British Columbia has held a draw on December 1, 2020, and the candidates have been invited to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence.

The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) has issued 68 invitations through the following streams:

• Express Entry BC (EEBC)

• Skills Immigration (SI)

The applicants were invited under the following subcategories:

• Skilled Worker

• International Graduate

The invited candidates are required to have a valid job offer in the eligible tech occupations. The minimum score for the successful candidates was 80. The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) has issued 11 invitations through the Entrepreneur Immigration stream. The minimum score requirement for this draw was 121.

The candidates must be registered through the federal Express Entry System and British Columbia’s Skills Immigration Registration System to receive the invitation for Express Entry British Columbia.

The Express Entry system is a federal’s government based application system. The candidates registered in this portal or system are assessed and given points on various selection factors of age, education, work experience, and language proficiency in either English or French.

The candidates having a profile in provincial nomination receive an additional 600 scores in their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score.

The British Columbia PNP (BC PNP) has held the 25 technical draws since January, and the minimum scores dropping from 90 to 80 points have remained constant. It is important to know that BC regularly invites the workers in the tech occupations. British Columbia’s tech sector is growing faster, as many talented international persons are working in the tech sector of this province.