BC PNP invites 90 in the second Tech Pilot draw of April 2021

The province of British Columbia in Canada has held its third round of invitations this month under the Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] or Canada PNP. While the third BC PNP draw to be held in April 2021, this is the second Tech Pilot draw of the month.

The latest BC PNP Tech Pilot held on April 20, 2021, has invited 90 Canada immigration hopefuls to apply for BC PNP nomination.

The Tech Pilot of the British Columbia PNP is not a separate category or stream as such. Tech Pilot invitations are issued under the existing BC PNP categories of Express Entry BC [EEBC] or Skills Immigration [SI].

The Pilot is for individuals with tech skills applying for Canadian permanent residence and with the potential of contributing to the shared prosperity of the province. The BC PNP Tech Pilot specifically targets 29 key tech occupations.

Those invited can proceed to applying for a provincial nomination through the BC PNP.   Applicants successful in securing a BC PNP nomination can then apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC] for Canada PR.

 

Launched in May 2017, the Tech Pilot of BC has so far been responsible for more than 4,200 tech workers being nominated by the BC PNP for permanent residence in Canada. The Tech Pilot has been extended to June 2021.

 

To be eligible for a PNP nomination by BC under the Tech Pilot, an individual must have a job offer –

• Under any of the 29 occupations,
• For a minimum of 1 year or 365 days, and
• With at least 120 days remaining at the time of applying to the BC PNP.

As per the BC PNP, “Processing times for 80% of BC PNP applications is 2-3 months from receipt. Tech Pilot applications are typically processed in shorter timeframes”.

An Overview of April 20 BC PNP Tech Pilot draw   Total invitations issued: 90
Immigration Streams	Minimum SIRS Score
EEBC – Skilled Worker	80
EEBC – International Graduate	80
SI – Skilled Worker	80
SI – International Graduate	80

Note. Here, by SIRS is implied the Skills Immigration Registration System [SIRS].

Those looking to migrate to Canada under the PNP and settle within British Columbia can begin the process by registering with the SIRS that allots a score – the SIRS score – following an assessment of factors such as wage, job, location of job in BC, education etc.

Weekly invitations are issued to qualified registrants with valid job offers in the 29 key tech occupations.

The BC PNP Tech Pilot provides BC tech employers with the ability for recruiting and retaining international talent wherever local skilled workers are unavailable for the same.

While the EEBC category of the BC PNP is aligned with the federal Express Entry system, the SI category runs independently.

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A PNP nomination, through any of the Express Entry-aligned PNP streams, is a guarantee of that Express Entry candidate being invited by IRCC to apply for their permanent residence in Canada.

PNP nomination = 600 CRS points

 

By ‘CRS’ is implied the Comprehensive Ranking System [CRS] used for ranking Express Entry profiles.

 

British Columbia has issued 3,500+ invitations through the BC PNP so far in 2021.

BC PNP draws in 2021   Total invitations issued so far: 3,531   ·       Skills Immigration [SI] ·       Express Entry [EEBC] ·       Entrepreneur Immigration [EI]
Date	Invitations issued	Categories	Details
January 5, 2021	168	SI and EEBC	Certain occupations excluded.
January 12, 2021	80	SI and EEBC	Tech Pilot draw
January 19, 2021	195	SI and EEBC	Certain occupations excluded.
January 26, 2021	81	SI and EEBC	Tech Pilot draw
February 2, 2021	208	SI and EEBC	Certain occupations excluded.
February 2, 2021	8	EI	Base Category
February 9, 2021	74	SI and EEBC	Tech Pilot draw
February 16, 2021	35	SI and EEBC	Invitations issued only to – ·       NOC 0621: Retail and wholesale trade managers, and ·       NOC 0631: Restaurant and food service managers.   [Note. – This draw was conducted separately.]
	459	SI and EEBC	Temporary suspension on 31 occupations lifted.   Effective February 16, 2021, the BC PNP resumed issuing ITAs to the 31 occupations previously excluded from draws.
February 23, 2021	87	SI and EEBC	Tech Pilot draw
March 2, 2021	26	SI and EEBC	Invitations issued only to – ·       NOC 0621: Retail and wholesale trade managers, and ·       NOC 0631: Restaurant and food service managers.
	418	SI and EEBC	Included the 31 occupations previously excluded due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
March 9, 2021	95	SI and EEBC	Tech Pilot draw
March 16, 2021	78	SI and EEBC	Invitations issued only to – ·       NOC 0621: Retail and wholesale trade managers, and ·       NOC 0631: Restaurant and food service managers.   [Note. – This draw was conducted separately.]
	428	SI and EEBC	-
March 23, 2021	95	SI and EEBC	Tech Pilot draw
March 30, 2021	44	SI and EEBC	Invitations issued only to – ·       NOC 0621: Retail and wholesale trade managers, and ·       NOC 0631: Restaurant and food service managers.   [Note. – This draw was conducted separately.]
	330	SI and EEBC	-
April 6, 2021	80	SI and EEBC	Tech Pilot draw
April 13, 2021	21	SI and EEBC	Invitations issued only to – ·       NOC 0621: Retail and wholesale trade managers, and ·       NOC 0631: Restaurant and food service managers.   [Note. – This draw was conducted separately.]
	420	SI and EEBC	-
	6	EI	Base Category
	5	5	Regional Pilot
April 20, 2021	90	SI and EEBC	Tech Pilot draw

 

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