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BC PNP Health Authority stream and Care: Health priority draws
BC's health-sector route has two parts: the Health Authority stream for people with a full-time indeterminate offer from a BC health authority in a health occupation, and Care: Health draws that invite registrants in priority health occupations. A one-time 2026 initiative covers up to 250 rural or remote health authority cleaning and security staff.
Who it suits
- Nurses, allied health professionals and other health workers with a job offer from a BC health authority
- Registrants in the priority health occupations (Care: Health draws)
- Current full-time health authority security guards, light-duty cleaners and janitors in rural or remote BC with 9 consecutive months in the job (temporary initiative)
Requirements
- Job offerHealth Authority stream: regular, indeterminate, full-time offer from a BC health authority in an eligible health occupation (NOC starting with 3, plus 41300, 41301, 42201). Physicians, nurse practitioners and midwives have special provisions for non-direct employment. ↗ welcomebc.ca
- LanguageCLB 4 in all four abilities for TEER 2-5, same as Skilled Worker. ↗ welcomebc.ca
- EducationMust meet the education and licensing the occupation requires. ↗ welcomebc.ca
- Care healthCare: Health draws are for priority health occupations within the 36 Care occupations; scores in 2026 ranged from 76 to 108. ↗ welcomebc.ca
- Temp initiativeTemporary Rural/Remote Health Support Initiative: currently working full-time in an indeterminate job as NOC 64410, 65310 or 65312 for a health authority in a rural or remote area (not Metro Vancouver, Central Okanagan or most of the Capital Regional District); 9 consecutive months full-time year-round immediately before registering; secondary education; up to 250 nominations; Express Entry BC option not available. ↗ welcomebc.ca
- TimingTemporary initiative registration opened 2026-06-15 and was extended to 11:59 pm on 2026-10-07 because of wildfires. ↗ welcomebc.ca
How candidates are selected
Health Authority stream applicants register and are scored like other Skills Immigration registrants; BC invites in rounds. Care: Health draws invite by minimum score within the priority health occupations. The temporary rural/remote initiative draws are points-based.
Location requirement: Employer must be a BC health authority for the Health Authority stream; rural/remote location for the temporary initiative.
Processing: BC PNP says about 80% of Skills Immigration application decisions take 3 months from a complete application. IRCC's PR stage afterwards is 180 days for Express Entry-linked nominees and 11 months for paper applications.
Recent rounds
| Date | Round | Minimum score | Invitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Temporary Rural/Remote Health Support Initiative, points-based | 60 | 33 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Care: Health, all priority health occupations | 76 | 143 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Care: Health, all priority health occupations | 84 | 124 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Temporary Rural/Remote Health Support Initiative, points-based | 50 | 60 |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Care: Health, all priority health occupations | 96 | 116 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Care: Health, all priority health occupations | 100 | 117 |
| May 6, 2026 | Care: Health, all priority health occupations | 108 | 117 |
Related pathways
BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration: Base stream
OpenBC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration: Regional stream
ClosedBC PNP Entry Level and Semi-Skilled stream (closed)
ClosedBC PNP International Graduate and International Post-Graduate streams (closed)
Limited intakeBC PNP Skills Immigration: Skilled Worker stream
ReplacedBC PNP priority technology occupations draws (ended)
Official sources
- welcomebc.caSkills Immigration Program Guide (effective 2026-06-10)Checked 2026-10-01
- welcomebc.caBC PNP invitations to applyChecked 2026-10-01
- welcomebc.caThe BC Provincial Nominee Program (Care, Build, Innovate)Checked 2026-10-01
- welcomebc.caBC PNP newsChecked 2026-10-01
- welcomebc.caSkills Immigration (workers) pageChecked 2026-10-01
- welcomebc.caAbout the BC PNPChecked 2026-10-01
Program rules change often. This page summarizes the official pages listed above; the official page always takes precedence.