In-Demand Skills Stream

Job Offer Requirements: The Job being offered must be Full-time in nature meaning that the duties being performed should be for a minimum of 30 hours per week and a minimum of 1560 hours in a year. It must also be a Permanent position with no specified end date. It should not be a contractual or a seasonal hiring and the job offer should not be affecting the employment of an employee who is involved in a Labor dispute with the employer.

In addition, the job offer should be for an eligible job falling in the In-demand New NOC / TEER 4 or 5 Job classification and the pay for that job should be either equal or higher than the Median Wage for that occupation in that specific region. The Job Offer position must be integral to the employer’s business and the employer must be able to maintain or grow the current business after filling in the said position. Needless to mention that the work being done for this position must be primarily occurring in Ontario.

Applicant Requirement: Under this stream, the applicant must have gained at least 9 months of paid full time work experience (working in Ontario) in the same In-demand TEER 4 or 5 occupation under which the Job offer has been received. Also wherever applicable the applicant must have the required licenses or authorization that are considered mandatory for performing that role in that province.

Eligible TEER 4 & 5 Occupations

For Job Offers that are either Inside or Outside of The GTA:

NOC CODE	Occupation
44101	Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations
75110	Construction trades helpers and labourers
84120	Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators
85100	Livestock labourers
85101	Harvesting labourers
85103	Nursery and greenhouse labourers
94141	Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
65202	Meat cutters and fishmongers – retail and wholesale

For Job Offers that are specifically Outside of The GTA:

NOC CODE	Occupation
94100	machine operators, mineral and metal processing
94105	metalworking and forging machine operators
94106	machining tool operators
94107	Machine operators of other metal products
94110	Chemical plant machine operators
95102	Labourers in chemical products processing and utilities
94111	Plastics processing machine operators
94124	Woodworking machine operators
94132	Industrial sewing machine operators
94140	Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
94201	Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
94204	Mechanical assemblers and inspectors
94213	Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators
94219	Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors

The applicant must also be able to demonstrate his/her language abilities in either English or French by way of a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) score of level 4 at least. In addition to this the applicant must have completed a Canadian High School Diploma or its equivalent from any other country.

The applicant must also have a genuine intent to live in Ontario after gaining PR and if applying from within Canada, the applicant must have legal status at the time of applying and must maintain status until the nomination is received.

Employer Requirement: To be considered an eligible employer, the employer’s business operations should have been active within the province of Ontario for at least three years prior to submitting the application. The employer must also show that reasonable efforts were made to hire a Canadian Citizen or a PR before offering the position to this individual and the employer can then hire the applicant either based on a valid work permit that the employee already has or a positive LMIA.

In addition, if the employer’s business location is within The Greater Toronto Are (GTA) then the employer must be able to meet a Gross Annual Revenue of $1,000,000 and must already be hiring five full time employees working at the same location who are either Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents. For a business location that lies outside of The GTA, the Gross Annual Revenue requirement is $500,000 only and the number of employees who are citizens or PRs is also only 3.

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