In 2025, three new International graduate PNP streams will be opened to eligible British Columbia (B.C) graduates from Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate Programs.
The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) will offer three PNP streams for international students in January 2025.
- Bachelor’s PNP stream
- Master’s PNP stream
- Doctorate PNP stream
International graduates have successfully bagged a degree, certificate, or diploma from any post-secondary Canadian institution within the past three years. Check below for the complete details regarding the criteria for eligibility for BCPNP’s graduate stream for international students.
These streams aim to establish authentic pathways for international graduates to acquire Canadian Permanent residence (PR) and enhance their employment possibilities across British Columbia.
What British Columbia has disclosed about the New Streams
So far, the British Columbia provincial government has clearly outlined the following details: British is set to launch three new international graduate PNP streams in 2025.
- Date for the Launch: January 2025
- New Language Requirement: Each of the new streams requires a minimum of Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 8.
- Graduates of both diploma and certificate programs won’t be eligible for these streams but will be eligible for other British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program pathways.
Note: British Columbia disclosed that more valid information relating to these streams will be made available later on in 2024. The province emphasized that when the new graduate streams get launched, an up-to-date version of the British Columbia PNP Skills Immigration guide will be published with the total stream criteria.
Bachelor’s Stream
- This is for new graduates with bachelor’s degrees from qualified post-secondary institutions.
- The qualified graduates must have an eligible, full-time, or indeterminate job offer (without a specified end date).
Master’s stream
- For new graduates with a Master’s degree in any field of study from authentic post-secondary institutions.
- Graduates are expected to have a full-time job offer that must have lasted at least a year in any skilled occupation.
Doctorate Stream
- Only for graduates and (PhD) candidates of programs at the doctoral level from competent post-secondary institutions.
Other details of significance about the three new BCPNP Streams
Restriction of job offers: As British Columbia launches three new international graduate PNP Streams in 2025, job offers will not be restricted to a particular list of occupations.
B.C stresses that even though job offers will not be restricted, employment offers will still be required to meet British Columbia’s requirements for the three new streams.
Approved restrictions on programs: The three new international graduate PNP streams in 2025 of British Columbia will exclude the list of approved programs, which means that the latest updates from degree programs in any field of study might be eligible for the new streams for students, as long as the required criteria have been met.
Competitions for Invitations to Apply (ITAs): The government of B.C. explains that qualified candidates with either of the credential types will encounter no competition between students with diverse credentials for ITAs.
Eligibility for B.C.’s International Graduate Stream
Do you want to find out if you are eligible for the International graduate stream? Below is an outline of the general criteria for eligibility for BCPNP International Graduate streams.
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To be qualified for this graduate stream, the candidates must:
- Have acquired either a degree, certificate, or diploma from a competent post-secondary institution in Canada during the past three years.
- Have accepted a good full-time paid job offer from a British Columbian employer.
- The job offer does not have to be an indeterminate one.
- The job offer has to be in one of the following National Occupation Classification (NOC) Training, Education, Experience, and Responsibilities (TEER) categories: 1, 2, or Occupations under the NOC TEER 0 are not eligible for the International Graduate Stream.
- Be qualified to work in their occupation of choice in B.C.
- Meet the minimum Language requirements.
- It is mandatory for the employer to support the candidate’s application even while meeting specific Employer-focused requirements.
Essential Details about Skills Immigration in British Columbia
Skills Immigration makes use of a points-based system to select and rank the eligible immigration candidates. On receiving ITA via the BCPNP, candidates have 30 calendar days to submit their application to the province.
An applicant can’t submit their application without paying the application fee and submitting all required documents, as British Columbia launches three new international Graduate PNP Streams in 2025.
The BCPNP scores candidates via its points system, which is based on economic factors and human capital. Human capital factors include related work experience and high proficiency in English and French (Canada’s official languages). Economic factors comprise the wage of the candidate’s job offer and the candidate’s location of employment in British Columbia.
