Provincial Nominee Program: Business Immigrants
Nomination
Once the applicant is nominated, the BC PNP will do the following:
- Send the applicant (or the applicant’s authorized representative) a letter confirming his/her acceptance as a British Columbia Provincial Nominee, together with instructions on applying for a Canadian permanent resident visa. For approved Strategic Projects applicants, we will also send a copy of the letters of acceptance to the sponsoring company.
- Send the nominee’s Nomination Certificate and Information Release Form to the appropriate visa office of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
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After receiving the letter of acceptance, the nominee
is responsible for completing and submitting a
complete permanent visa application to the
appropriate visa office of CIC. This must be done
within 180 days of the date on the Nomination
Certificate. |
Withdrawal of Provincial Nomination
The Province of BC may withdraw its Certificate of Nomination at any time prior to CIC issuing a Permanent Resident Visa if:
- The nominee or any accompanying dependent is deemed inadmissible by CIC for medical, security or criminality reasons
- The Province discovers that information provided in the BC PNP application is false or misrepresented
- The Province is advised that information provided in the nominee’s permanent resident visa application is false or misrepresented
- The nominee is deemed to be no longer residing in BC
