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British Columbia will keep excluding 31 NOCs from BCPNP draws

Sep 1, 2020
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British Columbia will keep excluding 31 NOCs from BCPNP draws

On August 31, 2020, the government of the province announced that it will keep the temporary policy of exclusion of 31 NOCs from participation in the BCPNP draws. Beginning March 30, the following 31 NOCs were banned from BCPNP: 0621, 0631, 0632, 0651, 3236, 6211, 6311, 6313, 6321, 6322, 6341, 6421, 6511, 6512, 6513, 6521, 6522, 6523, 6524, 6525, 6531, 6532, 6533, 6562, 6564, 6611, 6621, 6711, 6721, 6722, and 6731. According to the officials, all those NOCs are in tourism, ho

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320 candidates got an invitation from British Columbia

Jul 15, 2020
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320 candidates got an invitation from British Columbia

On July 14, 2020, the government of British Columbia conducted a new round of invitations in the Skills Immigration (SI) and Express Entry British Columbia (EEBC) categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP). BC invited 320 candidates to apply for a nomination. The lowest scores in this draw again reduced: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 98 Skills Immigration - International Graduate 98 (-2 points) Skills Immigration - Entry Level and Semi-Skilled

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British Columbia invited 87 Tech Pilot candidates

Jun 24, 2020
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British Columbia invited 87 Tech Pilot candidates

On June 23, 2020, British Columbia held a new draw in the Tech Pilot of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). This time, the province distributed 87 invitations in four categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker, Skills Immigration - International Graduate, Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker, and Express Entry British Columbia - International Graduate. The lowest score in all categories has dropped by from 82 points to 80 points. In total

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British Columbia invited new candidates to apply for the nomination

Jun 17, 2020
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British Columbia invited new candidates to apply for the nomination

On June 16, 2020, British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program invited 276 candidates in the new draw in the Skills Immigration (SI) and Express Entry British Columbia (EEBC) categories. The lowest scores in the EEBC category have somewhat reduced: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 100 Skills Immigration - International Graduate 100 Skills Immigration - Entry Level and Semi-Skilled 80 (-1 point) Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker 100 (-5 points) Express Entry Br

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Despite Covid-19, BC held the largest draw in the Tech Pilot

Mar 18, 2020
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Despite Covid-19, BC held the largest draw in the Tech Pilot

On March 17, 2020, British Columbia held a new round in the BC Tech Pilot of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). In the new draw, the provincial authorities invited 87 registrants in four categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker, Skills Immigration - International Graduate, Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker, and Express Entry British Columbia - International Graduate. This was the largest draw in the Tech Pilot since it’s launch. The

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BCPNP issued ITAs to 413 registrants in the new round

Oct 30, 2019
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BCPNP issued ITAs to 413 registrants in the new round

On October 29, 2019, British Columbia conducted a new round of invitations under the Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). The province invited 413 candidates to apply for the provincial nomination. The scores of this round slightly decreased in three streams: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 93 (-1 point) Skills Immigration - International Graduate 100 (+1 point) Skills Immigration - E

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British Columbia invited 277 candidates in the new draw

Oct 16, 2019
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British Columbia invited 277 candidates in the new draw

On October 15, 2019, the government of British Columbia held a new draw under Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). This time, 277 candidates received invitations to apply for the provincial nomination. The scores of this round slightly increased for all categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 94 (+2 points) Skills Immigration - International Graduate 99 (+2 points) Skills Immigrat

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BC invited a new batch of Tech Pilot candidates

Oct 9, 2019
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BC invited a new batch of Tech Pilot candidates

On October 8, 2019, British Columbia conducted a new invitation round in the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Tech Pilot. In this round, BC invited 64 candidates in four categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker, Skills Immigration - International Graduate, Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker, and Express Entry British Columbia - International Graduate. The lowest score in all four categories traditionally was 90 points. This year, Britis

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British Columbia fights against the immigration fraud

Oct 4, 2019
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British Columbia fights against the immigration fraud

On October 3, 2019, British Columbia added a special page about the immigration fraud and scams to the website of the BC PNP. The goal of this page is to help prospective immigrants protect themselves from immigration fraud over the internet, email, and telephone. The page consists of details about the many types of immigration scams noticed by the government and informs how to detect and avoid them. https://www.welcomebc.ca/Immigrate-to-B-C/B-C-Provincial-Nominee-Program/Imm

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In the new round, BC invited 402 candidates under the BCPNP

Oct 2, 2019
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In the new round, BC invited 402 candidates under the BCPNP

On October 1, 2019, the immigration authorities of British Columbia held a new draw under Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). 402 candidates received invitations to apply for the provincial nomination in this round. The scores of this round did not change except for the Entry Level and Semi-Skilled workers: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 92 Skills Immigration - International Graduat

