British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program Launches A New Website

28 Oct 2013

The British Columbia PNP (Provincial Nominee Program) has announced the launch of new and improved content for their website – www.welcomebc.ca/pnp.

The new website content focuses on applicants and the changes make the website simpler to understand and navigate. New pages like Categories at a Glance, a dedicated section for British Columbian Employers and PNP processing times are added to the website.

There is an updated PNP Application Forms and Checklists. The old PNP checklists and forms will be accepted only till 15^th November, 2013 and after this date applications with old checklists and forms will be returned to applicants and will not be accepted.

Application Processing Times for BC PNP

Listed below are the processing times for BC PNP upon receiving a complete application. If your application does not have any of the mandatory documentation mentioned in the PNP checklist, the processing may be delayed.

Skills Immigration categories

Presently, the processing time for applications under Skills Immigration is approximately 8-12 weeks from the date of receiving the application.

Business Immigration categories

Because of an unusually large raise in applications, the average processing time for applications under Business Immigration has increased. Currently, BC is processing applications received in May 2012.

However, PNP continues to prioritize applications received under the Regional Business Succession Option and these applications are usually processed under 3 months of receipt.