511 Express Entry Applicants Receive Notification Of Interest from Ontario

On February 27th, 2018, the Province of Ontario handed out 511 Notifications of Interest under their Express Entry – Human Capital Priorities Stream. This round of Notifications of Interests included those with a Comprehensive Ranking System Score between 441 and 433.

This program requires applicants to have a valid Express Entry profile with the ICCRC, a valid Job Seeker code, a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree as well as a Comprehensive Ranking System score of 400 points or higher. In previous years, those who met the minimum criteria were automatically sent a Notification of Interest. During 2018 Ontario will be handing out Notifications of Interest in batches to avoid a processing backlog. Applicants cannot apply to the Ontario Express Entry – Human Capital Priorities Stream without first receiving a Notification of Interest.

During the course of 2018, Ontario will be handing out 6,600 Provincial Nominations through its various programs, including the Express Entry – Human Capital Priorities Stream.

Those with an eligible profile and a Comprehensive Ranking System Score within the qualifying threshold may not receive a Notification of Interest as the Province is handing out limited numbers of Notification of Interest in each batch, which cannot accommodate everyone within that scoring bracket. The Province has not released any further information on how they are choosing who is receiving a Notification of Interest in each round, such as if they are looking at occupation code.

To date, they have issued the following Notifications of Interest for 2018:

• February 27th, 2018 – 511 Notifications of Interest to applicants with a Comprehensive Ranking System Score between 441 and 433
• February 12th, 2018 – 488 Notifications of Interest to applicants with a Comprehensive Ranking System Score between 441 and 435
• February 8th, 2018 – 89 Notifications of Interest to applications with a Comprehensive Ranking System Score between 444 and 433
• January 25th, 2018 – 380 Notifications of Interest to applications with a Comprehensive Ranking System Score between 444 and 433
• January 23rd, 2018 – 340 Notifications of Interest to applications with a Comprehensive Ranking System Score between 440 and 446