Latest BC PNP Draw: Current Cut-Off Scores, Recent Rounds, and What Changed (2026, Continuously Updated)

Every BC PNP draw is a snapshot of who British Columbia is inviting to apply for provincial nomination right now, and at what score. This page tracks the latest BC PNP draw results for 2026, the cut-off score for each category, how many invitations went out, and how full the registration pool is. All figures below are transcribed from the official WelcomeBC invitations to apply page, which was last updated August 6, 2026. We update this hub as new rounds are published, so you can check one page instead of hunting through news posts.

Why the latest BC PNP draw matters for you

A BC PNP draw does not hand out nominations. It hands out invitations to apply, and only to registrants whose score clears the category cut-off on the day of the round. As of August 4, 2026, the Skills Immigration registration pool held 8,306 registrations, and most of them sat in the 90 to 129 range while the highest-scoring category cut-offs this year landed above 130 for the high economic impact rounds. That gap is the whole game. If you are in the pool, the single most useful thing you can do this week is confirm which category you actually fall under, and whether your registration score is realistically above the recent cut-off for that category, because a registration that never clears a cut-off simply expires after 12 months. The tables below show you exactly where the recent lines were drawn.

In this guide

• Latest BC PNP Skills Immigration draw results (2026)

• The Skills Immigration registration pool right now

• Entrepreneur Immigration draw results (2026)

• How to read a BC PNP draw

• What the 2026 pattern tells us: Amir's read

• How BC PNP draws affect your application

• BC PNP fees and processing times

• What to do if your situation does not fit the standard case

• Frequently asked questions about BC PNP draws

• Related posts

Latest BC PNP Skills Immigration draw results (2026)

Most BC PNP invitations go to Skills Immigration registrants. British Columbia runs targeted rounds by category (Care, Build, and Innovate), plus occasional general high economic impact rounds and special initiatives. The table below lists the recent Skills Immigration rounds published on the official invitations page, newest first.

Date	Category / ITA type	Selection factor	Minimum score	Invitations
Aug 6, 2026	Care: Childcare (ECE only)	Targeted	102	183
Aug 6, 2026	Care: Health (priority health)	Targeted	84	124
Aug 6, 2026	Care: Education (priority education)	Targeted	68	fewer than 5
Aug 6, 2026	Care: Veterinary Care	Targeted	72	6
Aug 6, 2026	Build: Construction Trades	Targeted	88	187
Jul 23, 2026	Temporary Rural / Remote Health Support	Points	50	60
Jul 16, 2026	Innovate: High Economic Impact (wage $58/hr, $115,000/yr, NOC 0-3)	Wage and NOC	N/A	223
Jul 16, 2026	Innovate: High Economic Impact	Points	132	346
Jul 9, 2026	Care: Childcare (ECE only)	Targeted	108	91
Jul 9, 2026	Care: Health (priority health)	Targeted	96	116
Jul 9, 2026	Care: Veterinary Care	Targeted	88	fewer than 5
Jul 9, 2026	Build: Construction Trades	Targeted	97	136
Jun 18, 2026	Innovate: High Economic Impact (wage $62/hr, $125,000/yr, NOC 0-3)	Wage and NOC	N/A	130
Jun 18, 2026	Innovate: High Economic Impact	Points	136	149
Jun 2, 2026	Care: Childcare (ECE)	Targeted	111	91
Jun 2, 2026	Care: Health (priority health)	Targeted	100	117
Jun 2, 2026	Care: Veterinary Care	Targeted	92	6
Jun 2, 2026	Build: Construction Trades	Targeted	101	128
May 14, 2026	Innovate: High Economic Impact (wage $59/hr, $120,000/yr, NOC 0-3)	Wage and NOC	N/A	225
May 14, 2026	Innovate: High Economic Impact	Points	135	212
May 6, 2026	Care: Childcare (ECE only, NOC 42202)	Targeted	115	86
May 6, 2026	Care: Health (priority health)	Targeted	108	117
May 6, 2026	Care: Veterinary Care	Targeted	100	9
May 6, 2026	Build: Construction Trades	Targeted	108	121
Apr 22, 2026	General: High Economic Impact	Wage $62/hr & $125,000/yr (252) or 138 points (232)	138	484
Feb 11, 2026	General: High Economic Impact	Wage $62/hr & $125,000/yr (195) or 135 points (265)	135	460
Feb 4, 2026	General: High Economic Impact	Wage $70/hr & $145,000/yr (206) or 138 points (223)	138	429

Source: WelcomeBC, BC PNP Invitations to Apply (official), last updated August 6, 2026. Verified August 2026. Rounds before February 2026, and any rounds not shown above, are listed on WelcomeBC's Archives page. "Fewer than 5" is how WelcomeBC reports very small counts.

The Skills Immigration registration pool right now

BC PNP publishes a breakdown of the registration pool by score range. This is the crowd you are competing with. The table below reflects the pool as of August 4, 2026.

