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BC offers fast-track residency to foreign grad students: The BC
government announced Friday changes to its Provincial Nominee Program
to allow international graduate students at provincial universities to
fast-track their permanent residency status upon graduation. Under a
3-year pilot program, graduates of BC masters and PhD programs in
natural, health, and applied sciences can apply for immigrant status
in advance of receiving and accepting a full-time offer of employment,
eliminating the need to wait for a job offer. Other changes to the PNP
will expand opportunities to include international graduate students
with diplomas or degrees from any eligible Canadian institution,
extend the application deadline from one to 2 years, and broaden the
range of employment options that qualify candidates for resident
status.