BC PNP Tech 2024 Timelines

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Provincial Allocations – Who’s Negotiating & Receiving More?​

• New Brunswick successfully negotiated an additional 1,500 nomination spots, bringing its 2025 PNP total to 4,250—even surpassing BC’s limit of 4,000 immigrationnewscanada.ca+15cicnews.com+15soscip.org+15. They agreed to welcome asylum claimants in exchange.
• Newfoundland & Labrador also regained spots earlier in 2025, raising their total to 2,525 aaracanada.com+7cicnews.com+7immicalculator.com+7.
• Other provinces, including Ontario and Saskatchewan, are also actively lobbying IRCC to restore or partially restore cuts to their PNP quotas .

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What This Means for BC​

• BC’s budget remains at 4,000 nominations in 2025, down from 8,000 cicnews.com+8welcomebc.ca+8cicnewsupdate.com+8.
• Unlike NB or Newfoundland, BC has not (yet) renegotiated to regain additional spots.
• BC has redirected its limited quota to backlogged applications, high‑economic‑impact roles, and essential sectors like healthcare and entrepreneurship cicnews.com+11welcomebc.ca+11immicalculator.com+11pacificimmigration.ca+11cicnewsupdate.com+11immigrationnewscanada.ca+11.
• Student and Tech streams are paused, with only narrow subsets being invited under select criteria welcomebc.ca.

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Will BC PNP Array Return to “Normal”?​

• The New Brunswick deal shows that provincial advocacy can succeed, especially by offering alternatives like asylum claimant intake.
• BC, facing similar labour shortages, is likely to push for more allocations, though we haven’t seen it report success yet.
• Ongoing developments in Atlantic provinces suggest a new precedent—if BC follows suit, it could gain momentum:
  • Plan: BC could negotiate by offering settlement support or policy alignment to IRCC.
  • Timing: Provincial-level advocacy may take effect mid-to-late 2025, with possible capacity boosts in 2026 aaracanada.com+3relydence.com+3irccalerts.ca+3cicnews.com+2immigrationnewscanada.ca+2immicalculator.com+2www2.gnb.ca+1visaverge.com+1.

Just see this part:

• New Brunswick successfully negotiated an additional 1,500 nomination spots, bringing its 2025 PNP total to 4,250—even surpassing BC’s limit of 4,000 immigrationnewscanada.ca+15cicnews.com+15soscip.org+15. They agreed to welcome asylum claimants in exchange.
  
  so it was true, political decision at all; since October 2024 !