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British Columbia PNP Draw

Apr 14, 2021

British Columbia invited 452 immigration candidates in four Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draws held on April 13.

The invitations were issued to candidates from the Skills Immigration (SI) and Express Entry BC (EEBC) streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). More specifically,  those who received invitations were from the Skilled Worker, International Graduate as well as Entry Level and Semi-Skilled sub-categories of SI and EEBC streams.

The minimum scores for the largest draw ranged between 79 and 95 points. A total of 420 immigration candidates were invited in that draw. For the fifth time this year, B.C. also held a separate draw conducted for retail and wholesale trade managers (NOC 0621) and restaurant and food service managers (NOC 0631), where 21 invitations were issued to candidates with scores of at least 113.

The province also issued 11 invitations through Entrepreneur Immigration streams.

The province has now held 23 invitation rounds through its PNP, bringing the total number of invitations issued to date to 3,441  in 2021.