Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will be transitioning to the 2021 version of the National Occupation Classification (NOC) system today, a change that has been in the works since the announcement on July 27. This move will cause shifts in eligibility for some of Canada’s 100+ immigration programs, including Express Entry

1. Express Entry candidates will be impacted by NOC
changes implemented.

2. Immigration, Refugees and
Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
will be transitioning to
the 2021 version of the
National Occupation
Classification (NOC) system
today, a change that has been
in the works since
the announcement on July 27.
This move will cause shifts in
eligibility for some of
Canada’s 100+ immigration
programs, including Express
Entry

3.  Key note about selection factor points for the
FSWP
 The points given for selection factors as part of
the Federal Skilled Workers Program (FSWP) will
now follow the updated Skill Type/Level
chart introduced with the NOC 2021 system.

4. Occupational eligibility changes coming for Express Entry with
move to NOC 2021
 With the transition to NOC 2021, 16 occupations will
become newly eligible for Express Entry, while three
occupations become ineligible. The three newly
ineligible occupations will remain eligible for
programs with broader occupational eligibility
criteria, such as some streams of the Provincial
Nominee Program (PNP).
 16 newly eligible occupations:
 Payroll administrators
 Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants.

5.  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

6.  Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit
operators
 Heavy equipment operators
 Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors
 Three newly ineligible occupations:
 Other performers
 Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport,
and fitness
 Tailors, dressmakers, furriers, and milliners

7. Next steps based on your personal
situation
 Depending on where an individual candidate is in
their Express Entry journey, IRCC requires different
actions in accordance with the switch to NOC 2021.
 Firstly, those who have not yet submitted an Express
Entry profile but plan to do so on or after today’s
switch will be required to find and submit their
occupation’s code in line with the NOC 2021 when
filling out the profile.

8.  Meanwhile, candidates who have submitted a profile but
have not received an Invitation to Apply (ITA) have
different instructions from IRCC. In this case, candidates
will need to update their submitted Express Entry profile
any time after the changes are implemented tomorrow.
This will require the individual to search the NOC 2021
list on the Employment and Social Development
Canada (ESDC) website and update their profile with
their TEER category and five-digit occupation code.
 Finally, anyone who got their ITA prior to November 16
must submit their Express Entry application using NOC
2016 (using the NOC code provided at the time of
receipt).

9. THANK YOU