GREAT NEWS FOR COOK & ECE – EXPRESS ENTRY 2025

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has officially announced significant updates to the Express Entry system for 2025 on February 27, 2025. Here are the key points you need to know! 👇

SICON has just checked the draw scores for candidates in the Category-Based Draws, specifically in the Trades category, with a focus on Cooks (63200). The latest draws have shown very low scores, ranging from 425 to 436.

So, if you are working in the Culinary industry (Cooks) or Early Childhood Education (ECE – 42202) and meet the eligibility requirements, contact SICON immediately to open your Express Entry profile and take advantage of this opportunity to become a permanent resident of Canada as soon as possible!

🔥 KEY CHANGES IN EXPRESS ENTRY 2025

✅ New category added: Education
👉 Includes 5 occupations: Early childhood educators and assistants, Elementary school and kindergarten teachers, Secondary school teachers, Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants, Instructors of persons with disabilities.

❌ Category removed: Transport

✅ Updates to existing category-based draws
💼 Several occupations added, while others removed.

✅ Priority Express Entry categories for 2025
📌 4 priority categories for receiving ITAs (Invitation to Apply):
1️⃣ French-language proficiency
2️⃣ Healthcare and Social Services occupations
3️⃣ Trades occupations
4️⃣ Education occupations (New category)

📌 DETAILED LIST OF OCCUPATIONS ADDED OR REMOVED

✅ Healthcare and Social Services – 8 new occupations added

✔️ Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians (NOC 32104)
✔️ Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists (NOC 32123)
✔️ Dental hygienists and dental therapists (NOC 32111)
✔️ Other medical technologists and technicians (NOC 32129)
✔️ Pharmacists (NOC 31120)
✔️ Pharmacy technicians (NOC 32124)
✔️ Social and community service workers (NOC 42201)
✔️ Social workers (NOC 41300)

❌ 6 occupations removed from this category

⛔ Educational counsellors (NOC 41320)
⛔ Instructors of persons with disabilities (NOC 42203)
⛔ Kinesiologists and other professional occupations in therapy and assessment (NOC 31204)
⛔ Other assisting occupations in support of health services (NOC 33109)
⛔ Other practitioners of natural healing (NOC 32209)
⛔ Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists (NOC 32200)

❌ STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) – 19 occupations removed

⛔ Architects (NOC 21200)
⛔ Business systems specialists (NOC 21221)
⛔ Computer and information systems managers (NOC 20012)
⛔ Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) (NOC 21311)
⛔ Computer systems developers and programmers (NOC 21230)
⛔ Data scientists (NOC 21211)
⛔ Database analysts and data administrators (NOC 21223)
⛔ Engineering managers (NOC 20010)
⛔ Information systems specialists (NOC 21222)
⛔ Land surveyors (NOC 21203)
⛔ Landscape Architects (NOC 21201)
⛔ Mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries (NOC 21210)
⛔ Metallurgical and materials engineers (NOC 21322)
⛔ Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants, and program officers (NOC 41400)
⛔ Software developers and programmers (NOC 21232)
⛔ Software engineers and designers (NOC 21231)
⛔ Urban and land use planners (NOC 21202)
⛔ Web designers (NOC 21233)
⛔ Web developers and programmers (NOC 21234)

✅ Trades – 19 new occupations added!

✔️ Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services (NOC 82021)
✔️ Floor covering installers (NOC 73113)
✔️ Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) (NOC 73112)
✔️ Roofers and shinglers (NOC 73110)
✔️ Concrete finishers (NOC 73100)
✔️ Other technical trades and related occupations (NOC 72999)
✔️ Water well drillers (NOC 72501)
✔️ Electrical mechanics (NOC 72422)
✔️ Heavy-duty equipment mechanics (NOC 72401)
✔️ Bricklayers (NOC 72320)
✔️ Cabinetmakers (NOC 72311)
✔️ Gas fitters (NOC 72302)
✔️ Industrial electricians (NOC 72201)
✔️ Sheet metal workers (NOC 72102)
✔️ Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors (NOC 72100)
✔️ Home building and renovation managers (NOC 70011)
✔️ Construction managers (NOC 70010)
✔️ Cooks (NOC 63200)
✔️ Construction estimators (NOC 22303)

❌ 4 occupations removed from this category

⛔ Residential and commercial installers and servicers (NOC 73200)
⛔ Elevator constructors and mechanics (NOC 72406)
⛔ Machine fitters (NOC 72405)
⛔ Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers (NOC 72014)

✅ Agriculture and Agri-food – 2 new occupations added

✔️ Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services (NOC 82031)
✔️ Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors (NOC 82030)

🎯 NEW CATEGORY: EDUCATION 📚

📌 Occupations under this category:
✔️ Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC 43100)
✔️ Instructors of persons with disabilities (NOC 42203)
✔️ Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202)
✔️ Elementary school and kindergarten teachers (NOC 41221)
✔️ Secondary school teachers (NOC 41220)