Provincial Nominee Program
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Business
 Categories
The
Business Categories component of
the BC Provincial Nominee Program was
developed to provide British Columbia with
a mechanism for increasing the economic benefits
of immigration to the province. Please note that meeting minimum
selection criteria does not guarantee approval. Program targets
and processing capacity lead to a focus on the candidates best able to
bring economic benefits to
the Province.
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are three separate business categories:
- Business Skills
- Regional Business
- Projects
Business Skills Category:
This category is intended to attract prospective applicants who have
extensive resources and business experience, and who want to be actively
involved in implementing a BC business undertaking that will make a
significant contribution to the economy of the province.
Eligibility:
- Successful business experience
- Minimum net worth: CAD$ 2 million
- Minimum investment: CAD$ 800,000
- Applicant must have a minimum ⅓ equity
- Business plan
- Business to create a minimum of 5 new jobs
- Applicant to have an active management role.
- Download our Business Skills Category brochure:
Regional Business Category:
This category is intended to assist people from outside Canada, with
proven skills and financial resources, to rapidly implement plans for
business establishment or expansion contributing to the regional
development of British Columbia.
Eligibility:
- Project must be located outside the
Greater Vancouver Area (see below for definition)
- Minimum net worth: CAD$ 600,000
- Minimum investment: CAD$ 300,000
excluding real estate component
- Applicant must have a minimum 50% equity
- Business must create a minimum of 2 new jobs
- Applicant to have an active management role.
The Greater Vancouver Area includes Burnaby, Coquitlam,
Delta, Langley City, Langley District Municipality, Maple Ridge, New
Westminster, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond,
Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver and White Rock.
- Download our Regional Business Category brochure:
Projects Category:
This category is designed to assist local or foreign companies with the
timely entry of skilled, key managers and key technical professionals
essential to the success of a business expected to generate significant
economic benefits to British Columbia.
Eligibility:
- The
company must have a proven record of successful experience in an area relevant to the proposed business
- Only
for new investments or business expansions
(minimum investment: CAD$ 1 million and create a minimum of 5 new
jobs)
- Key
staff presence is essential to the success of the project.
Strategic
Occupations Category:
The Strategic Occupations category
of the BC Provincial Nominee Program focuses on public and private sectors with critical skill
shortages.
The Application Process
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