{"id":14384,"date":"2016-10-13T08:17:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T08:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationca.staging.wpengine.com\/fr\/british-columbia-issues-nearly-600-new-invitations-provincial-nominee-program\/"},"modified":"2016-12-15T19:27:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T19:27:49","slug":"british-columbia-issues-nearly-600-new-invitations-provincial-nominee-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/british-columbia-issues-nearly-600-new-invitations-provincial-nominee-program\/","title":{"rendered":"British Columbia Issues Nearly 600 New Invitations Under Provincial Nominee Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbia has invited 598 new candidates to apply for immigration under several of its <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/british-columbia-immigration\/\">Provincial Nominee Program<\/a> (PNP) streams.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates were invited in the following categories:<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img7860\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"British Columbia Issues Nearly 600 New Invitations Under Provincial Nominee Program\" src=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/images\/pics\/BC.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"161\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Express Entry B.C.: Skilled Worker<\/li>\n<li>Express Entry B.C.:\u00a0 International Graduate<\/li>\n<li>Skills Immigration: Skilled Worker<\/li>\n<li>Skills Immigration: Entry Level and Semi-Skilled<\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>B.C. issues invitations to apply throughout the year against an allocation of 5,800 set by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government monitors its own processing capacity so as not to generate a backlog, as seen in other provinces such as <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/alberta-immigrant-nominee-program-struggling-massive-backlog\/\">Alberta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>New Invitations to Apply: Breakdown<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"187\"><strong>Stream<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"136\"><strong>Minimum Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Number of Invitations<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"187\">Entrepreneur<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"136\">129<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"187\">Express Entry: Skilled Worker<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"136\">95<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">198<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"187\">Express Entry: International Graduate<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"136\">90<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">222<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"187\">Skilled Worker<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"136\">100<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">164<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"187\">Entry Level, Semi-Skilled<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"136\">95<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>B.C.\u2019s 2016 plan is to accept a majority of candidates from the Skilled Worker stream (35 to 45 per cent). A sizeable proportion of immigrants will come through Express Entry (25 per cent); while between 15 and 20 per cent will be International Graduates.<\/p>\n<p>The province\u2019s government plans to make immigrants in the Entry Level and Semi-Skilled category between 10 and 15 per cent of its intake, with the Entrepreneur stream taking between 2 and 5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The province issues minimum scores that will guarantee a candidate an invite in the next round of invitations. However, the published scores are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h3>Scores Needed for Guaranteed Invitation<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Guaranteed Registration Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Skills Immigration \u2013 Skilled Worker<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Skills Immigration \u2013 International Graduate<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Skills Immigration \u2013 Entry Level and Semi-Skilled<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Express Entry BC \u2013 Skilled Worker<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Express Entry BC \u2013 International Graduate<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>B.C. Premier Christy Clark has led calls for the federal government to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/premiers-want-caps-provincial-nominee-programs-lifted\/\">increase PNP caps<\/a>, saying the current limits acted as a constraint to the growth of Western Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The provincial premiers also released a <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canadas-premiers-give-us-immigration-powers-quebec\/\">joint statement in July<\/a>, asking for the same immigration powers as Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada&rsquo;s Premiers call on the federal government to establish an equivalent agreement to the Canada-Quebec Accord with all provinces and territories,\u201d read a statement from the Council of the Federation talks in Whitehorse, Yukon.<\/p>\n<p>Quebec sets its own immigration quotas, currently at 50,000, but <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/montreal-businesses-call\/\">set to increase<\/a> in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>B.C. businesses also recently called for <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/b-c-business-leaders-make-case-increased-economic-immigration\/\">increased skilled worker immigration<\/a> as a way of boosting both the province\u2019s economy and Canada\u2019s economic performance as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>The Business Council of British Columbia wants to see the following changes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Give more points under the Canadian Experience Class to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-australia-lead-way-attracting-international-students\/\">international student graduates<\/a>\u00a0.<\/li>\n<li>Raise caps on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-provincial-nominee-immigration-programs-overview\/\">Provincial Nominee Programs<\/a>, from 47,800 to 80,000 by 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Introduce a skills visa aimed at technology talent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Several of these areas are expected to be covered when the federal government announces changes to the immigration system during the fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested employers:\u00a0<\/strong>Kindly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-employers\/\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0here to receive further information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested candidates:<\/strong>\u00a0Find out whether you qualify to Canada by completing our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/free-immigration-evaluation-forms\/\">free on-line evaluation<\/a>. We will provide you with our evaluation within 1-2 business days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent News Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canadian-tax-opportunities-foreign-business-owners-2\/\">Canadian tax opportunities for foreign business owners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/new-program-attract-newcomers-canadas-francophone-communities\/\">New Program to Attract Newcomers to Canada\u2019s Francophone Communities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more news about Canada Immigration by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-immigration-news-articles-2016\/\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbia has invited 598 new candidates to apply for immigration under several of its Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) streams. Candidates were invited in the following categories: Express Entry B.C.: Skilled Worker Express Entry B.C.:\u00a0 International Graduate Skills Immigration: Skilled Worker Skills Immigration: Entry Level and Semi-Skilled Entrepreneur B.C. issues invitations to apply throughout the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4859,10558],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lactualite-canadienne","category-provincial-news-fr","category-4859","category-10558","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}