Ministerial Instructions 56 (MI56): Amendments to the National Occupation Classification for the Caregiver Program, Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot and Agri-food Pilot

Effective November 16, 2022, new Ministerial Instructions were issued to amend the:

• Ministerial Instructions respecting the Express Entry system that came into effect on July 26, 2022;
• Ministerial Instructions (MI32): Caregiver Program that came into effect on June 18, 2019;
• Ministerial Instructions (MI33): Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot that came into effect on September 1, 2019; and
• Ministerial Instructions (MI35): Agri-Food Pilot that came into effect on May 15, 2020.

These Instructions amend references to the National Occupational Classification 2016 with corresponding references to the National Occupational Classification 2021, the nationally-recognized taxonomy of occupations used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to determine the occupational eligibility criteria for these immigration pathways.

Read the full text of MI56.