BC Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)
for Employers

What is the BC PNP Provincial Nominee Program?

The BC PNP is managed by the province and designed to increase economic benefits to the Province through the retention and nomination of skilled workers for Federal Immigration so that they can continue to bring benefits to the British Columbia labour market.

The BC PNP has many streams;

• Skilled Worker
• Post Graduate
• Health Care Occupations
• BC PNP Technology Occupations
• Entry and Semi Skilled Worker
• Entrepreneur Streams
• Regional Pilot Programs

The BC PNP may be suitable if you are;

• keeping a foreign worker who is already working
• hiring a new foreign worker from another country
• hiring an international student who has a Canadian degree or diploma

Provided you and your employee meet the requirements, you can make a joint application to the British Columbia’s Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP).

Employer requirements

Employers must:

• meet all eligibility criteria
• provide an offer of full-time permanent employment in most cases
• provide all supporting documentation and completion of forms
• Attempts should have been made to recruit Canadians for the position and a permanent full time job offer is required.

Nominated workers receive a work permit support letter

This means that a nominee can apply for a LMIA-exempt, employer-specific work permit.  Allowing them to work legally in Canada while their application is processed.

BC PNP eligibility criteria

To be eligible to apply in a joint application both the employer and the employee must meet the following requirements:

For employers

• permanent operations in B.C
• permanent full-time employees
• offer a permanent full-time job in most cases
• meet the prevailing wage rate

For Employees:

• several years of relevant work experience
• relevant training, qualifications and licensing
• language requirement for certain programs.