British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program

The BC Provincial Nominee Program is an economic immigration program established to help BC meet its labour market needs. This program is beneficial for Canadian employers by helping them to choose skilled and experienced foreign workers and those workers who have already contributed to the BC economy.

Some of the benefits of the BC PNP are:

Helping workers and entrepreneurs immigrate to BC:

The British Columbia PNP offers many advantages to those foreign workers and entrepreneurs who wish to move to Canada and settle permanently:

• Under the Express Entry BC stream, if successful, you will obtain priority processing of your permanent residence application.
• Applications are assessed case by case and take into account your unique situation.
• The program itself is very intuitive and will help you determine whether you and/or your employer are eligible and meet the requirements so you are not waiting on processing times for no reason.

Helping employers meet critical skill needs:

The PNP helps BC employers meet their labour market needs:

• If an employer is not able to find employees to fill vacancies through via the available labour market, the PNP program helps the employer to attract foreign national workers
• If PNP nominates the employee for permanent residence, you, as the employer will not need to obtain a Labour Market Impact Assessment.

Contributing to BC’s economic prosperity:

The PNP nominates applicants for permanent residence who can contribute to B.C’s economy by:

• Meeting critical skills shortage
• Creating or maintaining employment
• Transferring skills and knowledge to Canadians
• Accelerating the adopting of new technologies
• Developing new products, technologies, services or markets

If you have a further question about what are benefits of BC PNP, give us call for consultation and we will definitely address your questions, offer you options and determine the best way for you to achieve your goals. With Akrami & Associates, there is always a way!