Overview
A full time indeterminate job offer from a British Columbia employer, two years of skilled experience, and modest language. On paper this is among the more accessible provincial streams in the country. In practice it is now one of the harder ones to actually use.
The reason is that the province stopped running general draws in April 2026. Registration puts you in a pool the province does not currently publish a size for, and it draws only from priority categories. If your occupation is not in one, your registration sits there until it expires, however high your score.
Best suited to: someone with a job offer in health care, childcare, French language teaching, veterinary care or one of nine certified construction trades, or someone earning around $58 an hour or more in any occupation.
Eligibility
- The job offer. Full time, meaning at least 30 hours a week year round, and indeterminate, meaning no end date. Certain occupations, largely academic and technology roles, may instead use a fixed term offer of at least a year provided at least 120 days remain when you apply.
- Skill level. The occupation must be at TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3.
- Work experience. At least two years of full time, or full time equivalent, work in any skilled occupation within the last ten years. It does not have to be in the occupation you have been offered, though experience that does match earns considerably more points.
- Language. CLB 4 in all four abilities where the offer is at TEER 2, 3, 4 or 5. At TEER 0 or 1 a test is not required to register, though the province can ask for one and it earns points either way.
- Wage. Within the published range for that occupation and location, comparable to what citizens and permanent residents doing similar work are paid, and consistent with the employer's own pay structure. Bonuses, commissions, tips, overtime and board are excluded from the figure.
- Education. No minimum. It is scored, not required.
- Residence. None required. You may register from outside Canada, though working in British Columbia for the supporting employer is worth ten points.
The barred occupations
For applications after 13 June 2026
Twelve occupations became ineligible for this stream and every other skills immigration stream. There is no score that overcomes it and no discretion to apply.
| Occupation | Occupation |
|---|---|
| Executive assistants | Retail sales supervisors |
| Human resources and recruitment officers | Food service supervisors |
| Accounting technicians and bookkeepers | Real estate agents and salespersons |
| Administrative officers | Religious leaders |
| Administrative assistants | Religious workers |
| Legal administrative assistants | Medical administrative assistants |
Half of them are office roles. If a client's offer is administrative, British Columbia is closed and the honest advice is to look at another province rather than to improve the file. The province also barred organisations providing immigration services from acting as employers in the same revision.
Requirements checker
A structured way to see where you stand against the published criteria. It returns an indication only, not an eligibility decision, not legal advice, and not a prediction that you will be invited.
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