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PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS AND NURSE AIDES NOW ELIGIBLE FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE

By Atty. Henry Moyal

On November 16, 2022 Canada Immigration implemented a new NOC code ( National Occupational Classification 2021) for immigration programs. By virtue of the change in categories the following 16 occupations are now eligible for permanent residence.

Foreign nationals with work experience in the following 16 occupations are now eligible to apply through Express Entry:

• • 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
  • other repairers and servicers
  • transport truck drivers
  • bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators
  • heavy equipment operators
  • aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors

It is important to note that applicants with a previously submitted application with an old (NOC 2016) code must renew their application and reconfigure their application to the new TEER (NOC 2021) system or they will not be eligible for selection. This includes PNP applications.

In other good news, Canada Immigration has again started to draw applicants under express entry which was delayed due to Covid. The latest draw was a score of high 400’s. Stay tunes the scores are expected to go lower given that Canada Immigration is gearing to grant permanent residence to 500,000 people in the next few years.

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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