British Columbia PNP invites 506 Candidates in 2 Draws

Key Highlights:

• Overview
• Invitation Subcategories
• BC PNP Draws
• About BC PNP

On Tuesday, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) invited a total of 506 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in two separate draws.

The candidates who received the Invitations to Apply (ITAs) were from BC PNP’s Express Entry BC (EEBC) and Skills Immigration (SI) streams.

Invitation Subcategories

Under the Skills Immigration stream, BC issued invitations to candidates under the Skilled Worker, Entry Level & Semi-Skilled Workers and International Graduate subcategories.

Under the Express Entry BC stream, invitations were issued to candidates from Skilled Worker and International Graduate subcategories.

BC PNP Draws

The BC PNP conducted two separate draws. The first was a general draw which invited the 428 candidates who met the minimum score required under each subcategory.

The second draw focused only on two occupations and invited 78 candidates under them. The occupations selected were Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers (NOC 0621) and Restaurant and Food Service Managers.

About BC PNP

British Columbia’s PNP program seeks to attract skilled professionals overseas who are currently in high demand in the province’s labour market and wish to settle there.

BC’s two streams, Skilled Immigration (SI) and Express Entry BC (EEBC), are managed under its Skilled Immigration Registration System (SIRS).

To apply via SIRS, the candidate must first register an account. After this, they are assigned a score based on various factors like age, education, experience and language proficiency.

Candidates who receive an ITA now have 30 days to submit their filled application through BC’s online portal.