technical trades and related occupations

• NOC 73100 – Concrete finishers
• NOC 73101 – Tilesetters
• NOC 73102 – Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
• NOC 73110 – Roofers and shinglers
• NOC 73111 – Glaziers
• NOC 73112 – Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
• NOC 73113 – Floor covering installers
• NOC 73200 – Residential and commercial installers and servicers
• NOC 73310 – Railway and yard locomotive engineers
• NOC 73311 – Railway conductors and brakemen/women
• NOC 73400 – Heavy equipment operators
• NOC 73401 – Printing press operators
• NOC 73402 – Drillers and blasters – surface mining, quarrying and construction

• NOC 75110 – Construction trades helpers and labourers

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.
Send questions to Attorney Moyal by email canada@moyal.com or call 416 733 3193