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Immigration to British Columbia, Canada via the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP), Category Semi-Skilled Workers

Semi-skilled workers seeking immigration to Canada that wish to reside in British Columbia can apply under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP), category Strategic Occupations, semi-skilled workers and pilot project.

Successful immigrant applications under this scheme pave the way for successful Canadian immigration to the province of British Columbia and the gaining of permanent residency status. In addition it meets the needs of attracting and retaining needed foreign workers.

Semi-skilled workers are those professions that require a formal education and/ or specialized training and as defined under the national occupation classification (NOC). 

This category of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) is for select occupations and eligible employers in the tourism/hospitality, food processing, long-haul trucking industries, and to qualifying foreign workers.

The tourism/hospitality, food processing and long-haul trucking industries play an important part British Columbia’s export-oriented economy, and are experiencing ongoing labour shortages.

Requirements for applying to the strategic (semi-skilled) occupations component of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program include:

  • The employer has offered, and the nominee candidate has accepted, permanent, full-time employment in a semi-skilled occupation whereby:
    • The candidate is suitably qualified to do the job and the remuneration package offered is commensurate with British Columbia wages.
    • The field of employment offers good long term prospects.
    • The employer must have a history of good practices, be financially sound and must have been operating in BC for at least one year and have at least five paid employees.
    • The employment of a foreign worker will be of significant economic benefit to British Columbia.
    • The potential for nominee candidates to become economically established in British Columbia

Eligible occupations under the semi skilled category of the The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP):


Tourism/Hospitality
Applicants must have been employed in an eligible occupation by the sponsoring company on a temporary work permit for at least 9 months immediately prior to the date of application to the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP).

  • Occupations in Travel and Accommodation
    • Hotel Front Desk Clerks
  • Tour and Recreational Guides and Casino Occupations
    • Tour and Travel Guides
    • Outdoor Sport and Recreational Guides
    • Casino Occupations
  • Occupations in Food and Beverage Service
    • Maitres d’hotel and Hosts/Hostesses
    • Bartenders
    • Food and Beverage Servers
  • Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations
    • Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations
  • Cleaners (hotels only)
    • Light Duty Cleaners
    • Specialized Cleaners
    • Janitors, Caretakers and Building Superintendents
  • Other Attendants in Accommodation and Travel:
    • Doorkeeper, Hotel Guest Services Attendant, Hotel
  • Other Elemental Service Occupations
    • Dry Cleaning and Laundry Occupations (Hotels/Resorts only)
    • Ironing, Pressing and Finishing Occupations (Hotels/Resorts only)
    • Other Elemental Service Occupations: Attendant, Sauna Room (Hotels/Resorts only), Hotel Valet
Please note that managers, professionals, service supervisors and other skilled workers, such as chefs and cooks should apply under the skilled workers category.

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Long-Haul Trucking
  • Applications will only be considered from applicants in the long haul trucking industry that have been employed by the sponsoring company for 9 months immediately prior to the application and can demonstrate 2 years long haul trucking experience with a valid British Columbia class one driving licence.

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Food Processing
  • Applications will only be considered from applicants in the food processing industry that have been employed by the sponsoring company for 9 months immediately prior to the application and in the following eligible occupations:
    • Process Control and Machine Operators, Food and Beverage Processing
    • Industrial Butchers and Meat Cutters, Poultry Preparers and Related Workers
    • Fish Plant Workers
    • Testers and Graders, Food and Beverage Processing
    • Labourers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing
    • Labourers in Fish Processing

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