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March 22, 2021
British Columbia Invited Over 2,400 Immigrants to PR
Canadian province British Columbia has issued invitations to 506 aspirants in the latest two draws held on March 16. British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program issued 428 invitations across 2 categories SI and EEBC and, 78 invitations were sent separately for two occupations Retail and wholesale trade managers [NOC 0621], & Restaurant and food service managers [NOC 0631].
British Columbia held this third round of draw in March 2021. The BC PNP Skills Immigration [SI] and Express Entry BC [EEBC] streams are focused on employees or international graduates that have the skills, education, and experience required for high-demand professions in BC.
Overview of March 16 BC PNP Draw Total Draw: 02 Invitation Issued: 506 |
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Draw 1 |
Category |
Lowest Score |
ITAs issued: 78 NOC 0621 NOC 0631 |
EEBC โ Skilled Worker |
114 |
EEBC โ International Graduate |
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SI โ Skilled Worker |
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SI โ International Graduate |
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Draw 2 |
Category |
Lowest Score |
Invitations issued: 428 |
EEBC โ Skilled Worker |
96 |
EEBC โ International Graduate |
94 |
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SI โ Skilled Worker |
96 |
|
SI โ International Graduate |
94 |
|
SI โ Entry Level and Semi-Skilled |
81 |
Highlights:
- Including this latest round of the draw, British Columbia PNP has invited 2,440 candidates in total up to now in 2021.
- The BC PNP has postponed 31 occupations from weekly draws due to the covid-19 crisis.
- Those occupations were considered for the first time in the general draw on February 16.
- Simultaneously, B.C. procured the strange stage of conducting a second draw targeting two NOC codes: 0621 for Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers and 0631 for Restaurant manager
- British Columbia inviting immigrants over the BC PNP categories of SI and EEBC.
Below are the data about the latest British Columbia Skills Immigration draws held in 2021.
BC PNP Draws in 2021 ย |
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Dateย |
Invitations issuedย |
Categoriesย |
Particularsย |
5-Jan-21ย |
168ย |
SI and EEBCย |
Certain occupations excluded.ย |
12-Jan-21ย |
80ย |
SI and EEBCย |
Tech Pilot drawย |
19-Jan-21ย |
195ย |
SI and EEBCย |
Certain occupations excluded.ย |
26-Jan-21ย |
81ย |
SI and EEBCย |
Tech Pilot drawย |
2-Feb-21ย |
208ย |
SI and EEBCย |
Certain occupations excluded.ย |
2-Feb-21ย |
8ย |
EIย |
Base Categoryย |
9-Feb-21ย |
74ย |
SI and EEBCย |
Tech Pilot drawย |
16-Feb- 21ย |
35ย |
SI and EEBCย |
NOC Specific: 0621, 0631 |
459ย |
SI and EEBCย |
Certain occupations excluded.ย |
|
23-Feb-21ย |
87ย |
SI and EEBCย |
Tech Pilot drawย |
26ย |
SI and EEBCย |
NOC Specific: 0621, 0631ย |
|
418 |
SI and EEBC |
Certain occupations excludedย |
|
9- March-21ย |
95ย |
SI and EEBCย |
Tech Pilot drawย |
16-March-21ย |
78ย |
SI and EEBCย |
NOC Specific: 0621, 0631ย |
428ย |
SI and EEBCย |
โย |
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