Skilled Worker

British Columbia’s growing economy needs skilled and experienced workers. The Skilled Worker stream is a way for workers in a professional, management, technical, trade or other skilled occupation to gain permanent residence in B.C.

Eligibility

To qualify for this stream, you must:

  • Have accepted a full-time, indeterminate job offer (the job offer must not be temporary or have a defined end date) from a B.C. employer. The job must be in a skilled occupation  (NOC TEER 0, 1, 2, or 3)  
  • Be qualified to perform the duties of the job
  • Have a minimum of two years of full-time (or full-time equivalent) work experience in any skilled occupation (NOC TEER 0, 1, 2, or 3)
  • Show you can support yourself and your dependants
  • Have, or be eligible for, legal immigration status in Canada
  • For NOC TEER 2 or 3 occupations, meet minimum language requirements
  • Have a wage offer in line with B.C. wage rates for the occupation

Entry Level and Semi-Skilled

The Entry Level and Semi-Skilled stream is a way for workers in select occupations in the  tourism/hospitality, or food processing sectors to gain permanent residence in B.C.

Eligibility

To qualify for this stream, you must:

  • have accepted a full-time, indeterminate job offer (a permanent job, or one with no set end date) from a B.C. employer in the tourism/hospitality, or food processing sector.
    Your occupation must be on the list of eligible occupations for your sector. All ELSS-eligible occupations are classified as NOC TEER 4 or 5
    For the Northeast Development Region of B.C., you may apply if you are working in any NOC TEER category 4 or 5  occupation, other than live-in caregivers (NOC 44100)
  • have been working full-time for your employer for a minimum of nine consecutive months before applying.
  • be qualified to do the job offered to you, including meeting any certification or registration requirements in B.C.
  • be earning a wage in line with B.C. wage rates for the occupation
  • meet minimum language and education requirements
  • show you can support yourself and your dependants
  • have legal immigration status in Canada

Please note that this stream does not have the Express Entry BC option.

Eligible Occupations

Occupations in travel and accommodation
64314 Hotel front desk clerks

Tour and recreational guides and casino occupations
64320 Tour and travel guides
64321 Casino workers
64322 Outdoor sport and recreational guides

Occupations in food and beverage service
64300 Maîtres d’hotel and hosts/hostesses
64301 Bartenders
65200 Food and beverage servers
65201 Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations

Cleaners (employed directly by hotels/resorts*)
65210 Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services
65310 Light duty cleaners
65311 Specialized cleaners
65312 Janitors, caretakers and heavy-duty cleaners

Other service occupations (employed directly by hotels/resorts*)
65320 Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations
65329 Other service support occupations

*For the purposes of the BC PNP, a resort is defined as an accommodation facility that is associated with recreational activities. These activities can include skiing, golfing, boating, fishing, biking, swimming, horseback riding, hiking, nature-based or interpretive tours, etc.

Food processing
94140 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
94141 Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
94142 Fish and seafood plant workers
94143 Testers and graders, food and beverage processing
95106 Laborers in food and beverage processing

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