British Columbia invites 417 candidates in latest PNP draw

The province of British Columbia is a part of the Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] of Canada. 417 immigration candidates have been invited from 5 categories in the latest draw by the BC PNP held on October 13, 2020.

 

Those invited can now apply for a provincial nomination through the BC PNP.

 

An Express Entry candidate successful in securing a nomination gets an additional 600 points towards their Comprehensive Ranking System [CRS] score. Hence, a provincial nomination is a guarantee of the nominee being invited to apply for Canada PR in the next federal Express Entry draw to be held.

 

The previous draw by the BC PNP draw – a Tech Pilot draw – was held on October 6, 2020.

 

In the latest draw, a total of 471 invitations were issued to candidates through the BC PNP streams of Express Entry BC [EEBC] and Skills Immigration [SI]. Generally, the specific number of invitations issued in each of the individual categories is not disclosed by the BC PNP.

 

The minimum score required varied across the categories. By the minimum score is implied the score allotted to an immigration candidate on the successful submission of their profile to the BC PNP’s online portal by registering with the Skills Immigration Registration System [SIRS].

 

Overview of the October 13 BC PNP – 417 invitations issued

 

Category	Minimum Score
EEBC – Skilled Worker	92
EEBC – International Graduate	93
SI – Skilled Worker	93
SI – International Graduate	94
SI – Entry Level and Semi-Skilled	75

 

Certain occupations were excluded from the draw due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the businesses in the province. 31 National Occupational Classification [NOC] codes excluded from the draw –

 

NOC Code	Description
0621	Retail and wholesale trade managers
0631	Restaurant and food service managers
0632	Accommodation service managers
0651	Managers in customer and personal services, n.e.c.
3236	Massage therapists
6211	Retail sales supervisors
6311	Food service supervisors
6313	Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors
6321	Chefs
6322	Cooks
6341	Hairstylists and barbers
6421	Retail salespersons
6511	Maîtres d'hôtel and hosts/hostesses
6512	Bartenders
6513	Food and beverage servers
6521	Travel counsellors
6522	Pursers and flight attendants
6523	Airline ticket and service agents
6524	Ground and water transport ticket agents, cargo service representatives and related clerks
6525	Hotel front desk clerks
6531	Tour and travel guides
6532	Outdoor sport and recreational guides
6533	Casino workers
6562	Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations
6564	Other personal service occupations
6611	Cashiers
6621	Service station attendants
6711	Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations
6721	Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services
6722	Operators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport
6731	Light duty cleaners

 

  As per the BC PNP, “Processing times for 80% of BC PNP applications is 2-3 months from receipt.” BC PNP draws in 2020 so far [I] Skills Immigration and Express Entry draws

 

Date	Invitations issued	Details
January 7, 2020	173	-
January 14, 2020	70	Tech Pilot draw
January 21, 2020	58	Tech Pilot draw
January 28, 2020	284	-
February 4, 2020	85	Tech Pilot draw
February 11, 2020	83	Tech Pilot draw
February 19, 2020	53	Tech Pilot draw
February 27, 2020	290	-
March 3, 2020	80	Tech Pilot draw
March 10, 2020	332	-
March 17, 2020	87	Tech Pilot draw
March 30, 2020	311	Certain occupations excluded.
April 7, 2020	147	Tech Pilot draw
April 16, 2020	271	Certain occupations excluded.
April 21, 2020	91	Tech Pilot draw
April 29, 2020	75	Tech Pilot draw
May 7, 2020	237	Certain occupations excluded.
May 12, 2020	92	Tech Pilot draw
May 19, 2020	170	Certain occupations excluded.
May 26, 2020	133	Tech Pilot draw
June 2, 2020	241	Certain occupations excluded.
June 9, 2020	87	Tech Pilot draw
June 16, 2020	276	Certain occupations excluded.
June 23, 2020	87	Tech Pilot draw
June 30, 2020	314	Certain occupations excluded.
July 7, 2020	57	Tech Pilot draw
July 14, 2020	320	Certain occupations excluded.
July 21, 2020	62	Tech Pilot draw
July 28, 2020	34	Tech Pilot draw
August 7, 2020	437	Certain occupations excluded.
August 11, 2020	52	Tech Pilot draw
August 18, 2020	302	Certain occupations excluded.
August 25, 2020	72	Tech Pilot draw
September 1, 2020	428	Certain occupations excluded.
September 8, 2020	67	Tech Pilot draw
September 15, 2020	407	Certain occupations excluded.
September 22, 2020	74	Tech Pilot draw
September 29, 2020	450	Certain occupations excluded.
October 6, 2020	72	Tech Pilot draw
October 13, 2020	417	Certain occupations excluded.
TOTAL invitations in 2020 so far – 7,378.

 

  [II] Entrepreneur Immigration [EI]

 

Date	Category	Invitations issued
January 14, 2020	EI – Regional Pilot	7
January 14, 2020	EI – Base Category	18
February 4, 2020	EI – Regional Pilot	5
February 4, 2020	EI – Base Category	14
April 6, 2020	EI – Regional Pilot	18
June 2, 2020	EI – Regional Pilot	9
June 2, 2020	EI – Base Category	29
July 28, 2020	EI – Regional Pilot	5
July 28, 2020	EI – Base Category	7
September 1, 2020	EI – Regional Pilot	<5
September 1, 2020	EI – Base Category	6
TOTAL invitations in 2020 so far – 123 approx.

 

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