Ontario Issues ITAs To Foreign Workers & International Students 

Ontario issues ITAs to foreign workers & international students, i.e., Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) held five draws on August 28. 

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program issued a total of 468 invitations to apply to applicants with job offers in specific parts of Ontario. 

Invitations were issued to foreign workers as well as international students with job offers in Northern Ontario, along with applicants who qualify for the Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) pilot under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student, or In-Demand Skills stream.

All draws considered profiles created between July 2, 2025, and August 28, 2025. 

Details on the draws are given below.

Applicants In Northern Ontario  

On August 28, OINP targeted invitations to apply to applicants in the Expression of Interest (EOI) system who qualified for the Foreign Worker or International Student stream. 

In order to be eligible, applicants needed a job offer in Northern Ontario and had to be residing in Canada. 

Northern Ontario comprises the following divisions: Muskoka, Haliburton, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Greater Sudbury, Timiskaming, Cochrane, Algoma, Thunder Bay, Rainy River, and Kenora.

Apart from having a score higher than the minimum listed above, applicants also needed to have a job offer in one of the following National Occupational Classification codes: 

• NOC 10019 – Other administrative services managers.
• NOC 10022 – Advertising, marketing & public relations managers.
• NOC 10029 – Other business services managers.
• NOC 11100 – Financial auditors and accountants.
• NOC 11101 – Financial and investment analysts.
• NOC 11102 – Financial advisors.
• NOC 11109 – Other financial officers.
• NOC 11200 – Human resources professionals.
• NOC 11202 – Professional occupations in advertising, marketing, & public relations.
• NOC 12101 – Human resources & recruitment officers.
• NOC 12102 – Procurement & purchasing agents and officers.
• NOC 12103 – Conference and event planners.
• NOC 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers.
• NOC 13100 – Administrative officers.
• NOC 13102 – Payroll administrators.
• NOC 13110 – Administrative assistants.
• NOC 13201 – Production and transportation logistics coordinators.
• NOC 20010 – Engineering managers.
• NOC 21102 – Geoscientists and oceanographers.
• NOC 21221 – Business systems specialists.
• NOC 21222 – Information systems specialists.
• NOC 21223 – Database analysts and data administrators.
• NOC 21230 – Computer systems developers and programmers.
• NOC 21233 – Web designers.
• NOC 21234 – Web developers and programmers.
• NOC 21300 – Civil engineers.
• NOC 21301 – Mechanical engineers.
• NOC 21310 – Electrical and electronics engineers.
• NOC 22100 – Chemical technologists and technicians.
• NOC 22101 – Geological & mineral technologists and technicians.
• NOC 22210 – Architectural technologists and technicians.
• NOC 22212 – Drafting technologists and technicians.
• NOC 22213 – Land survey technologists and technicians.
• NOC 22214 – Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology.
• NOC 22220 – Computer network and web technicians.
• NOC 22221 – User support technicians.
• NOC 22232 – Occupational health and safety specialists.
• NOC 22233 – Construction inspectors.
• NOC 22301 – Mechanical engineering technologists & technicians.
• NOC 22302 – Industrial engineering & manufacturing technologists and technicians.
• NOC 22303 – Construction estimators.
• NOC 22310 – Electrical and electronics engineering technologists & technicians.
• NOC 22311 – Electronic service technicians (household as well as business equipment).
• NOC 22312 – Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics.
• NOC 30010 – Managers in health care.
• NOC 31101 – Specialists in surgery.
• NOC 31102 – General practitioners and family physicians.
• NOC 31202 – Physiotherapists.
• NOC 31301 – Registered nurses & registered psychiatric nurses.
• NOC 32100 – Opticians.
• NOC 32101 – Licensed practical nurses.
• NOC 32109 – Other technical occupations in therapy & assessment.
• NOC 32111 – Dental hygienists and dental therapists.
• NOC 33100 – Dental assistants & dental laboratory assistants.
• NOC 33101 – Medical laboratory assistants & related technical occupations.
• NOC 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies, & patient service associates.
• NOC 33109 – Other assisting professions in support of health services.
• NOC 41220 – Secondary school teachers.
• NOC 41301 – Therapists in counselling & related specialized therapies.
• NOC 41405 – Education policy researchers, consultants, & program officers.
• NOC 42200 – Paralegals and related occupations.
• NOC 42201 – Social and community service workers.
• NOC 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants.
• NOC 42203 – Instructors of persons with disabilities.
• NOC 43202 – By-law enforcement & other regulatory officers.
• NOC 52113 – Audio and video recording technicians.
• NOC 52120 – Graphic designers and illustrators.
• NOC 70010 – Construction managers.
• NOC 70012 – Facility operation and maintenance managers.
• NOC 72011 – Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades & telecommunications occupations.
• NOC 72013 – Contractors & supervisors, carpentry trades.
• NOC 72014 – Contractors & supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers, & servicers.
• NOC 72100 – Machinists & machining and tooling inspectors.
• NOC 72200 – Electricians (except industrial and power systems).
• NOC 72201 – Industrial electricians.
• NOC 72205 – Telecommunications equipment installation & cable television service technicians.
• NOC 72310 – Carpenters.
• NOC 72321 – Insulators.
• NOC 72401 – Heavy-duty equipment mechanics.
• NOC 72404 – Aircraft mechanics & aircraft inspectors.
• NOC 72410 – Automotive service technicians, truck & bus mechanics, and mechanical repairers.
• NOC 72411 – Auto body collision, refinishing, & glass technicians and damage repair estimators.
• NOC 72422 – Electrical mechanics.
• NOC 72429 – Other small engine & small equipment repairers.
• NOC 72600 – Air pilots, flight engineers, & flying instructors.
• NOC 73100 – Concrete finishers.
• NOC 73111 – Glaziers.
• NOC 73201 – General building maintenance workers & building superintendents.
• NOC 73209 – Other repairers and servicers.
• NOC 73400 – Heavy equipment operators.
• NOC 92100 – Power engineers & power systems operators.
• NOC 92101 – Water & waste treatment plant operators.

