Exploring Paths To Permanent Residence: The BC PNP – Skilled Worker Stream

From simplifying the purchase of a residential property to facilitating the election as director of a corporation, achieving permanent resident status in Canada has many advantages. In the last decade, we have seen a major shift in the way this coveted status is granted. We moved away from a first-come-first-served system in which applications were processed in the order they had been received by the Government to an invitation-based system in which only the strongest candidates are allowed to apply.

The Express Entry system has been the cornerstone of this change. Its logic is simple: all candidates are given a score ranging from 0 to 1200 points and the Government invites those who have the highest scores to apply for permanent residence. Prior to COVID-19, the score required to be invited was around 470 points. Since July 2022, it has only been below 490 points twice. Although this may not seem like such a big difference, the higher score required can be