PROVINCIAL NOMINEES – BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL NOMINEE PROGRAM – SKILLS IMMIGRATION STREAM – INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE CATEGORY
You may be eligible for the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) International Graduate category if you are an international student who has graduated from a Canadian university or college in the past two years and have a valid job offer from an eligible B.C. employer.
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CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY
Meeting the criteria listed below does not guarantee a nomination or permanent residence.
As a candidate, you must:
- Be in the Express Entry pool
- Provide language test results demonstrating language proficiency matching the level declared in your Express Entry profile.
- Have a job offer of indeterminate, full-time employment from an eligible BC employer in an occupation classified as National Occupational Classification (NOC) Skill Type 0 or Skill Level A or B for which you are qualified.
- Your employment must provide economic benefit to B.C.
- The wage you have been offered must be competitive with B.C. wage rates for the occupation.
- The job offer must not conflict with a labour dispute, or affect the employment of anyone involved in any such dispute, or adversely impact training or employment opportunities for Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
- Not have an ownership/equity stake of more than 10 percent in the B.C. company that has offered you employment
- Have a degree, diploma, or certificate from an eligible post-secondary institution in Canada. Your education credential is not eligible if:
- It was a distance education learning program
- It was a language training such as an ESL program
- It was issued by a private institution
- The program was less than eight months of full-time (or equivalent part-time) study
- More than one quarter of the program was spent in co-op work or an internship
- Demonstrate that you meet minimum income requirements and/or settlement funds to support yourself and your family in British Columbia
- Minimum income requirements are set by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
INELIGIBLE CANDIDATES
Individuals in the following circumstances are not eligible under the BC PNP International Graduates category:
- Prohibited from entering Canada
- Has not been lawfully admitted in the country of current residence
- In Canada and out of status
- An individual whose status has expired, and who has not applied for restoration of status within the 90 day eligibility period, will be considered out of status
- Working in Canada without authorization
- Has an unresolved refugee claim in Canada
- Under a removal order in or outside of Canada
EMPLOYER ELIGIBILITY
As a British Columbia employer, you must:
- Be established as an employer in good standing in B.C. and:
- Incorporated or extra-provincially registered OR
- Registered as a limited liability partnership in B.C. OR
- Be an eligible public sector or non-profit employer.
- Have indeterminate, full-time employees
- If your employer is located within the Greater Vancouver Regional District, your employer must have at least five indeterminate, full-time employees
- If your employer is located outside of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, your employer must have at least three indeterminate, full-time employees
- Have a history of good workplace and business practices
- Sign an employer declaration
- Meet domestic labour market recruitment requirements
PUBLIC SECTOR AND NON-PROFIT EMPLOYERS
The BC PNP accepts applications from the following public sector or non-profit organizations with a permanent establishment in BC:
- Provincial and regional health care authorities and agencies
- Public post-secondary education and training institutions
- Private non-profit post-secondary institutions that are accredited by, or registered with, The Private Career Training Institutions Agency of BC
- Institutions supported by the Government of Canada or the Province of B.C. conducting research in natural and applied sciences, engineering, computer and information systems, or health sciences
- Provincial/federal/municipal government organizations and agencies
- Other non-profit groups registered as charitable organizations and incorporated under the Society Act or the Canada Corporations Act, Part II, 1970
INELIGIBLE EMPLOYERS
Employers in the following circumstances are not eligible:
- Employers involved in producing, distributing or selling pornographic or sexually explicit products, or providing sexually oriented entertainment or services
- Employment agencies and similar placement firms unless they are establishing an employer/employee relationship with the registrant and/or applicant
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