British Columbia has Declared the Latest Draw of the Month

Sep 10,2021

British Columbia has Declared the Latest Draw of Month

British Columbia has declared the first draw of the September month on 7^th September 2021. The latest draw has been declared under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP).

The draw is under all the category like

SI – Skilled Worker
SI – International Graduate
EEBC – Skilled Worker
EEBC – International Graduate

Whereas total 34 candidates were invited under the British Columbia Tech pilot program with the cut-off of 80 points.

BC Skills Immigration and Express Entry BC Draw Table

Date	Number of Invitations	Category	Minimum Score	Other Considerations
07^th September 2021	34	SI – Skilled Worker	80	Tech Draw
		SI – International Graduate	80
		EEBC – Skilled Worker	80
		EEBC – International Graduate	80

About British Columbia Tech Pilot Program

The BC PNP Tech was launched in May 2017 as a pilot project following a labour market study that found the biggest issue facing B.C.’s technology sector was access to talent. Following the success of the project, B.C made it a permanent program. The program is designed to enable employers in British Columbia’s technology sector to continue to attract and select international talent when qualified workers are not available locally.

In May 2017 the British Columbia PNP has launched this Tech Pilot Program to attract the international talent in the IT sector. The program allows the province based employers to hire employees from the overseas. The program has some criteria under which candidates can get the nomination.

Employers must issue Job offers for minimum of one year with 120 days of remaining time for the process.
Job offer must be fulltime and from the eligible employer of the province.
International graduates can also apply through the stream if they can obtain the job offer letter from the province based employers.
There are 29 eligible occupations are selected specially for the stream. Please find the list as per below.

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Eligible Occupations for BC PNP Tech

NOC	OCCUPATION
0131	Telecommunication carriers managers
0213	Computer and information systems managers
0512	Managers – publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
2131	Civil engineers
2132	Mechanical engineers
2133	Electrical and electronics engineers
2134	Chemical engineers
2147	Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
2171	Information systems analysts and consultants
2172	Database analysts and data administrators
2173	Software engineers and designers
2174	Computer programmers and interactive media developers
2175	Web designers and developers
2221	Biological technologists and technicians
2241	Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
2242	Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
2243	Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
2281	Computer network technicians
2282	User support technicians
2283	Information systems testing technicians
5121	Authors and writers
5122	Editors
5125	Translators, terminologists and interpreters
5224	Broadcast technicians
5225	Audio and video recording technicians
5226	Other technical and co-ordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts
5227	Support occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and the performing arts
5241	Graphic designers and illustrators
6221	Technical sales specialists – wholesale trade

Conclusion

During the entire COVID 19 (Wuhan Virus) pandemic the British Columbia is the prominent province which has invited a good number of candidates and even from the starting of the year 2021 it is one of the province which has invited highest number of candidates. This year province has issued more than 8000 candidates.