The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) has changed its point system to reflect NOC changes and the human capital factors significance. As well, to modify the candidate’s point allocations, the BC PNP changes the system on 16th November 2021.
- Points have been removed for NOC skill levels. The NOC system is Canada’s key way of categorizing occupations and has just moved to a TEER classification
- As a result, the number of points allocated to human capital (skills, experience education, and capabilities of the person) and financial factors (job offer, income, region of employment) of candidates has increased;
- Extra points have been added for professional designations and language skills in both English and French;
- Points have been added for prior experience working or studying outside of the city of Vancouver.
These changes (still separated between human capital and economic factors) are reflected in the new points distribution table:
| Scoring Selections | Max Points |
Human Capital Factors | Directly Related Work Experience | 40 |
Highest Level of Education | 40 | |
Language Proficiency (English or French) | 40 | |
Economic Factors | Hourly Wage of the B.C. Job Offer | 55 |
Area within B.C. | 25 | |
Total Points Available | 200 |
Changes-1: No Points Based On The Job Offer NOC
One of the foremost, arguable, and notable changes to the new points allocation system, is the candidate’s NOC skill level-based points removal from the job offer.
Previously allocated up to 60 points in value according to the NOC, these points have now been dispersed across both human capital, and economic factors of claimants.
Change #2: Points Re-Allocation
Under the deletion of points for the NOC code of job offer, every other human capital or economic aspect has been given an improved weightage:
- Directly related work experience now obtains a maximum of 60 points (before 40);
- The highest level of education now obtains a maximum of 40 points (previously 25);
- Language skill in English or French now gets a maximum of 40 points (previously 30);
- Hourly salary of job offer now gets a maximum of 55 points (previously 50);
- The area within British Columbia (B.C.) now gets a maximum of 25 points (previously 10);
Change #3: Points For Qualified Professional Designations
Another change in the points distribution for economic factors was the addition of 5 points that can be granted to suitable professional designations held by a candidate. This includes any applicable employment certificate held by SkilledTradesBC or Industry Training Authority British Columbia (ITABC); but also refers to particular occupations on the BCPNP program guide.
Change #4: CLB Language Benchmark Of 9 Now Gets A Full Score, Skill In Both French And English Known
Language ability’s highest score (30 points) can now be reached with a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) of 9 as contrasting to the previous 10. The CLB is Canada’s national standard for assessing language skills, based on official language assessments.
An extra change here is that skill in both English and French is now familiar and gets an added 10 points for candidates who have both.
Change #5: Readjusted Allowance For British Columbia Location
Additional changes have been made to the district of employment of hopefuls in B.C. Whereas previously chosen locations outside of Vancouver would obtain a tiered number of points, the present scoring criteria assign:
- 0 points for a job in the metro Vancouver district;
- 5 points for occupation in the Squamish, Abbotsford, Agassiz, Mission, and Chilliwack districts; and
- 15 points, for any location in B.C. not already mentioned
Moreover, the criteria assign 10 additional points to persons with specific provincial education or work experience (as different from the previous allocation for one year of any Canadian experience).
Change #6: Higher Salary Ceiling
The ending main change to the points criteria was a higher wage ceiling to obtain the maximum number of points based on salary. There are also 5 extra points available here for candidates (55, previously 50).
While previously a yearly salary of $100,000 would assure a candidate the maximum number of points in this class, B.C. has adjusted this ceiling to a yearly income of $145,000; claimants who previously held a salary of $100,000 now only get 33 points, as different to the old maximum of 50.
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