On 23rd July 2019, British Columbia has conducted the BC PNP draw targeting Skills Immigration and Express Entry candidates.
In its latest draw, the province, British Columbia issued total 191 invitations via 4 BC PNP (British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program) streams, which includes, the Express Entry streams for international graduates and skilled workers and the provincial skills immigration streams for Entry-level and Semi-skilled workers, skilled workers and international graduates.
Refer the table below for the minimum score requirements for all the streams for which invitations were issued on July 23, 2019:
Category | Minimum CRS Score | No. of Invitations |
SI - Skilled Worker | 101 | 191 |
SI - International Graduate | 105 | |
SI - Entry Level & Semi-Skilled | 80 | |
EEBC - Skilled Worker | 110 | |
EEBC - International Graduate | 150 |
The bifurcation of invitations allocated separately for each stream is not issued by BC PNP. But, the lowest score requirement of 80 points was for the Skill Immigration: Entry Level & Semi-Skilled, while the highest score requirement of 150 points was for the EEBC- International Graduate stream.
For the month of July 2019, this draw has issued 2nd highest number of invitations after the 9th July draw, which was 218 invitations issued.
Following is a list of last few BCPNP draws launched in the month of July 2019:
Date |
Category |
Minimum Score |
Total number of ITAs Issued |
July 16, 2019 (Tech Pilot draw) |
SI - Skilled Worker |
90 |
Total: 73 |
SI - International Graduate |
90 |
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EEBC - Skilled Worker |
90 |
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EEBC - International Graduate |
90 |
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July 9, 2019 |
SI - Skilled Worker |
105 |
Total: 218 |
SI - International Graduate |
105 |
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SI - Entry Level & Semi-Skilled |
80 |
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EEBC - Skilled Worker |
110 |
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EEBC - International Graduate |
105 |
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July 2, 2019 (Tech Pilot draw) |
SI - Skilled Worker |
90 |
Total: 42 |
SI - International Graduate |
90 |
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EEBC - Skilled Worker |
90 |
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EEBC - International Graduate |
90 |
Guaranteed Invitations
If an applicant achieves or exceeds the below-mentioned registration scores, then he/she is guaranteed to get an invitation to apply in the upcoming draw for the selected category. ITAs may be issued for scores that are lower than the below minimums as well.
Category | Guaranteed Registration Score |
Skills Immigration – Skilled Worker | 135 |
Skills Immigration – International Graduate | 105 |
Skills Immigration – Entry Level and Semi-Skilled (includes Northeast) | 95 |
Express Entry BC – Skilled Worker | 135 |
Express Entry BC – International Graduate | 105 |
BC PNP periodically invites the highest-scoring applicants in each category in order to apply under the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). Then the province nominates eligible applicants to apply to IRCC for permanent residency.
The number of nominations totally depends on different programs and key economic factors, like the B.C. Labour Market, need annual allocation, previous nomination trends, and present application inventory stages. For instance, the allocation is 6,500 for the year 2019.
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