{"id":201581,"date":"2019-02-10T05:19:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T10:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=201581"},"modified":"2019-02-10T05:19:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T10:19:23","slug":"a-look-at-british-columbia-express-entry-nominations-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/10\/a-look-at-british-columbia-express-entry-nominations-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at British Columbia Express Entry nominations in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Another 936 nominations were issued through the\u00a0EEBC: International Graduate category\u00a0and 165 went Express Entry candidates through the\u00a0EEBC: International Post-Graduate category. (File Photo<\/a>: Ian D. Keating\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British Columbia nominated 3,100 candidates in the federal Express Entry system for Canadian permanent residence in 2018 through its provincial nominee program, the BC PNP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Figures provided to\u00a0CIC News<\/em>\u00a0by the BC PNP show the majority of these nominations\u00a0 \u2014 1,999 \u2014 were issued through the\u00a0Express Entry BC (EEBC) Skilled Worker category<\/a>, which is open to skilled foreign workers with work experience and a job offer in an eligible high-demand occupation in the province.<\/p>\n

Another 936 nominations were issued through the\u00a0EEBC: International Graduate category<\/a>\u00a0and 165 went Express Entry candidates through the\u00a0EEBC: International Post-Graduate category<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Express Entry system<\/a>\u00a0manages the pool of candidates for Canada\u2019s three Federal High Skilled economic immigration programs \u2014 the\u00a0Federal Skilled Worker Class<\/a>, the\u00a0Federal Skilled Trades Class<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Canadian Experience Class<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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British Columbia\u2019s EEBC categories allow the BC PNP to select eligible\u00a0Express Entry candidates<\/a>\u00a0and nominate them for permanent residence in the province.<\/p>\n

The main advantage of a provincial nomination for Express Entry candidates is the 600 additional points that the nominated candidate receives toward their\u00a0Comprehensive Ranking System<\/a>\u00a0(CRS) score, which effectively assures an\u00a0invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A full-time, permanent job offer in the province is required in order to be eligible for the EEBC: Skilled Worker category\u00a0and the EEBC: International Graduate category, which is open to Express Entry candidates who graduated from an eligible Canadian university or college within the last three years.<\/p>\n

A job offer is not required in order to receive a nomination through the EEBC: International Post-Graduate category, which is open to international graduates of eligible B.C. institutions who have obtained a master\u2019s or doctoral degree in an\u00a0eligible scientific discipline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Express Entry candidates who wish to be considered for a provincial nomination through the EEBC: Skilled Worker and EEBC: International Graduate categories\u00a0are required to register via the province\u2019s points-based\u00a0Skills Immigration Registration System<\/a>\u00a0(SIRS), which helps B.C. to select workers who are best-suited to its labour market needs.<\/p>\n

SIRS registrants are given\u00a0a score<\/a>\u00a0based on factors that include their job offer, its location and annual wage. Points are also awarded for their education, related work experience and proficiency in English.<\/p>\n

The BC PNP also requires that a candidate\u2019s potential employer meet\u00a0specified eligibility requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Candidates who are not in the Express Entry pool can be nominated through one of the BC PNP\u2019s\u00a0Skills Immigration<\/a>nomination streams.<\/p>\n

These so-called \u201cbase nomination\u201d streams issued 3,339 nominations in 2018, of which 1,699 went to candidates in the\u00a0Skills Immigration: Skilled Worker category<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another 61 nominations were issued through the BC PNP\u2019s\u00a0Entrepreneur Immigration Stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n

British Columbia had an allocation of 6,500 nominations through Canada\u2019s Provincial Nominee Program in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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