{"id":1687,"date":"2024-09-07T15:39:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T15:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration-services.org\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2024-09-07T15:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T15:39:58","slug":"b-c-issues-new-tech-pilot-invitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration-services.org\/?p=1687","title":{"rendered":"B.C. issues new Tech Pilot invitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_1200x630_crop_center-center_82_none\/bc_tech_feb5.jpg?mtime=1656366755\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bc tech feb5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_newsThumbnail\/bc_tech_feb5.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bc tech feb5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_newsThumbnail\/bc_tech_feb5.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>British Columbia invited 32 Skills Immigration and Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence through its Tech Pilot on February 5.<\/p>\n<p>The Tech Pilot issues weekly invitations to eligible foreign tech workers with a valid job offer\u00a0in one of 29 in-demand technology occupations\u00a0in the province.<\/p>\n<p>Invitations went to Skilled Worker and International Graduate candidates in both the Express Entry BC (EEBC) and Skills Immigration streams. The minimum score for Skilled Worker candidates was 85 and the minimum score for International Graduates was 95.<\/p>\n<p>EEBC candidates must be\u00a0registered under both the federal Express Entry\u00a0system and B.C.&#8217;s Skills Immigration Registration System\u00a0(SIRS).<\/p>\n<p>Express Entry candidates with a provincial nomination receive an additional 600 points toward their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score.<\/p>\n<p>Skills Immigration candidates only need to be registered\u00a0with the SIRS.<\/p>\n<p>Created in 2017, the Tech Pilot addresses rising labour demands in British Columbia&#8217;s tech sector that can&#8217;t be met locally. Its goal is to ensure B.C.&#8217;s tech sector has access to the talent it needs to continue growing.<\/p>\n<p>Tech Pilot candidates are exempt from the indeterminate, full-time job offer requirement that applies to most immigration categories\u00a0under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program.<\/p>\n<p>Tech Pilot candidates, however, must demonstrate a job offer that is at least one year in duration and has at least 120 calendar days remaining at the time they apply for a provincial nomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>The minimum scores for each category involved in this draw were as follows:<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Category<\/th>\n<th>Minimum Score Required<\/th>\n<th>Number of ITAs Issued<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>February 5, 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>EEBC \u2013 Skilled Worker<\/td>\n<td>85<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EEBC \u2013 International Graduate<\/td>\n<td>95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SI &#8211; Skilled Worker<\/td>\n<td>85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SI \u2013 International Graduate<\/td>\n<td>95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Use the\u00a0CanadaVisa Skills Immigration Registration System Calculator\u00a0to determine how many points you may be awarded under the BC PNP If you are interested in immigrating to Canada through the BC PNP.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the eligibility criteria for the BC PNP\u2019s various streams, please visit our dedicated BC PNP page.<\/p>\n<p>Complete our free online assessment to find out if your are eligible for one of the BC PNP Canadian immigration categories.<\/p>\n<p> Please visit:  <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/teo-bg.com\/en\/tractors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Our Sponsor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbia invited 32 Skills Immigration and Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence through its Tech Pilot on February 5.The Tech Pilot issues weekly invitations to eligible foreign tech workers with a valid job offer\u00a0in one of 29 in-demand technology occupations\u00a0in the province.Invitations went to Skilled Worker and International&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration-services-at-one-place"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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