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Employer entered the wrong NOC on the OINP employer form — will it affect the nomination?

Canada • Provincial Nominee Program • immigration 0 views
By VisaBuddies Communityvia community — compiled from public visa forums

Documents Needed

  • Letter of Explanation (LOE)

    Used to clarify a clerical NOC error to OINP after submission, when the correct NOC appears consistently in your offer letter and reference letter.

  • Corrected employer form

    OINP can be asked to accept a corrected version if the application hasn't been submitted yet.

Step-by-Step

A wrong NOC entered by an employer on an OINP employer form is a common clerical error, and group members suggested a two-track fix depending on your application stage:

  1. If you haven't submitted yet: contact OINP and have the employer send the corrected form right away, before the file goes in.

  2. If you've already submitted: since the correct NOC is consistent everywhere else (experience letter, job offer letter), you can submit a Letter of Explanation (LOE) clarifying that the employer form contains a typo and pointing OINP to the correct NOC used throughout the rest of the file.


Members who'd been through similar situations described OINP as generally cooperative with this kind of clarification, since it's a documented clerical mismatch rather than a substantive discrepancy in your actual work history.

Dos, Don'ts & Tips

  • Do: If the error is caught before submission, get the employer to resend a corrected form immediately.
  • Do: If already submitted, file a Letter of Explanation pointing to the correct NOC shown consistently in your other documents.

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