British Columbia invites candidates from 7 BC PNP categories

On September 1, 2020, the Canadian province of British Columbia invited 428 immigration candidates from the categories of Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC. About 11 invitations were also issued through the Entrepreneur Immigration category.

Those invited can now apply for a provincial nomination through the BC PNP. After successfully securing a nomination by the province, they can apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC] for permanent residence in Canada.

The previous BC PNP draw was held on August 25, 2020. BC PNP invitations sent on September 1, 2020

Category	No. of invitations issued
Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC	428
Entrepreneur Immigration – Base Category [Minimum score required: 126]	6
Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot [Minimum score required: 128]	Less than 5

Of the 428 invitations that went out to candidates under Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC categories, the minimum score required was –

Category	Minimum Score
EEBC – Skilled Worker	94
EEBC – International Graduate	98
SI – Skilled Worker	94
SI – International Graduate	98
SI – Entry Level and Semi-Skilled	76

The number of invitations that go out to each of the individual streams under the Skills Immigration and Express Entry categories are generally not disclosed by the BC PNP.

Certain National Occupational Classification [NOC] codes were excluded from the latest BC PNP Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC draw due to the “impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on BC businesses”.

31 NOC codes NOT included in the September 1 BC PNP Skills Immigration and Express Entry draw –

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	6731

BC PNP categories in the draw

Express Entry BC, also referred to as EEBC, is for those immigration candidates that have a valid profile in the federal government of Canada’s Express Entry system.

To receive an invitation by the BC PNP through the EEBC, an immigration candidate would have to be registered with the British Columbia’s Skills Immigration Registration System [SIRS] as well as the federal Express Entry system.

Skills Immigration, or SI, is for skilled as well as semi-skilled workers that are in occupations in high demand in British Columbia. SI candidates only have to be registered with the SIRS.

Entrepreneur Immigration – Base Category: business managers or senior managers planning to invest in a business in the province of British Columbia. The candidates must also intend actively managing their BC business on a day-to-day basis.

Entrepreneur Immigration – Regional Pilot: specifically designed for attracting new businesses to the regional and comparatively smaller communities in British Columbia.

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