Entry Level and Semi-Skilled Stream Eligibility

The Entry Level and Semi-Skilled stream is a way for workers in select occupations in the tourism/hospitality or food processing sectors to gain permanent residence in B.C.

Eligibility

To qualify for this stream, you must:

• Have accepted an indeterminate (no defined end date), full-time job offer from a B.C. employer
  • Your occupation must be on the list of eligible occupations for your sector. All ELSS-eligible occupations are classified as NOC TEER 4 or 5
  • For the Northeast Development Region of B.C., you may apply if you are working in any NOC TEER category 4 or 5 occupation, other than live-in caregivers
• Have been working full-time for your employer for a minimum of nine consecutive months before registering.
• Be qualified to do the job offered to you, including meeting any certification or registration requirements in B.C.
• Meet minimum language and education requirements
• Have a wage offer in line with B.C. wage rates for the occupation
• Show you can support yourself and your dependants

Your employer must agree to support your application and must meet certain requirements. For more information, please see the Employer page.

Please note that this stream does not have the Express Entry BC option.

For complete eligibility criteria for the ELSS stream, please refer to the Skills Immigration Program Guide.

Eligible ELSS occupations

Occupations in travel and accommodation

64314 Hotel front desk clerks

Tour and recreational guides and casino occupations

64320 Tour and travel guides

64321 Casino workers

64322 Outdoor sport and recreational guides

Occupations in food and beverage service

64300 Maîtres d’hotel and hosts/hostesses

64301 Bartenders

65200 Food and beverage servers

65201 Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations

Cleaners (employed directly by hotels/resorts)*

65210 Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services

65310 Light duty cleaners

65311 Specialized cleaners

65312 Janitors, caretakers and heavy-duty cleaners

Other service occupations (employed directly by hotels/resorts)*

65320 Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations

65329 Other service support occupations

• For the purposes of the BC PNP, a resort is defined as an accommodation facility that is associated with recreational activities. These activities can include skiing, golfing, boating, fishing, biking, swimming, horseback riding, hiking, nature-based or interpretive tours, etc.

Food processing

94140 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing

94141 Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers

94142 Fish and seafood plant workers

94143 Testers and graders, food and beverage processing

95106 Labourers in food and beverage processing