British Columbia held a new PNP draw by issuing 230 invitations

British Columbia has invited 230 candidates through the Express Entry and Skills Immigration streams of the BC Provincial Nominee Program. The province held the draw on December 22.

The break-up of the scores in each category is given below:

EEBC	Skilled Worker	99
EEBC	International Graduate	99
SI	Skilled Worker	95
SI	International Graduate	95
SI	Entry Level & Semi-skilled	77

Express Entry BC: Candidates who apply for the BC PNP through the Express Entry BC stream must have an express entry profile. In addition, they must register themselves with the Skills Immigration Registration System. Skills Immigration: candidates who are applying to the PNP under the Skills Immigration stream do not need to have a mandatory express entry profile. They only have to register with the SIRS of the province. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the province has ruled out some of the occupations. Candidates can look at the list of excluded occupations on the province’s webpage.