The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) accelerates the permanent resident application process for skilled and/or experienced workers, experienced business persons and their family members who want to settle in the province of British Columbia.

The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program is split into 2 categories:

1. Strategic Occupations
2. Business Immigration

Applicants must meet the following basic requirements:

• The applicant must intend to settle in British Columbia
• The applicant has the ability to become economically established in British Columbia
• If the applicant is already in Canada, they must maintain legal immigration status throughout the process
• If the applicant is outside Canada, the must not be prohibited from entering Canada and must have legal status in the country in which they are currently residing
• The applicant must not have an active refugee claim

Strategic Occupations

Nominee applicants under this category must either have a job offer of indeterminate length from a BC employer or have completed a masters or doctorate degree at a BC post-secondary institution in either the natural, applied or health sciences.

• skilled workers
• recent international graduates from eligible Canadian post-secondary institutions
• recent masters and doctorate graduates from a BC post-secondary institution in the natural, applied or health sciences (no job offer required)
• designated health professionals
• entry-level or semi-skilled workers in select occupations

Business Immigration

This component of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program considers experienced business entrepreneurs who plan to invest in and actively manage an eligible business in British Columbia.

You must:

• have the ability to establish yourself successfully in BC, and
• develop and actively manage a business that will provide significant economic benefits to the province of BC

Business Immigrants fall under 1 of 3 categories:

1. business skills
2. regional business
3. strategic projects

Contact our office for more information on immigrating through the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program or complete our Free Eligibility Assessment.