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BC PNP Points Calculator (SIRS)

The Skills Immigration Registration System scores you out of 200. B.C. publishes no pass mark — candidates sit in a pool and are invited from the top, so what matters is how your score compares to others at the time of a draw.

Work experience

Experience directly related to the occupation in your B.C. job offer.

Worth 10 points, and only counts if you were authorised to work here at the time.

Same NOC code and same employer as the registration. Worth 10 points.

Education

Only the highest credential listed earns these points.

Worth 5 points.

Language

Worth 10 points. Both tests must be within the past two years.

The job offer

Wage is the single largest factor in the grid, worth up to 55 points.

One point per dollar from $16.00, reaching the maximum 55 at $70.00. Cents do not change the band.

Estimated score

15

out of 200

  • Directly related work experience0 / 40
  • Highest level of education15 / 40
  • Language proficiency0 / 40
  • Hourly wage of the B.C. job offer0 / 55
  • Area of employment in B.C.0 / 25
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Ranking estimate only

Scoring factors are not the same as eligibility criteria. A score here does not mean you qualify — you must separately meet every requirement of the programme. This is not immigration advice.

Grid taken from BC PNP Skills Immigration Program Guide, Part 8, last verified 2026-08-17.

BC PNP questions

B.C. publishes no pass mark. Registrations sit in a pool for up to 12 months and the province invites from the top in periodic draws, so what matters is how your score compares with everyone else at the moment of a draw rather than reaching a fixed number. Recent draws have also invited on criteria other than score alone, such as a minimum wage threshold.

Wage is the single largest factor in the grid at 55 of the 200 points, scoring one point per dollar from $16.00 an hour up to the maximum at $70.00. B.C. is explicit that it will not approve applications where there are grounds to believe a wage was inflated to raise a registration score, so the figure has to be the genuine offer.

Considerably. A job in Metro Vancouver scores zero for area, Squamish, Abbotsford, Agassiz, Mission and Chilliwack score 5, and anywhere else in the province scores 15. On top of that, regional experience or regional alumni status adds 10 — but only for jobs outside Metro Vancouver. Two otherwise identical candidates can therefore sit 25 points apart on location alone.

Not always to be eligible — for a job offer in NOC TEER 0 or 1 you are not required to submit test results unless you are claiming points for language. But language is worth up to 40 points, so skipping the test usually costs more than it saves. Points are based on your lowest score across the four abilities.

Yes, and only for your highest listed credential: 8 points if you completed it at a post-secondary institution in B.C., or 6 if elsewhere in Canada. If your highest credential is from abroad you cannot claim these points for a lower Canadian credential you also hold.