Ontario has invited skilled trade people from the Express Entry to apply for permanent residence!
Initially, immigration to Ontario is divided into two categories: through the Express Entry system and through Ontario's special online immigration platform.
📌The Express Entry group includes three streams, one of which is for skilled trades and construction workers.
✅To receive an invitation, you need one year of work experience in Ontario in one of the 46 specified construction jobs and a profile in Express Entry.
✅On July 11, the province invited the following specialists from the Express Entry pool to apply for permanent residence with scores of 408 and above:
- Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
- Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
- Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
- Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
- Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
- Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
- Supervisors, printing and related occupations
- Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
- Tool and die makers
- Sheet metal workers
- Boilermakers
- Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters
- Ironworkers
- Electricians (except industrial and power system)
- Industrial electricians
- Electrical power line and cable workers
- Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians
- Plumbers
- Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers
- Gas fitters
- Carpenters
- Cabinetmakers
- Bricklayers
- Insulators
- Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
- Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
- Railway carmen/women
- Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
- Elevator constructors and mechanics
- Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
- Electrical mechanics
- Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics
- Crane operators
- Concrete finishers
- Tilesetters
- Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
- Roofers and shinglers
- Glaziers
- Floor covering installers
- Residential and commercial installers and servicers
- General building maintenance workers and building superintendents
- Pest controllers and fumigators
- Other repairers and servicers
- Heavy equipment operators
- Drillers and blasters – surface mining, quarrying and construction
- Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
⚠️I would like to point out that the cut-off score has significantly increased. In the previous two draws, which took place in January and March, it was sufficient to have a score of just 350 or higher.
