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The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) has been developed to assist employers fill critical skill shortages. The BC PNP is a special component of the Canadian immigration program. Nomination through the BC PNP removes the requirement to meet the occupation points screen and allows for faster processing. Under the BC PNP immigration processing will take approximately six months, rather than the eighteen months to two years that it otherwise does. The temporary foreign worker program is currently used to meet some critical skill shortages but this is a temporary solution for employer and employee. In contrast, use of the BC PNP to meet critical skill shortages adds to the permanent workforce. The BC PNP is employer-driven. An employer has a permanent, full-time vacancy in a field where there is a shortage of qualified workers. The employer recruits a qualified person, and then applies for nomination for that person.
A further
goal of the BC PNP is increasing economic benefit to the provincial economy.
The BC PNP is aimed at high skilled occupations, where the potential for gains
to the economy are substantial and where it is expected that there will be a
transfer of skills to the BC workforce. These occupations typically require The BC PNP views employers as partners. This is a central principle of the program. It is assumed that employers use international recruiting (which is costly and time-consuming) only for very good reasons. Therefore, requests for nomination from employers will be viewed as valid, unless inconsistent employer and job information raises concerns. It is understood that any immigration program could be open to inappropriate applications, but it is expected that these will be screened out in the assessment process.
The BC PNP
is not run by a specific skill shortage list. Rather, the BC PNP has
identified certain sectors as high priorities and has drawn together
information on well-documented shortages. The initial priorities include high
technology workers and certain highly skilled trades. Despite current
communications and These priorities are not exhaustive. Employers in other industries who identify key shortages and the need to recruit from outside of Canada are welcome to apply to the BC PNP. These priorities are open to addition and change as additional information on skill shortages develop. The BC PNP will ensure program integrity through assessment of information on shortages, companies, job descriptions (including pay & working conditions) and qualifications of potential nominees. The Employer Kit outlines the full requirements for the BC PNP process. The BC PNP is aware of the need to minimise the workload for employers so employers are encouraged to make contact early on; if the vacancy and worker are in skills which have already been identified as being in shortage, some documentation requirements may be waived.
This
assessment process calls on the BC PNP officers to exercise discretion and
there is a need for sound information. Employer associations and employers are
seen as crucial in providing current information on shortages, especially on
emerging skills. The BC PNP wishes to share information with BC PNP
Migration to
Canada contains the latest and
up-to-date information on Canadian Immigration
that is useful for the persons intending to
We provide
Immigration and Naturalization Service to Migration to
Canada
also has online assessment forms for Skilled Worker Class, Business Class and
Provincial Nominee Programs to let the applicant know their chance before they
actually apply for Immigration to Canada. The assessment is free of
charge.
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Naturalization Service for Migration to
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