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BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP)
What is BC PNP?
The BC PNP, or British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program, is an immigration program operated by the province of British Columbia, Canada. It’s designed to attract foreign workers who are in high demand in the province and who wish to become permanent residents of Canada. The program provides a pathway for skilled and semi-skilled workers, as well as entrepreneurs, to settle in British Columbia
1. Skilled Worker
The Skilled Worker stream is for experienced workers in a professional, management, technical, trade or other occupations to gain permanent residence in B.C.
Eligibility
To qualify for this stream, you must:
- Have accepted an indeterminate* (no defined end date), full-time, job offer from a B.C. employer
Your job offer must be classified as NOC TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 - Be qualified to perform the duties of the job
- Have a minimum of two years of full-time (or full-time equivalent) work experience at NOC TEER 0, 1, 2, or 3
- Meet minimum language requirements
- Have a wage offer in line with B.C. wage rates for the occupation
- Show you can support yourself and your dependants
This stream also has an Express Entry BC option.
* Your job offer does not need to be indeterminate if it is in a priority technology occupation or is in NOC 41200 (university professors and lecturers).
2. Health Authority
Eligibility
To qualify for this stream, you must:- Have one of the following:
- An indeterminate* (no defined end date), full-time job offer from a B.C. public health authority
- A letter from a health authority or midwife practice group that confirms that you are a physician, nurse practitioner, or midwife in British Columbia
- Meet the education, training, experience and qualification requirements outlined by the public health authority
3. Entry Level and Semi-Skilled
The Entry Level and Semi-Skilled stream is a way for workers in select occupations in the tourism/hospitality or food processing sectors to gain permanent residence in B.C.
Eligibility
To qualify for this stream, you must:
- Have accepted an indeterminate (no defined end date), full-time job offer from a B.C. employer
- Your occupation must be on the list of eligible occupations for your sector. All ELSS-eligible occupations are classified as NOC TEER 4 or 5
- For the Northeast Development Region of B.C., you may apply if you are working in any NOC TEER category 4 or 5 occupation, other than live-in caregivers
- Have been working full-time for your employer for a minimum of nine consecutive months before registering.
- Be qualified to do the job offered to you, including meeting any certification or registration requirements in B.C.
- Meet minimum language and education requirements
- Have a wage offer in line with B.C. wage rates for the occupation
- Show you can support yourself and your dependants
Eligible ELSS occupations
Occupations in travel and accommodation
64314 Hotel front desk clerks
Tour and recreational guides and casino occupations
64320 Tour and travel guides
64321 Casino workers
64322 Outdoor sport and recreational guides
Occupations in food and beverage service
64300 Maîtres d’hotel and hosts/hostesses
64301 Bartenders
65200 Food and beverage servers
65201 Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations
Cleaners (employed directly by hotels/resorts*)
65210 Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services
65310 Light duty cleaners
65311 Specialized cleaners
65312 Janitors, caretakers and heavy-duty cleaners
Other service occupations (employed directly by hotels/resorts*)
65320 Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations
65329 Other service support occupations
*For the purposes of the BC PNP, a resort is defined as an accommodation facility that is associated with recreational activities. These activities can include skiing, golfing, boating, fishing, biking, swimming, horseback riding, hiking, nature-based or interpretive tours, etc.
Food processing
94140 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
94141 Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
94142 Fish and seafood plant workers
94143 Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
95106 Labourers in food and beverage processing
4. International Graduate
The International Graduate stream is a way for recent graduates with a degree or diploma from an eligible Canadian post-secondary institution to get permanent residence and stay in B.C.
Eligibility
To qualify for this stream, you must:
- Have completed a degree, diploma or certificate from an eligible post-secondary institution in Canada in the past three years
- Have accepted an indeterminate* (no defined end date), full-time job offer from a B.C. employer. The job must be classified as NOC TEER category 1, 2, or 3
- management occupations (NOC TEER 0) are not eligible under this stream
- Be qualified to work in your occupation in B.C.
- Meet minimum language requirements
- Have a wage offer in line with B.C. wage rates for the occupation
- Show you can support yourself and your dependants
5. International Post-Graduate
The International Post-Graduate stream is for recent graduates of an eligible B.C. post-secondary institution with an eligible master’s or doctoral degree. PhD candidates at a public B.C. post-secondary institution may also be eligible.
You do not need a job offer from an employer to apply to this stream.
You do not need to register for this stream. If you meet eligibility requirements, you can apply directly to the BC PNP.
Eligibility
To qualify for this stream, you must have obtained eligible graduate-level education from an eligible program of study at a post-secondary institution in B.C. in the last three years.
Eligible education includes:
- Master’s degrees in an eligible program in the natural, applied or health sciences disciplines from a B.C. post-secondary institution. Please see the BC PNP IPG Programs of Study in Eligible Fields for more information
- Doctoral degrees in any field of study from a public B.C. post-secondary institution
- PhD students in any field of study who have been admitted to candidacy at a public B.C. post-secondary institution
You must also demonstrate that you have the ability and intent to live, work and economically establish in B.C.