BC Skills Immigration registration is scored out of 200, across five factors: directly
related work experience 40, highest education 40, language 40, hourly wage 55, and area of
employment 25. Wage alone is worth 55, the heaviest single factor.
The grid below is taken band by band from the official BC PNP program guide. Both current
streams require a full-time, indeterminate job offer from a B.C. employer.
Eligibility first, score second
Skills Immigration now has two streams, Skilled Worker and Health Authority. Both require a
full-time, indeterminate job offer from an eligible B.C. employer, with a completed Employer
Declaration Form. Without a job offer, the score below will not put you in a draw.
1. Eligibility check
The Skilled Worker stream covers TEER 0 to 3 only. TEER 4 and 5 are possible only through Health Authority-eligible occupations.
Ineligible for any Skills Immigration stream: 12100, 12101, 12200, 13100, 13110, 13111, 13112, 62010, 62020, 63101, 41302, 42204.
A hard requirement of the Skilled Worker stream.
2. Directly related work experience (max 40)
Only experience from the past 10 years counts. Part-time is credited at 50% of its duration. Full-time means at least 30 hours a week.
Only work performed while legally authorized to work in Canada. 12 months if 30+ hours a week, 24 months if fewer. Student work outside a paid co-op term does not count.
Not available if the offered position is a future promotion from your current one, or if the employment is unpaid.
3. Highest education (max 40)
Only the highest credential scores. It must be completed, and the program longer than six months. Distance education from a Canadian institution does not score.
These points attach only to the highest credential. If your highest credential is from outside Canada, other credentials earned in Canada earn nothing here.
The job offer must be in that occupation and the designation already held. Covers trades (including Red Seal from other provinces), dental assistants, hygienists, technicians, denturists, early childhood educators, health care aides, pharmacy technicians, practical nurses, TCM practitioners and acupuncturists, and veterinary technicians.
4. Language (max 40)
Scored on the lowest ability, not the average. Accepted tests: CELPIP-General, IELTS General Training, PTE Core.
5. Hourly wage (max 55)
Banded as the floor of the wage minus 15, capped between 0 and 55, so $36.99 and $36.00 score the same.
If the offer states no hourly rate: annual wage ÷ 52 weeks ÷ hours per week, where the divisor must be between 30 and 40. Teachers use 30 regardless.
Base wage only: bonuses, commissions, profit sharing, tips, overtime, housing allowances and room and board are excluded.
6. Area of employment (max 25)
Judged on where you regularly and physically report to work. If you work from home, your residential address decides it.
Regional experience: at least 1 year of full-time equivalent paid work in Area 2 or 3 within 5 years before registering.
Regional alumni: graduated within 3 years before registering from a public B.C. post-secondary institution outside the MVRD, while living outside the MVRD.
Meeting both still earns only 10. A job offer located in Area 1 earns nothing here.
0/ 200
Scored band by band against the official BC PNP Skills Immigration Program
Guide, checked 2026-08-08. BC PNP draws by priority occupation group, and cut-offs differ by
group and change every round, so none are listed here. The guide is updated; confirm against the
current version before filing.
Once the number is settled, the harder question is whether this offer and this occupation
classification will hold up across the whole application.
A BC PNP registration score and a federal CRS score are separate systems and do not
convert into one another. The registration score decides whether you are invited in a B.C.
draw. The 600 points arrive later, added to your CRS score once you hold a nomination and
enter the federal stream. Also on this site:
Express Entry CRS calculator,
Ontario OINP calculator and
Manitoba MPNP calculator.
Checked 2026-08-08. Points and rules follow the current official guide.
Yueheng Gao (Steven Gao)
Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant, RCIC #R534273, regulated by the College of Immigration and
Citizenship Consultants and listed on the public register at
college-ic.ca.
Ontario licensed Paralegal #P21984, regulated by the Law Society of Ontario.
Based in Windsor, Ontario. Works in English and Chinese.
