By setting up a branch office or another operating facility, the BC PNP Strategic Projects category allows foreign companies to establish themselves and mark their presence in British Columbia.
The Strategic Projects Category of the BC-PNP program falls under the Entrepreneur Immigration Stream and operates as an Immigration pathway program of Canada for all the key employees or staff of any prestigious and reputed international corporations who have defined strategic investment opportunities in British Columbia Province for the development as well as expansion of their core companies.
In the process, up to five key employees or staff members may be suggested by the company to operate and settle in the province to oversee and expand the activities of the company in British Columbia.
If the key employees or staff members who are running the business in British Columbia Province are successfully nominated under this category, they become eligible to apply for Canadian permanent residency status.
Industries that have successfully used the Strategic Projects Category under BC-PNP are Advanced manufacturing units, technology sector, digital media industry, specialised engineering sector, forestry department and scientific research and development board. These companies have generated high-impact occupations in British Columbia Province.