British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP)

Located on the western coast, British Columbia is one of the key provinces of Canada. It is a prosperous province and a key contributor to the Canadian GDP and economy. The province is popular for its cultural diversity and excellent infrastructure. The Victoria is the capital of British Columbia with Vancouver as the largest city of the province and one of the world’s best.

The BCPNP (British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program) is the PNP of the province of British Columbia. Through BCPNP, the province selects the appropriate candidates, which suites its labour market and economy the best. The selected candidates under BCPNP become eligible to receive a nomination certificate, enabling them for the permanent residency in British Columbia, Canada. The BCPNP is known for faster processing time.

What are the key categories of BCPNP?

There are two primary streams of BCPNP:

Skills Immigration

One can segregate the Skills Immigration of BCPNP in two of the below categories:

• Skilled Worker Category: This category is for the eligible Canadian job offer in a skilled occupation. Under this category, the overseas workers are likely to have many years of experience in their respective skilled occupations.
• Health Care Professional Category: You can apply under this category provided you have experience and eligible job offers in health care, i.e. as a physician, psychiatric nurse, nurse, or allied health professionals, etc. An applicant needs to have a valid job offer in one among the 11 qualifying health occupations in BC.
• International Graduate Category: This is for the people who have done graduation from an eligible Canadian college or university in the past two years. You need a job offer from an employer in BC to be eligible under this sub-category.
• International Post-Graduate Category: This particular category is for the graduates with Masters or Doctoral degrees from an eligible institution in BC in the natural, applied, or health sciences programs of study. The essential advantage of this program is that No job offer is required to apply under this sub-category.
• Entry Level and Semi-Skilled Worker Category: This category is for the workers, who are in certain entry-level or semi-skilled positions in the industries or occupations, such as, food processing, tourism/hospitality, or long-haul trucking, or those in entry-level or semi-skilled positions employed in the Northeast Development Region of British Columbia.

The SIRS of British Columbia PNP is an EOI based system like Express Entry, which provides points to the applicants and subsequently launches intervallic draws to select the applicants with the best score.

The key categories of SIRS system are as follows:

• Skills Immigration – Skilled Worker
• Skills Immigration – International Graduate
• Express Entry BC – Skilled Worker
• Express Entry BC – International Graduate
• Skills Immigration – Northeast Pilot Project
• Skills Immigration – Entry Level and Semi-Skilled

Express Entry British Columbia

The Express Entry stream of BC permits the eligible candidates to prioritize their BC PNP application and permanent residence application upon selection in the BCPNP. The express entry has this particular stream of BCPNP to select candidates for BC.

Express Entry British Columbia process below categories:

• Skilled Worker Category
• Health Care Professional Category
• International Graduate Category
• International Post-Graduate Category

Entrepreneur Immigration

This particular stream is for the people who want to invest and settle in British Columbia, Canada. The candidates selected under this stream become eligible for Canadian permanent residency. This stream has two main categories:

• Entrepreneur Category: This particular category is for business owners or the senior managers, who wish to invest in a planned business in the province of British Columbia.
• Strategic Projects Category: This particular category is for the overseas controlled organizations, to allow them to establish an operation in the province of British Columbia. This program can nominate up to five people for permanent residence in the province, including overseas managerial rank, professionals, or technical staff members.

Also read: What is the Express Entry Program?

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