Dear Future Neighbour,
On Tuesday, December 12, 2023, British Columbia sent out 192 invitations to apply for permanent residency in general and targeted draws,
This round of invitation included profiles under the 35 Tech Occupations, early childhood educators as well as 39 healthcare and 25 construction occupations under all the BC PNP Skills Immigration and Express Entry streams.
The cutoff score increased by 2 points for the skilled worker category and by 1 point for the entry-level and semi-skilled categories in comparison with the last general round of invitations by BC PNP.
See below summary of the latest BC PNP Draw
| Date | Draw type | Stream | Minimum Score |
Number of invitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2023 | General (includes tech occupations)General (includes tech occupations) |
Skilled Worker | 116 | 73 |
| Skilled Worker – EEBC option | 116 | |||
| International Graduate | 116 | |||
| International Graduate – EEBC option | 116 | |||
| Entry Level and Semi-Skilled | 95 | |||
| Childcare: Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202) | Skilled Worker, International Graduate (includes EEBC option) | 60 | 61 | |
| Targeting 25 Construction occupations | 75 | 31 | ||
| Targeting 39 Healthcare occupations | 60 | 27 | ||
| Targeted draw for Veterinarians (31103) and Animal health technologists (32104) | 60 | <5 |
The processing timeframe for Skills Immigration and Post-nomination requests remain 3 months respectively. BC PNP will also begin the process of an application after receiving a completed application from a candidate. Processing timeframes differ as candidates do not accept or submit completed applications at the same time.
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