Posted on October 22 2020
In the latest British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program [BC PNP] round of invitations on October 20, 2020, a total of 100 candidates have been invited to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence.
Of these, 80 invitations were issued under the 4 sub-categories of skilled worker immigration that are covered by the Express Entry BC [EEBC] and Skills Immigration streams. The rest went to candidates under the BC PNP’s Entrepreneur Immigration category. While 15 invitations were for the Base Category, 5 went to Regional Pilot candidates.
As this was a BC PNP Tech Pilot draw, invitations issued to SI and EEBC candidates were specifically targeted at Canadian immigration hopefuls with a job offer in any of the 29 key tech occupations. This is the second Tech Pilot draw by the BC PNP in October 2020, and the third BC PNP draw this month overall.
The Tech Pilot of the BC PNP is not a separate stream or category as such. To be eligible for the Tech Pilot, a candidate must be registered in any of the existing provincial immigration streams of the BC PNP, with a valid job offer of a minimum of 1 year in any of the eligible tech occupations.
In order to be considered by the BC PNP for the categories of SI or EEBC, the candidate must begin the process by creating their profile with the online portal of the BC PNP, registering under the Skills Immigration Registration System [SIRS].
On successful registration, a score is allotted on factors such as their location of employment in BC, work experience, education level, and proficiency in English.
Overview of the October 20 BC PNP draw – Total 100 invitations issued
[I] Skills Immigration [SI] and Express Entry BC [EEBC]: 80 invitations
Category | Minimum Score |
EEBC – Skilled Worker | 80 |
EEBC – International Graduate | 80 |
SI – Skilled Worker | 80 |
SI – International Graduate | 80 |
[II] Entrepreneur Immigration: 20 invitations
Stream | Score | Invitations issued |
Entrepreneur Immigration - Base Category | 122 | 15 |
Entrepreneur Immigration - Regional Pilot | 109 | 5 |
BC PNP draws in 2020 so far [I] Skills Immigration and Express Entry draws
Date | Invitations issued | Details |
January 7, 2020 | 173 | - |
January 14, 2020 | 70 | Tech Pilot draw |
January 21, 2020 | 58 | Tech Pilot draw |
January 28, 2020 | 284 | - |
February 4, 2020 | 85 | Tech Pilot draw |
February 11, 2020 | 83 | Tech Pilot draw |
February 19, 2020 | 53 | Tech Pilot draw |
February 27, 2020 | 290 | - |
March 3, 2020 | 80 | Tech Pilot draw |
March 10, 2020 | 332 | - |
March 17, 2020 | 87 | Tech Pilot draw |
March 30, 2020 | 311 | Certain occupations excluded. |
April 7, 2020 | 147 | Tech Pilot draw |
April 16, 2020 | 271 | Certain occupations excluded. |
April 21, 2020 | 91 | Tech Pilot draw |
April 29, 2020 | 75 | Tech Pilot draw |
May 7, 2020 | 237 | Certain occupations excluded. |
May 12, 2020 | 92 | Tech Pilot draw |
May 19, 2020 | 170 | Certain occupations excluded. |
May 26, 2020 | 133 | Tech Pilot draw |
June 2, 2020 | 241 | Certain occupations excluded. |
June 9, 2020 | 87 | Tech Pilot draw |
June 16, 2020 | 276 | Certain occupations excluded. |
June 23, 2020 | 87 | Tech Pilot draw |
June 30, 2020 | 314 | Certain occupations excluded. |
July 7, 2020 | 57 | Tech Pilot draw |
July 14, 2020 | 320 | Certain occupations excluded. |
July 21, 2020 | 62 | Tech Pilot draw |
July 28, 2020 | 34 | Tech Pilot draw |
August 7, 2020 | 437 | Certain occupations excluded. |
August 11, 2020 | 52 | Tech Pilot draw |
August 18, 2020 | 302 | Certain occupations excluded. |
August 25, 2020 | 72 | Tech Pilot draw |
September 1, 2020 | 428 | Certain occupations excluded. |
September 8, 2020 | 67 | Tech Pilot draw |
September 15, 2020 | 407 | Certain occupations excluded. |
September 22, 2020 | 74 | Tech Pilot draw |
September 29, 2020 | 450 | Certain occupations excluded. |
October 6, 2020 | 72 | Tech Pilot draw |
October 13, 2020 | 417 | Certain occupations excluded. |
October 20, 2020 | 80 | Tech Pilot draw |
TOTAL invitations in 2020 so far – 7,458. |
[II] Entrepreneur Immigration [EI]
Date | Category | Invitations issued |
January 14, 2020 | EI – Regional Pilot | 7 |
January 14, 2020 | EI – Base Category | 18 |
February 4, 2020 | EI – Regional Pilot | 5 |
February 4, 2020 | EI – Base Category | 14 |
April 6, 2020 | EI – Regional Pilot | 18 |
June 2, 2020 | EI – Regional Pilot | 9 |
June 2, 2020 | EI – Base Category | 29 |
July 28, 2020 | EI – Regional Pilot | 5 |
July 28, 2020 | EI – Base Category | 7 |
September 1, 2020 | EI – Regional Pilot | <5 |
September 1, 2020 | EI – Base Category | 6 |
October 20, 2020 | EI – Base Category | 15 |
October 20, 2020 | EI – Regional Pilot | 5 |
TOTAL invitations in 2020 so far – 143 approx. |
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