BC PNP draw tracker

A BC PNP draw is a selection round operated by British Columbia's Provincial Nominee Program. The province dips into its Skills Immigration Registration System (SIRS) pool, where every registration carries a score out of 200, targets one or more categories, and issues invitations to apply for nomination to all candidates whose score sits at or above the round's cut-off. Holding a nomination is not the same as having permanent residence, yet it ranks among the most decisive milestones on the way there. British Columbia has tended to invite on a near-weekly cadence, although the precise dates and the categories chosen shift from round to round.

BC PNP rounds have typically appeared around once a week, often around midweek, sitting alongside the province's more regular tech-focused draws. Since the dates and the cut-offs are decided afresh each round, the authoritative live record is the WelcomeBC invitations page maintained by the province. This page assembles the recent rhythm to help you get your bearings and we update its date after each official round, but check WelcomeBC directly before you lean on any particular date or number.

No permanent threshold exists. The cut-off equals the SIRS total of the last candidate to receive an invitation in that round, decided purely by where the line lands on the day. Skilled Worker and International Graduate general rounds tend to sit toward the upper end, whereas targeted rounds for priority roles in childcare, healthcare, construction and veterinary medicine can settle a good deal lower. The tech route works from its own occupation list. Always interpret a cut-off in light of the exact stream and the date attached to it.

British Columbia has generally run its general SIRS rounds about weekly, supplemented by frequent targeted rounds for priority occupations and a standalone tech route. How quickly rounds come depends on the nomination allocation BC receives from IRCC each year and on how much demand has built up in each category. As the allocation gets squeezed, rounds can thin out and cut-offs can climb, which is why timing carries weight. The province alone sets this pace, no national timetable governs it, and it can shift between years.

General rounds draw from the wide Skilled Worker and International Graduate categories spanning most occupations. Targeted rounds reach only candidates employed in named priority areas, at present fields such as childcare (early childhood educators), healthcare, construction and veterinary medicine, and they frequently clear at a lower cut-off than general rounds. Running separately is the Tech route, which selects from a set list of technology occupations. The category you can be invited under hinges on the occupation recorded in your SIRS registration.

That turns on the route you registered through. British Columbia operates both an Express Entry BC (EEBC) channel and base, SIRS-only channels. A nomination secured via the EEBC channel contributes 600 points to your federal Comprehensive Ranking System total, which pushes virtually every profile clear of the federal Express Entry cut-off. A nomination from a base BC PNP channel adds nothing to CRS; what it does is underpin a direct, paper-based PR submission to IRCC. We pin down which channel suits your profile before any registration is filed.

Under the Skilled Worker and most Skills Immigration categories, generally yes, BC PNP usually expects a real, ongoing full-time offer from an employer in British Columbia, including businesses throughout Metro Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond and Victoria. The International Graduate category for recent BC graduates and some targeted health rounds can carry different conditions. Because requirements vary by stream, we read the precise criteria of each category rather than presuming an offer is or is not required.

It is not. This is an independent, evergreen orientation tracker kept up by Wild Mountain Immigration, with no connection to the Government of British Columbia. WelcomeBC publishes the official ledger of every BC PNP round, covering the dates, categories, invitation totals and SIRS cut-off scores. We refresh this page after rounds, yet you should always cross-check the current figures on the official WelcomeBC site before you act.