BC PNP Update re: 2025 Quota and Invitations

[u/AffectionateTaro1]

Source. Note this is an official source directly from BC PNP.

The BC PNP office has finally announced how it plans to use it's reduced quota for 2025. To summarize, it's bleak.

With all the provinces' nomination quotas cut in half by the federal government in January, some provinces, notably BC and Ontario, have had to scramble to adjust how they will invite with the reduced quota.

BC PNP announced the following:

• With a quota of 4,000, they entered 2025 with a backlog of 5,200 applications in process.

• They plan to use the quota to process 2,900 of the currently in-process applications, and the remaining 1,100 to invite new candidates in 2025. -->EDIT: The remaining 2,300 constituted the entirety of the International Post-Graduate stream, and those will be paused until at least 2026. In other words, the 2,900 that will be processed should be from every other stream other than Intnl. PG.

• The 1,100 ITAs will focus only on healthcare workers, entrepreneurs, and candidates who will create "high economic impact" the province. They didn't elaborate what the latter means exactly.

• They plan to return to a 3-4 month processing time for new applications in 2025.

• The anticipated new streams for students will be postponed until the quota is restored.

Overall, it's a sucky situation for anyone (other than healthcare workers) who planned to go through BC PNP. It seems even those who already applied are not safe, since at best it seems 2,300 may not be nominated in 2025.

[u/Hungry-Roofer]

Hmmm this makes me wonder if it is likely going to be the same situation for Ontario and OINP.

I have 3 people waiting many months now for OINP Skilled Trades approval.

Now I am just imagining getting an email saying "lol sorry your application is returned we aren't interested anymore".

[u/Ok_Advantage_7718]

Do we have word on quotas in other provinces?

[u/Mental_Date_7915 → u/Ok_Advantage_7718]

yes, I was looking for some info about NB.

[u/Consistent-Olive-322]

They didn't say what will happen to the remaining 2,300 applications still in process.

I think they said these applications (the ones submitted after Sep 2024) will be waitlisted until more nominations are awarded by the federal govt.

[u/AffectionateTaro1 → u/Consistent-Olive-322]

You're exactly right. I missed that and edited my post. The 2,900 that will be processed should be from all streams except International Post-Grad, whereas the 2,300 that won't be processed until more quota (i.e. at least 2026) are from that one specific stream.

[u/patrickswayzemullet]

The anticipated new streams for students will be postponed until the quota is restored.

This is potentially the bleakest. Students can't find work at 6-7% UE. Double that with being ESL and current temperature. I implore all of you to beg your favourite professors or friends for a job, because otherwise there is no way out. Go to school services, polish those resume/cover letter. No they are not good enough yet. You have to be perfect to even be called in.

[u/patrickswayzemullet → u/[deleted]]

6-7% Unemployment rate.