As you know, British Columbia is committed to using the Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) to address the province’s most critical labour market and economic needs, despite a 50% cut to the BC budget for this year.
Key updates:
- Eligibility for the Health Authority stream will now be limited to positions that directly contribute to the delivery of health services, such as physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals;
- Following consultation with the Ministry of Education and Child Care, future Targeted Invitations to Apply (ITAs) will focus on early childhood educators. Teacher assistants will no longer be selected;
- The BC PNP is pausing plans to launch three new student streams until allocation levels are restored in BC;
- The BC PNP does not plan to resume general or priority Targeted Invitations to Apply (ITAs) in 2025. Instead, the program will issue a limited number of ITAs to registered Skills Immigration participants;
- It is advised that applications for the International Postgraduate Program (IPG) received between 1 September 2024 and 7 January 2025 will be placed on a waiting list until new applications become available.
All remaining applications received in 2024 and early 2025 will be processed in 2025.