Score range	Number of registrations
150+	10
140 to 149	38
130 to 139	241
120 to 129	1,023
110 to 119	1,332
100 to 109	1,651
90 to 99	1,468
80 to 89	1,219
70 to 79	739
60 to 69	373
0 to 59	212
Total	8,306

Source: WelcomeBC, BC PNP Invitations to Apply (official), registration pool as of August 4, 2026. Verified August 2026.

Entrepreneur Immigration draw results (2026)

BC PNP also invites Entrepreneur Immigration registrants, in much smaller numbers, under the Base and Regional streams. These rounds run on a separate points grid from Skills Immigration.

Date	Stream	Minimum score	Invitations
Jul 28, 2026	Base	117	10
Jun 30, 2026	Base	118	14
Jun 30, 2026	Regional	113	fewer than 5
Jun 2, 2026	Base	117	15
Jun 2, 2026	Regional	117	fewer than 5
May 5, 2026	Base	115	8
May 5, 2026	Regional	115	fewer than 5
Apr 14, 2026	Base	115	14
Mar 10, 2026	Base	117	7
Mar 10, 2026	Regional	129	fewer than 5
Feb 10, 2026	Base	121	13
Feb 10, 2026	Regional	105	fewer than 5
Jan 13, 2026	Base	115	7

Source: WelcomeBC, BC PNP Invitations to Apply (official), last updated August 6, 2026. Verified August 2026.

How to read a BC PNP draw

A BC PNP draw result has four moving parts. Read them in this order and the numbers stop looking random:

1. The category. British Columbia mostly invites by category now: Care (childcare, health, education, veterinary care), Build (construction trades), and Innovate (high economic impact and priority tech-style occupations), plus special initiatives such as the Temporary Rural / Remote Health Support Initiative. Your occupation and job offer decide which category you can be invited from.

2. The selection factor. Most targeted rounds use a minimum score. Some high economic impact rounds instead use a wage-and-occupation rule (for example, a wage of $58 per hour and $115,000 per year in a NOC TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 job), and show "N/A" in the score column because score was not the deciding factor.

3. The minimum score. This is the lowest registration score that received an invitation in that specific category on that day. It is not a permanent pass mark. It moves every round based on who is in the pool.

4. The number of invitations. A larger round usually means a lower cut-off, because BC has to reach further down the pool to fill it. A small, targeted round can post a surprisingly high cut-off.

The score you are compared against comes from the Skills Immigration Registration System, often shortened to your SIRS score. If you want to estimate yours before reading the cut-offs, work through our guide on how to estimate your SIRS score first, then come back to the table.

What the 2026 pattern tells us: Amir's read

The clearest 2026 pattern is that British Columbia is still selecting, but selectively. It is running frequent targeted Care and Build rounds at moderate cut-offs while reserving its high economic impact rounds for scores above 130. That tells you category choice now matters as much as raw score.

There is a strategy point underneath this that trips up a lot of BC students and workers, and it is the single most useful thing I tell people eyeing the BC PNP.

Under the BC PNP registration system, directly related work experience earns you points. Under Express Entry, your work experience does not necessarily have to be directly related in order to score. So a student in B.C. eyeing the BC PNP should be deliberate about lining up jobs they already have prior experience in, so their points accumulate faster and their score climbs higher.

That is the lever most people leave on the table. Everyone else is competing on the other two levers, language scores and higher wages, and those two also directly affect your daily life and your BC PNP score. Directly related experience is the one you can plan for quietly, before you ever register. It is also why two candidates with the same job offer can sit in very different score bands in the pool table above. If you are choosing between two B.C. jobs and one lines up with your past experience, that alignment is worth real registration points, not just a nicer resume.

How BC PNP draws affect your application

Reading the draw table is step one. Turning it into a decision is step two. Here is how the numbers translate into action:

1. If your score is comfortably above your category's recent cut-off, your job is to keep your registration accurate and current so an invitation is not wasted on a profile that cannot then submit. An invitation gives you 30 calendar days to submit a complete application, or it expires and your registration is removed from the pool.

2. If your score is close to the cut-off, small, honest gains matter most: a higher language result, an occupation-aligned job offer, or a wage bump can move you across the line. Do not inflate anything. BC PNP applications are assessed under the Provincial Immigration Programs Act, and misrepresentation follows you into every future application.

3. If you are considering the Express Entry BC option, know that being nominated through an EEBC-linked stream adds points to your federal Express Entry profile and can speed up your federal permanent residence processing. That interaction between provincial nomination and the federal system is where a lot of value, and a lot of confusion, lives.

For the full eligibility picture behind these rounds, our BC PNP requirements guide breaks down the Skilled Worker and Health Authority streams, and the Provincial Nominee Program service page explains where nomination sits in the overall path to permanent residence.

If one row in the pool table made you unsure whether your category and your score actually line up, that hesitation is exactly what an eligibility check with Ansari Immigration's licensed RCIC is for ($80, 30 minutes).

Which category are you registered under, and is your score above or below the latest cut-off for it? Tell us in the comments, keeping it general. Real numbers from readers help everyone reading this page decide whether to wait or improve their profile first.

BC PNP fees and processing times

Two questions come up on every draw: what it costs, and how long a decision takes once you are invited and apply. Both are published by BC PNP.

