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Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations of the BC PNP Tech Pilot. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations of the BC PNP Tech Pilot. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC and Entrepreneur Immigration Invitations Issued

On April 13, 2021, the BC PNP issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories, and to Entrepreneur Immigration Base and Regional Pilot registrants. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide and to the Entrepreneur Immigration Program Guides.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Service Outage Notice: Monday April 12, 2021

The BCPNP Online application system will not be available on April 12, 2021 from 7:30am (PT) to 11:00am (PT) due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

BC PNP extends the Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot for 3 years

The BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration (EI) Regional Pilot has been extended until March 31, 2024.

The EI Regional Pilot was introduced in March 2019 to support economic growth in smaller regional centres of B.C. and is an innovative collaboration between regional communities and the provincial government. Over the past two years, it has demonstrated its ability to attract entrepreneurs from around the world and to contribute to regional economic development needs, despite the impacts of COVID-19.

With travel restrictions still in effect, communities across B.C. may have other priorities and are unable to focus on the EI Regional Pilot. This extension will help communities welcome new entrepreneurs to their regions, and be well positioned to support recovery post-pandemic.

In total, 65 communities enrolled in the initial pilot phase. Many will receive new entrepreneurs in their communities once international travel restrictions are lifted.

For up-to-date information, please check this News page regularly.

General information can be found on the EI Regional Pilot page.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations of the BC PNP Tech Pilot. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Service Outage Notice: Wednesday, March 24, 2021

The BCPNP Online application system will not be available on March 24, 2021 from 6:00am (PT) to 8:00am (PT) due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations of the BC PNP Tech Pilot. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

On March 2, 2021, the BC PNP issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

On February 23, 2021, the BC PNP issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations of the BC PNP Tech Pilot. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

Temporary suspensions for 31 occupations lifted

Effective February 16, 2021 the BC PNP resumed issuing invitations to apply (ITA) to the 31 occupations previously excluded from receiving invitations.
 
To balance the need across all sectors of the provincial labour market, a separate draw has been conducted for Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers (NOC 0621) and Restaurant and Food Service Managers (NOC 0631) as both occupations have a high number of registrants within the BC PNP Skills Immigration Registration System.
 
Those who receive an ITA must demonstrate that they have met, and continue to meet, all program and category requirements at the time of registration and application.
 
We will continue to monitor and adjust the program requirements as needed, ensuring that we do not lose sight of our long-term objectives and the role immigration plays to support quality economic growth throughout B.C.
 
For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations of the BC PNP Tech Pilot. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC and Entrepreneur Immigration Invitations Issued

The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories, and to Entrepreneur Immigration Base registrants. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide and to the Entrepreneur Immigration Program Guides.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Temporary amendment to the in-class learning requirement for international students 

The BC PNP is temporarily amending the online learning requirement for the international student categories. This will allow learning to be online, with 50% of studies or more from within Canada. This is a temporary change in response to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We will continue to review this and other policies to determine if changes are appropriate.

For more information about this policy and other temporary measures introduced due to COVID-19, please visit the COVID-19 Updates page. You can also refer to the BC PNP Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide - Addendum on the Documents page.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations of the BC PNP Tech Pilot. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

On January 19, 2021, the BC PNP issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide. 

Review of 31 Occupations Excluded from Invitations to Apply

On March 30, 2020, the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) temporarily suspended issuing invitations to apply (ITA) for individuals in 31 tourism, hospitality, retail and personal services occupations. The temporary measure was in response to widespread unemployment in these sectors resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

We have received questions regarding the status of these exclusions given a previous posting that the suspensions would continue for the remainder of 2020.

A review of labour market information and other factors related to the excluded occupations is underway. We will post new information on this News page, together with links to other related resources.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

On January 12, 2021, the BC PNP has issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations of the BC PNP Tech Pilot. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Skills Immigration & Express Entry BC Invitations Issued

The BC PNP issued invitations to apply to qualified registrants in Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories. Please refer to the Invitations to Apply page for a full breakdown of minimum scores and total invitations issued. 

For more information on the invitation and application process, please refer to the Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Program Guide.