British Columbia nominee stream · BC-PNP-SI-HA
BC PNP Skills Immigration: Health Authority (British Columbia)
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Health professionals with a job offer from a British Columbia public health authority, and physicians, nurse practitioners and midwives who are not directly employed by one.
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How it works
About the skills immigration: health authority
A direct route for health workers that skips the registration pool entirely: eligible candidates apply straight away rather than waiting to be invited. Like the Skilled Worker stream, it offers the Express Entry option.
Applying from outside Canada: Open from abroad, and there is no registration step: with the job offer and the health authority's support you apply directly.
Source: the province's own page for this stream. Last checked October 11, 2026. Provinces change stream criteria without notice, so confirm the detail before you rely on it.
Requirements
What this stream asks for
- A full-time job offer with no end date from a British Columbia health authority, in a health occupation (any NOC 2021 code starting with 3) or as a social worker (41300), counselling therapist (41301) or social and community service worker (42201)
- Support from authorised personnel at that health authority (a midwife practice group can support a midwife instead), plus an employer declaration form
- The experience, credentials and professional registration the health authority and the province require for the role
- Language at CLB 4 or above
- A wage and income meeting the province's thresholds
Programme
The British Columbia programme right now
Open and drawing regularly. British Columbia refocused the programme in April 2026 around three priorities it calls Care, Build and Innovate, and invitations now name those categories. The Entry Level and Semi-Skilled stream is closed, the technology priority draws ended, and the province has said it will not launch new student streams.
The Entry Level and Semi-Skilled stream closed after its final invitations in December 2024, and the technology priority draws ended the same month. British Columbia has stated it will not launch new student streams, so studying in the province earns extra registration points but is no longer a route of its own. Separately, WelcomeBC has reorganised its addresses: the old skills immigration page now redirects to one called For workers, and the old entrepreneur immigration page to one called For entrepreneurs and businesses. Older links still reach the right content, but they no longer land where they used to.
Official BC PNP page Official draw results
Checked against the province's own pages on September 11, 2026. Streams change through the year, so confirm on the official page before you apply.
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