UPDATE: Transition to National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021
November 17, 2022
No Express Entry Draw This Week – Problems With New NOC 2021
December 9, 2022
Cassandra Fultz, RCIC-IRB
Foreign Nationals In 16 Occupations Now Eligible To Apply Through Express Entry
Starting November 16, 2022 the old 2016 NOC transitions to the new NOC 2021 version which also changes the occupations that are now eligible for Express Entry.
Foreign nationals with work experience in the following 16 occupations are now eligible to apply through Express Entry. The codes from the NOC 2016 and the new ones from NOC 2021 from the available occupations are down below:
| OCCUPATION |
OLD NOC CODE
|
OCCUPATION | NEW NOC CODE |
| Payroll administrators | 1432 | Payroll administrators
|
13102 |
| Dental assistants
Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants |
3411
3223
|
Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants
|
33100 |
| Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates | 3413 | Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
|
33102 |
| Other medical technologists and technicians (except dental health) | 3219 | Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
|
33103 |
| Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants | 4413 | Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants
|
41220 |
| Sheriffs and bailiffs
|
4421 | Sheriffs and bailiffs
|
43200 |
| Correctional service officers
|
4422 | Correctional service officers
|
43201 |
| By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers, n.e.c. | 4423 | By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers
|
22231 |
| Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations | 6562 | Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations
|
63211 |
| Residential and commercial installers and servicers | 7441 | Residential and commercial installers and servicers
|
73200 |
| Pest controllers and fumigators | 7444 | Pest controllers and fumigators
|
73202 |
| Other repairers and servicers
|
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| Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators |
7305
7512 |
Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators
Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators |
72024
73301 |
| Heavy equipment operators (except crane)
Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews |
7521
7302 |
Heavy equipment operators
|
73400 |
| Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors
|
9521 | Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors
|
93200 |
The list for the new 16 Occupations for foreign nationals that can now apply for Express Entry is as follows:
- Payroll administrators
- Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants
- Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
- Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
- Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants
- Sheriffs and bailiffs
- Correctional service officers
- By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers
- Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations
- Residential and commercial installers and servicers
- Pest controllers and fumigators
- Other repairers and servicers
- Transport truck drivers
- Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators
- Heavy equipment operators
- Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors
But there are occupations also that are no longer available to foreign nationals to apply for Express Entry:
- Other performers
- Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness
- Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners
These occupations no longer available for Express Entry are still eligible for certain programs with broader work experience criteria, such as some streams of the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).
Contact us if you have questions about the new NOC 2021 TEER system and how it impacts your Express Entry profile and PR application.
