Ontario Province has conducted its famous Tech Draw under Ontario Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream on Feb 16, 2021. This is considered the first tech draw of year 2021. Ontario usually conducts Tech Draw once in two months, so this time it was in February. Great. The CRS range this time is 453 – 467 and only those profiles which were created between Feb 16, 2020 to Feb 16, 2021 got the nomination. Now this is funny, cause the profiles are valid for one year only, and this combines to a complete year. Anyways, they have issued 1,186 NOIs which means, another 1000 applications are removed from express entry portal (If they accept, obviously). There are more details into it.

List of the NOCs invited under OINP Tech Draw

  • 0213 Computer and information systems managers
  • 2147 Computer engineers
  • 2172 Database analysts and data administrators
  • 2173 Software engineers and designers
  • 2174 Computer programmer and interactive media developers
  • 2174 Computer programmer and interactive media developers
  • 2175 Web designers and developers

After an applicant receives and accepts a Notification of Interest, the OINP application should be submitted within 45 calendar days. There are some pre-requisites and conditions which should be met, otherwise OINP does not mind refusing an application. Receiving the NOI does not mean, the application is approved. OINP verifies the application after reviewing the documents and finalizing the correct stream.

What is OINP?

Ontario Immigration Nomination Program is the famous PNP program which occasionally invites applicants from Express Entry system to apply for provincial nomination. At present, Ontario is the biggest inviter of immigrants through Provincial Nomination Program. Its been inviting applicants from Express Entry pool on regular intervals. Even during Covid-19, it was conducting invitation rounds and many applicants have landed here.

Requirements of OINP Human Capital Priorities Stream Tech Draw

  • Applicant should have an active Express Entry Profile with the NOC in demand as Primary NOC
  • Applicant should be under either FSWP or CEC
  • Under FSWP, Applicant should have One year of full-time work experience in NOC code invited
  • Under FSWP, The full-time work experience should be within last 5 years from the date of submitting application to OINP
  • Under FSWP There should not be any breaks throughout the One year period
  • Under FSWP, The work experience can be from multiple employers however it should be back-to-back jobs.
  • Under CEC, Applicant should have One year of full-time or equivalent in part time work experience in NOC code invited
  • Under CEC, The work experience should be within last 3 years from the date of submitting application to OINP
  • Under CEC, The work experience can be in onr or more of the occupations that are defined in Express Entry Profile.
  • Under CEC, The work experience must add up to one year.
  • Under CEC, the paid part time work experience while Study Visa is not eligible under this
  • Applicant should have an intention to live in Ontario
  • Applicant should have 67 points under FSW eligibility factors