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The Skilled Worker category of the BC PNP is for experienced workers in a professional, management, technical, trade or other skilled occupation to gain permanent residence in B.C.

Requirements

• You must meet the General Requirements of the skilled worker program and the employer must meet the Employer Requirements.
• You must be offered a job that is classified as NOC Skill Level A (which includes Skill Type 0), or Skill Level B.
• You must have a minimum of two years of full-time (or full-time equivalent) work experience in any skilled occupation (NOC 0, A or B). This experience may be from work performed within Canada or abroad.

You may be eligible for this category if you have a full-time job offer in any occupation from a public health authority in B.C. If you are a physician, nurse practitioner or midwife and are not directly employed by a public health authority, you may also be eligible to apply under the Health Authority category. .

Requirements

• You must meet the General Requirements of the skilled worker program and the employer must meet the Employer Requirements.
• You must be offered indeterminate, full-time employment with a public health authority, or be a physician, nurse practitioner or midwife who can meet the requirements below. 
• Your job offer may be in any occupation, at any NOC level, with a B.C. public health authority. The B.C. health authority offering you a job must provide you with a signed job offer on official letterhead. 
• Physicians and nurse practitioners:   If you are a physician or a nurse practitioner who is, or will soon be, working in B.C. with the support of a public health authority, you may be eligible for this category. 

If you are an international student who has graduated from a university or college in Canada within the past three years, you may be eligible for nomination under the International Graduate category. Some graduate level degrees are eligible under the International Post-Graduate category.

Requirements

•  You must meet the General Requirements and the employer must meet the Employer Requirements.
• You must have obtained a degree, diploma, or certificate from an eligible postsecondary institution in Canada.
• Diplomas and Certificates from private institutions are not eligible. Language training (an English as a Second Language or ESL program, for example) does not qualify.  At a minimum, your program must have been 8 months (two semesters) of full-time equivalent coursework (excluding co-op work terms, practicums and internships). Co-op work terms, practicums and internships will not count towards the 8-months of full-time equivalent coursework requirement.
• You must submit your registration to the BC PNP within three years of the date shown on your official transcript indicating that you have completed all requirements of the degree or diploma program.
• You must be offered a job that is classified as NOC Skill Level A (excluding Skill Type 0) or Skill Level B, as classified under the National Occupational Classification (NOC).  If you have been offered a supervisor position, the onus is on you and your employer to demonstrate that you have obtained the necessary experience that qualifies you for the position.

If you have recently graduated from a B.C. post-secondary institution with a master’s or doctorate degree in the natural, applied or health sciences, you may be eligible for the BC PNP’s International Post-Graduate category.  You do not need a job offer from an employer to apply to this category.  You do not need to register for this category. If you meet all requirements, you can submit an application directly to the program.

Requirements

• You must meet the General Requirements of the program.
• You must have obtained a master’s or doctoral degree from an eligible program at a post-secondary institution in B.C. in one of the following programs of study in the natural, applied or health sciences:- agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences 

  – biological and biomedical sciences  

  – computer and information sciences and support services

  – engineering

  – engineering technology and engineering-related fields 

  – health professions and related programs 

  – mathematics and statistics 

  – natural resources conservation 

  – physical sciences 

  You must submit your application to the BC PNP within three years of the date shown on your official transcript indicating that you have completed all requirements of the degree program.

  You must demonstrate that you have the ability and intent to live, work and economically establish in B.C.  

You may be eligible for this category if you are currently working in B.C. in an eligible occupation in the tourism/hospitality, long-haul trucking, food processing or healthcare sectors. Or, if you are currently working in the Northeast Development Region of the province, you may be eligible for this category if you are employed in any NOC Skill Level C or D occupation, other than live-in caregivers. Please note that the Express Entry BC (EEBC) option is not available for the ELSS category. 

Requirements

• You must meet the General Requirements and the employer must meet the Employer Requirements of the program.
• You must be offered an indeterminate, full-time job in an ELSS-eligible occupation.
• You must have been working fulltime, year-round, for at least nine (9) consecutive months, in any eligible ELSS occupation with the B.C. employer supporting your BC PNP application.
• You must maintain full-time employment in an ELSS-eligible occupation with your supporting employer in B.C. throughout the BC PNP application process.
• You must be able to demonstrate that you have been meeting the minimum income requirement for the full nine-month period prior to submitting a registration and application.
• At a minimum, you must have successfully completed secondary education (graduated from high school) either within or outside of Canada.
• Long-haul truck drivers must have at least two years of work experience as a long-haul truck driver in the preceding three years before registering with the BC PNP.
• Additional requirements for healthcare occupations – Certification and/or registration: If you are employed in an ELSS-eligible healthcare occupation, you must have the registration and/or licence to work in that occupation in BC.

 

Your registration will be scored based on the information you provide. The factors below outline how your score will be calculated by the Skills Immigration Registration System (SIRS). If you are invited to apply, all the information you have provided in the registration will be verified against the information provided in your application. 

Skill Level of the B.C. Job Offer 50

Wage of the B.C. Job Offer 50

Regional District of Employment 10

Human Capital Factors (80)

Directly Related Work Experience 25

Highest Level of Education 25

Language 30

Total Points Available 190