Process	BC PNP fee (CAD)
Registration	No fee
Application	$1,750
Request for review	$500

Source: WelcomeBC, Skills Immigration (For workers) official page, last updated May 28, 2026. Verified August 2026. These are BC PNP fees only. You pay a separate fee to IRCC when you submit your permanent residence application, and possibly for a work permit.

Stage	Estimated processing time (about 80% of cases)
Application	3 months
Post-nomination request	1 month
Request for review	6 months

Source: WelcomeBC, Skills Immigration (For workers) official page, last updated May 28, 2026. Verified August 2026. Processing times depend on when BC PNP receives a complete application, case complexity and volume, program capacity, and available nominations, and can change without notice.

What to do if your situation does not fit the standard case

Not every candidate maps cleanly onto a category and a cut-off. Common edge cases:

• Your occupation is on the ineligible list. Some occupations, including several administrative, retail-supervisor, food-service-supervisor, real-estate, and religious roles, are not eligible for any Skills Immigration stream. If your NOC is on that list, no draw applies to you and you need a different pathway.

• You have no job offer. Most Skills Immigration streams require a full-time, indeterminate job offer from an eligible B.C. employer. If you do not have one yet, the draw table tells you what score you would eventually need, but the job offer comes first. A B.C.-specific job offer and how it interacts with a work permit is often the real bottleneck, not the score.

• Your category runs rarely or has not run recently. Education and veterinary rounds are small and infrequent. A high score in a category that draws twice a year is a waiting game, and sometimes a parallel Express Entry plan is the smarter hedge. Our Latest Express Entry draw hub tracks the federal side round by round.

• You are unsure how BC PNP fits the rest of your plan. If the categories, streams, and the EEBC option are blurring together, our Understanding the BC PNP explainer walks through how the pieces connect.

Frequently asked questions about BC PNP draws

When is the next BC PNP draw?

BC PNP does not publish a fixed calendar of upcoming draws. In 2026 it has run Skills Immigration rounds most weeks, often twice a month per category group, and Entrepreneur Immigration rounds roughly monthly. The only official confirmation of a round is the invitations to apply page updating, so check it, or this hub, rather than relying on a predicted date.

How often is the BC PNP draw?

Frequently, but not on a guaranteed schedule. Through 2026, Skills Immigration categories such as Care and Build have been invited on a near-fortnightly rhythm, with Innovate high economic impact rounds interspersed. Small categories like Education and Veterinary Care appear far less often. Treat regular but not fixed as the rule.

How many points do you need for BC PNP?

There is no single pass mark. The minimum score is set each round, per category, based on the pool. In 2026, targeted Care and Build cut-offs have ranged roughly from the high 60s to the mid 110s, while general high economic impact rounds landed at 135 to 138. Your target is the recent cut-off for your specific category, not a universal number.

How much does BC PNP cost?

Registration is free. The BC PNP application fee is $1,750 CAD, and a request for review is $500 CAD, per the official WelcomeBC fee table. These are provincial fees only. You pay separate IRCC fees later when you apply for permanent residence, and possibly for a work permit.

Does BC PNP require a job offer?

For most Skills Immigration streams, yes. The Skilled Worker and Health Authority streams require a full-time, indeterminate job offer from an eligible B.C. employer, along with employer support. Some special initiatives have their own rules, so confirm your specific stream in the official Skills Immigration Program Guide before assuming the standard requirement applies.

How long does BC PNP take?

BC PNP estimates that about 80% of applications receive a decision within 3 months, with post-nomination requests around 1 month and reviews around 6 months. That is the provincial nomination stage only. After nomination, your federal permanent residence application to IRCC is a separate, additional timeline.

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Why work with Ansari Immigration

Three signs your BC PNP registration needs a professional read: your occupation sits right at the edge of a category, your score has landed just under the recent cut-off for two or more rounds, or you are weighing the Express Entry BC option against staying in the federal pool. Any one of those is what Ansari Immigration untangles for you. Every file is handled personally by the firm's licensed RCIC, regulated by CICC (R709304), practicing since 2019 with 6,000+ cases, who teaches immigration law at three colleges. Flat, transparent fees are quoted upfront, and you get a straight answer, not a pitch, including "do not register yet" when that is the honest call.

Book a 30-minute consultation ($80) with Ansari Immigration. Prefer to weigh it first? Tell us which category you are targeting in the comments and what is holding you back.

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Related Posts

• BC PNP Requirements: Complete Skills Immigration Guide for 2026: The full eligibility breakdown of the Skilled Worker and Health Authority streams behind these draws.

• BC PNP Calculator 2026: How to Estimate Your SIRS Score: Work out your registration score before you compare it against the latest cut-offs.

• Latest Express Entry Draw: Current CRS Cut-Off and Recent Rounds: The federal companion to this hub, tracking Express Entry rounds as they happen.

This article is for general information only. It is not legal advice. Program criteria, requirements, processing times, and selection approaches can change without notice. Always confirm details on official government websites or consult a licensed Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) for advice specific to your situation.