British Columbia PNP announces 3 new streams for international students.

Highlights: BC PNP updates its streams for international students!

• The British Columbia updated the streams for international students.  
• The International Graduate and Post-Graduate Streams will be substituted with three new streams.
• The Bachelor's stream, the Master's stream, and the Doctorate stream are the new streams.
• CLB 8 is the minimum language requirement planned for the new graduate streams.

 

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British Columbia PNP announces new changes

British Columbia announced plans to update the British Columbia PNP for international students. The changes are introduced to increase applicants' awareness regarding language skills and education levels required to increase the chances of receiving a nomination.

Candidates with proficiency in French or English and higher levels of education are more likely to contribute to the growth of British Columbia's economy.

The province will replace the existing graduate streams with three new ones.

International Graduate streams
Current Graduate streams	New Graduate streams
International Graduate	Bachelor’s stream
International Post-Graduate	Master’s stream
	Doctorate stream

 

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Details of the New Graduate streams

British Columbia announced three new graduate streams for international students.

1. Bachelor’s Stream
2. Master’s Stream
3. Doctorate Stream

Streams	Eligibility	Who can register?
Bachelor’s stream	Recent graduates with Bachelor's degree from post-secondary institutions	Graduates with undefined full-time job offer
Master’s stream	Recent graduates with Master's degree from post-secondary institutions	Graduates with at least 1 year of work experience in any skilled occupation.
Doctorate stream	Graduates from doctoral-level programs from post-secondary institutions	Graduates and PhD candidates

 

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Objectives of the new BC PNP streams

Some of the objectives of the announcement made to the BC PNP streams are as follows:

• The changes will create clear immigration pathways with more positive outcomes for the nominees.
• Students who have completed certificate or diploma programs in Canada are not eligible for the new streams but can still qualify for the other BC PNP streams.
• The minimum CLB language requirement for the new streams would be CLB 8. The language requirement will, however, remain unchanged for the Health Authority stream.
• The complete criteria of the latest streams will be updated in January 2025 in the Program Guide of BC PNP Skills Immigration.

 

 

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