In the latest BC PNP Draw, British Columbia issued more than 290 invitations to apply for permanent residency in the province. Invitations were issued to Skilled Workers, International Graduates, and Entry-level and Semi-Skilled Workers. Seeing a similar pattern, in this draw nominations were sent to candidates of different occupations. The province of British Columbia Canada has been frequent with its draws in the past few months. After the last draw, they released results for their BC PNP latest draw on 13 September 2022.

The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program is a great pathway for certain professionals having a valid job offer from the province to apply for permanent residency in Canada.

ITAs Issued	Lowest Cut-off	Category	Nominated Field
251	120	Skilled Worker	General Draw (including various tech job profiles)
	120	Skilled Worker: Express Entry British Columbia
	105	International Graduate
	105	International Graduate: Express Entry British Columbia
	78	Entry Level & Semi-Skilled
27	60	Skilled Worker & International Graduate	Targeted draw: Childcare: Early childhood educators (NOC 4214)
12	60	Skilled Worker, International Graduate, Entry Level, and Semi-Skilled Workers	Targeted draw: Healthcare
<5	60	Skilled Worker, International Graduate, Entry Level, and Semi-Skilled Workers	Targeted draw: Healthcare (NOC 3413)
<5	60	Skilled Worker & International Graduate	Targeted draw: Other priority occupations (NOC 3114 & NOC 3213)

Skills Immigration Category: British Columbia

This program offered by British Columbia for PNP draw BC is specially designed for skilled/semi-skilled workers needed in high-demand occupations. There is a point-based (CRS) ranking system to get accepted under this category. The application for BCPNP is submitted online but the application for permanent residency is paper-based (offline). You must have past work experience for some job categories under this program. The benefit is much more for international graduates who recently got a degree/certificate/ diploma from a Canadian university/college as they don’t necessarily need any prior work experience for some job categories.

Express Entry Category: British Columbia

This is a much quicker way for skilled workers to enter Canada, specifically British Columbia. This program is paired with the Express Entry System of IRCC to give a chance to applicants to settle in BC. It is specially designed for the provincial nomination of British Columbia and permanent residence in Canada. The requirement for work experience completely depends upon the category for which you are applying under express entry BC PNP Draw.