British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP)

Skilled Worker Immigration

The BC Provincial Nominee Program's (BCPNP) Skills Immigration stream’s purpose is to nominate a worker with the skills, experience and qualifications needed by B.C. employers. This stream is made for you if you would like to live and work in B.C. and become a permanent resident of Canada.

To be qualified for this program, as a nominee, you have to meet certain requirements like being considered:

• A skilled worker (managers, professionals and skilled trades people),
• A Health care professionals (physicians, registered nurses and other health care workers),
• An International graduate:
• With a degree or diploma from a Canadian college or university, or
• With a master’s or doctoral degree in the natural, applied or health sciences from a B.C. university (for this category only, you do not need to have a job offer),
• An Entry-level or semi-skilled workers in tourism/hospitality, food processing and long-haul trucking, and
• An Entry-level or semi-skilled workers who are living in the northeast region of the province.

B.C Employers Responsibilities

The BC nominee program helps employers who wish to hire foreign workers to help their increasing business demands. As an employer, there are also certain requirements you have to meet to hire a foreign worker before you can support an applicant for nomination in the province.

To qualify as an eligible employer for the nominee program, some of the requirements you may have to meet are as follows:

• Your business must be in good standing and incorporated or registered as a limited liability partnership, in B.C., or be qualified as a public sector and non-profit employer;
• Your offer must be a full-time and permanent job offer Have a history of good workplace and business practices;
• Meet domestic labour market recruitment requirements;

Business Immigration

If you are business person who is looking to invest in and actively manage a business in the province of British Columbia, you may be eligible for the BC Provincial Nominee Program's Business Immigration stream. This is a fast paced way to the permanent residence application process if you want to establish yourself in B.C. and develop a business that will provide important economic benefits to the province.

You can apply for BC nominee program in three different category related to business:

• The Entrepreneur category
  • you would like to start or purchase and expand a business anywhere in B.C
• The Strategic Project category
  • your company must be interested in setting up a B.C.-based operation anywhere in province
• The Regional Entrepreneur category
  • you would like to start or purchase and expand a business outside of the Vancouver and Abbotsford metropolitan areas