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BC issued invitations to apply to 65 Tech Pilot candidates

Sep 25, 2019
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BC issued invitations to apply to 65 Tech Pilot candidates

On September 24, 2019, British Columbia held a new draw in the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Tech Pilot. In this round, the provincial immigration authorities invited 65 candidates in four categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker, Skills Immigration - International Graduate, Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker, and Express Entry British Columbia - International Graduate. The lowest score in all four categories traditionally was 90 poi

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British Columbia breaks a new record in the new draw

Sep 4, 2019
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British Columbia breaks a new record in the new draw

On September 3, 2019, British Columbia has set a new record of the number of invitations issued in one round. In the last draw, the province invited 527 candidates, while in the new round 546 registrants under Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) program received invitations. The large intake has reduced the lowest scores in all categories, except the Entry Level and Semi-Skilled workers:

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The largest draw in BCPNP: 527 ITAs in the new round

Aug 21, 2019
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The largest draw in BCPNP: 527 ITAs in the new round

On August 20, 2019, British Columbia held the largest draw in 2019 for candidates under Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) program. The total number of candidates invited in this round is 527. The large draw dropped the lowest scores in all categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 95 Skills Immigration - International Graduate 100 Skills Immigration - Entry Level and Semi-Skilled

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British Columbia issued 238 invitations in the new round of BCPNP

Aug 7, 2019
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British Columbia issued 238 invitations in the new round of BCPNP

On August 6, 2019, British Columbia held a new draw for candidates under Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) program. The total number of candidates invited in this round is 238. The lowest scores for SI - Skilled Worker decreased for 1 point, while for EEBC - Skilled Worker – for 6 points. The scores in the other categories remained unchanged: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker 100 Skil

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British Columbia invited 191 candidates in the BCPNP

Jul 24, 2019
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British Columbia invited 191 candidates in the BCPNP

On July 23, 2019, British Columbia held a new round of invitations for candidates under Express Entry British Columbia and Skilled Immigrant categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) program. The total number of invitations issued in this round is 191. The lowest scores in all categories have increased: Skilled Immigrant - Skilled Worker 101 Skilled Immigrant - International Graduate 105 Skilled Immigrant - Entry Level and Semi-Skilled 80 Express

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British Columbia invited 73 Tech Pilot candidates

Jul 18, 2019
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British Columbia invited 73 Tech Pilot candidates

On July 16, 2019, British Columbia held a new draw for the candidates in the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Tech Pilot. This program is designed for the top talented foreign specialists in 29 technology occupations which are in-demand in British Columbia. In this round, BC PNP issued 73 invitations in four categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker, Skills Immigration - International Graduate, Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker, and Exp

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British Columbia invited 25 entrepreneurs in two streams

Jun 17, 2019
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British Columbia invited 25 entrepreneurs in two streams

On June 13, 2019, British Columbia issued 20 invitations to apply to the candidates under Entrepreneur Immigration stream and 5 invitations to the candidates under Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot. The lowest score for the candidates in the Base Category was 117, while in the Regional Pilot – 118. Both streams aimed to attract foreign entrepreneur into British Columbia via the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) program. BCPNP invited 106 entrepreneur

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British Columbia issued 274 invitations

Jun 5, 2019
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British Columbia issued 274 invitations

On June 4, 2019, British Columbia issued a new batch of invitations to apply to the candidates under Express Entry British Columbia and Skilled Immigrant categories of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) program. The total number of invitations issued in this round is 274. The lowest scores in the categories were: Skilled Immigrant - Skilled Worker 95 Skilled Immigrant - International Graduate 100 Skilled Immigrant - Entry Level and Semi-Skilled 75 Expres

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Eight more communities joined the Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot

May 28, 2019
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Eight more communities joined the Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot

On May 24, 2019, British Columbia announced about new communities that joined the Entrepreneur Immigration - Regional Pilot program. Those communities are: 100 Mile House, Campbell River, Clinton, Columbia-Shuswap Regional District (Sorrento and Electoral Area C, Falkland and Electoral Area D, Malakwa and Electoral Area E, Scotch Creek and Electoral Area F), McBride, Penticton, Salmon Arm, Thompson-Nicola Regional District (Area I – Spences Bridge, Area M – Nicola Valley Nort

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BC PNP launches the Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot

Mar 15, 2019
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BC PNP launches the Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot

On March 14, 2019, British Columbia has officially launched the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot. The pilot is focused on attracting entrepreneurs from around the world to establish businesses in regional communities. This will help meet the communities’ economic development needs and encourage investments outside urban areas. Over 30 communities have joined the pilot. To be eligible to participate, the community must have settl

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