REDI Applicants

As Ontario issues ITAs to foreign workers & international students, let us discuss further about REDI applicants. 

On August 28, 2025, Ontario issued 138 targeted invitations through the Expression of Interest system to applicants who might qualify for the REDI pilot under the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker, International Student, or In-Demand Skills stream. 

These draws targeted the applicants with job offers in the following Ontario communities: Lambton, Lanark, Leeds, and Grenville. 

REDI is a one-year initiative that will run until December 31, 2025. It offers a pathway to PR for applicants with a job offer in specific Ontario communities. 

Applicants under the Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream only obtained an invitation if they had a score of 34 & above, and a job offer in one of the following NOC codes: 

• NOC 44101 – Home support workers, housekeepers, and related occupations.
• NOC 74203 – Other automotive mechanical installers and servicers.
• NOC 75101 – Material handlers.
• NOC 75110 – Construction trades helpers and labourers.
• NOC 84120 – Specialized livestock workers & farm machinery operators.
• NOC 94100 – Machine operators, mineral and metal processing.
• NOC 94106 – Machining tool operators.
• NOC 94111 – Plastics processing machine operators.
• NOC 94140 – Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing.
• NOC 94201 – Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors, and testers.
• NOC 95100 – Labourers in mineral and metal processing.
• NOC 95106 – Labourers in food & beverage processing.

Meanwhile, applicants in the Foreign Worker and International Student streams only obtained invitations if they met the minimum score requirement and had a job offer in the following NOC codes: 

• NOC 10019 – Other administrative services managers.
• NOC 10022 – Advertising, marketing & public relations managers.
• NOC 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers.
• NOC 13100 – Administrative officers.
• NOC 13102 – Payroll administrators.
• NOC 13110 – Administrative assistants.
• NOC 13200 – Customs, ship, and other brokers.
• NOC 21231 – Software engineers and designers.
• NOC 21234 – Web developers and programmers.
• NOC 22212 – Drafting technologists and technicians.
• NOC 22213 – Land survey technologists and technicians.
• NOC 22220 – Computer network and web technicians.
• NOC 22221 – User support technicians.
• NOC 30010 – Managers in health care.
• NOC 31103 – Veterinarians.
• NOC 31301 – Registered nurses & registered psychiatric nurses.
• NOC 32101 – Licensed practical nurses.
• NOC 32109 – Other technical occupations in therapy & assessment.
• NOC 32124 – Pharmacy technicians.
• NOC 33100 – Dental assistants & dental laboratory assistants.
• NOC 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies, & patient service associates.
• NOC 42201 – Social and community service workers.
• NOC 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants.
• NOC 72010 – Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping, & erecting trades and related occupations.
• NOC 72014 – Contractors & supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers, and servicers.
• NOC 72100 – Machinists & machining and tooling inspectors.
• NOC 72310 – Carpenters.
• NOC 72311 – Cabinetmakers.
• NOC 72410 – Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics, and mechanical repairers.
• NOC 72422 – Electrical mechanics.
• NOC 72999 – Other technical trades and related occupations.
• NOC 82030 – Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors.
• NOC 92012 – Supervisors, food and beverage processing.

Ontario’s New EOI System 

As Ontario issues ITAs to foreign workers & international students, let’s discuss about the province’s new EOI system. 

Well, as of July 2, 2025, Ontario requires all applications for the approval of an employment position under the Employer Job Offer streams to be submitted through the Employer Portal. 

This new EOI system marks a shift from an applicant-led process to an employer-led process for OINP’s Employer Job Offer streams. 

Only applicants whose employers have filed a job offer via the portal and successfully registered an Expression of Interest have been considered in the above draws. 

Applicants who submitted their EOIs before July 2 must work with employers to re-initiate the EOIs. 

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