the CanadaVisa Team - 22 July, 2015
The Strategic Occupations Stream of the British Columbia Provincial Nomination Program (PNP), currently a pilot project, has expanded beyond tourism and trucking to include workers in the food processing industry.
Food processing is BC's second largest manufacturing sector, generating $6.7 billion annually.
Canadian employers in this sector have been suffering from chronic labour shortages and welcome this new partnership as a means to maintain a stable workforce.
Individuals who have been working in qualifying occupations such as beverage and fish processing, process control, industrial butchering, testing and grading in food, and machine operations in BC on a Temporary Work Permit for at least nine months, can be sponsored by their company for permanent residency under the BC PNP.
Qualified PNP applicants and their dependents will receive fast-track Canadian permanent residency.
