A Guide to BC PNP Entrepreneur Strategic Projects

The company’s senior executives are encouraged to visit British Columbia and learn about the various business opportunities in the province. This visit is not required. However, it may help the company’s senior executives understand the business environment they will be expanding into.

The company is required to contact the BC PNP when they wish to apply for the BC PNP Strategic Projects category. The company’s representatives can use this opportunity to learn more about the program and discuss their business proposal before completing the formal registration process.

Your corporation should register in the online system showing their interest in applying for and securing Canadian work visas for your staff members. You will need to submit this information as part of your application:

• A complete profile of your company
• Investments you are ready to make in the BC economy.
• Qualifications of the key staff who will apply for a Canada investor visa
• At this point, the company should pay the $300 registration fee

Once the BC PNP reviews the submitted registration information, they will determine whether the foreign company is eligible to proceed with its application. When your company is invited to apply, you must submit a full application within 90 days starting from the date the invitation was issued.

The BC PNP will reach out to companies who qualify for the BC PNP Strategic Projects program and invite them to complete a full application. The company and the staff members who will be coming to Canada will be required to fill out forms and provide relevant documents during this stage.

• The corporate application fee of $3,500 CAD must also be paid at this stage.
• There is also a $1,000 CAD application fee for each staff member applying under the program.
• The BC PNP will then check the completed applications and request additional information or documents if they are needed.
• If successful, the staff members will be invited to Vancouver for an in-person interview.

Once a positive decision regarding the application is made, the company will be required to sign the Performance Agreement between the corporation and the province of BC. All the approved vital staff members will also be asked to sign their agreements.

The BC PNP will send a work permit support letter to each of the approved key staff members. With these letters, they can apply to the IRCC for a Canada work visa.

After signing their performance agreements, the staff members are required to arrive in BC within six months from the date they receive their work permit support letters. Within two months of their arrival, they need to complete an arrival report form to the BC PNP.

• Once the staff members receive their work permits, they can come to Canada and submit their arrival report form with BC PNP.
• The corporation must then submit its final report with BC PNP and prove that they have met the conditions described in the Performance Agreement.
• The BC PNP may then conduct interviews and visit the business site to verify that the information contained in the report is accurate.
• If all the conditions and terms above are met, the business’s staff members in British Columbia will receive a permanent residency nomination.
• They must then apply for their permanent resident status with IRCC within six months of receiving this nomination.

All qualifying senior employees of the company will be able to apply for permanent residence to the IRCC within 180 days since they receive a provincial nomination.