The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) is a procedure which enables the resource-rich westernmost Canadian province of the BC to offer nomination to aliens, to fill-in the strikingly beautiful province’s specific economic & labour market requirements, in a fruitful way.
The arrangement enables the nominees–the trained and/or skilled manpower, experienced business people, along with their close family members, who wish to reside in the province, on a permanent basis–to file a visa-petition for the prized and much sought after status of Permanent Resident (PR), via the concerned organization, the Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC), and through the fast-tracked the PN Class. As the same may be swifter than filing a visa-petition–via the many streams of federal immigration—several people prefer this immigration route, to migrate to this province, which, incidentally also boasts of an amazingly high standard of living.
The PNP of the BC has two streams, namely, the Strategic Occupations Stream & the Business Immigrants Stream.
British Columbia PNP Strategic Occupations Stream
To make the cut, the aspirants ought to have an offer of employment from a recruiter/firm in the province, which cannot be duly covered by a national (either a permanent resident or a citizen); and be either a trained worker, a healthcare expert, or a world graduate from a reputed & well-recognized post-secondary educational establishment of Canada; or a semi-trained employee from certain specific vocations.
The province lately added the International Post-Graduates Pilot Project to its PNP even as through this class the global students–who have received doctorate or masters degrees in the natural, health or applied sciences from qualified, recognized BC establishments inside the previous two years–can submit a visa-petition despite the fact that they may not have received an offer of employment from a BC recruiter/firm.
The petition fee for the submissions filed under this stream is $550 (non-refundable).
British Columbia PNP Business Immigrants Stream
This class considers petitions submitted from skilled business entrepreneurs who intend to make an investment in, and dynamically run & manage a suitable business in the province. The business immigrants come into one of three classes–business skills, regional business, & strategic projects. Every given class has its own specific prerequisites for the bare minimum personal net worth of the aspirant, the sum total of investment, the geographic position inside the province, and the count of the Canadian workers in the proposed firm/enterprise.
The petition fee for the submissions filed under this class is $3,000 (non-refundable). The candidates, proposing supporting the nomination of important staff members, ought to also cough-up an extra $1,000.
