Sammilc

I downloaded a different guide from yours, from here

https://www.welcomebc.ca/Immigrate-to-B-C/B-C-Provincial-Nominee-Program/Documents

as far as I can see it doesn't say anything about meeting the median wage...*crosses fingers*

christmasoompa

OK, phew - apologies for giving you heart failure! That must have changed in the June changes, my link was a couple of months old. That goodness for that.

OK, so now it's just saying that the wage must be 'at market rate', on the Job Bank. Remind me of your NOC?

Sammilc

Noc is 0631, what they've offered me is in line with what they pay other junior level managers within their company

christmasoompa

Never mind, I looked back and found it. It's a bit ambiguous, saying 'market rate'. I would take that to mean median wage or higher on the Job Bank (so yours wouldn't meet that requirement, I've just checked), but they don't actually say. If it's just above the lower end of the salary scale on Job Bank, you've ok. It's not specific anywhere in the new guide that I can find, which isn't very helpful!

I would suggest you ask them, sorry I'm just not sure.

Aviator

You'd move to BC for $16 an hour?

PMM

Hi

1. No way they could survive on wage that is less than $3.50 above minimum wage in Metro Vancouver.

Sammilc

I could, and have before, but thanks for the input

Okay so good news! I had a chat to my employer explaining the situation, and they have agreed to reduce my contracted hours from 50 to 45 per week, which makes my hourly earnings $17.95/hour and is market rate. So I have created my PNP profile with 104 points and am just waiting for an ITA for the PNP program.

In the meantime, however, I have received an ITA in my federal express entry profile this morning (450 CRS points in this profile). However, even though I have a job offer that is valid for the PNP program, it's not an LMIA positive job offer so it's not valid for the federal skilled worker EE program that i've been invited to apply for. For this one, i need a minimum funds of $15,531 which I am still saving for.

Should I decline this ITA and wait until i receive my provincial nomination? I'm not sure how this all ties in together now...

christmasoompa

If it's median for that NOC and above it's not - that would be $18.75ph and above. But I still have no idea how they calculate 'market rate', I was hoping PMM would know!

Congrats!

Is the 450 points without a job offer?

How far off the amount of funds are you/when do you anticipate having it?

If you can accept the FSW ITA then I would do that personally, that way you're not tied to any province and also not beholden upon your employer. But it depends on if you'll have the funds in time or not?

Sammilc

If you go t the job bank labour market information page and look up assistant restaurant managers in vancouver, it says the median wage is $17.95/ hour ( https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/marketrepo...ion/2016/39070 )...that's the only logical way i can conceive of them working out the median wages?

Yes

I think we could have it by the end of October, but the ITA will have expired by then [/quote]


The reason we initiated the BCPNP in the first place was because it was quicker to get out there than the FSW (I'm working for a sexual harasser and my partner's working for a sociopath and works70+ hours a week, so we're pretty desperate to get out of these jobs but not in a position to leave until we emigrate), so since the PNP is only 3 months or so from application to work permit, this is the route we want to go down.

christmasoompa

As it's BC PNP I'd assume they'd look at the median wage for the whole of BC, rather than the area, which is $18.75ph (as an aside, how odd that Vancouver pays less than the rest of the province?!). But again, I'm just guessing. I would definitely try and call them to clarify what the wage requirements are personally.

And if your ITA will expire by the time you have your funds for FSW, then that's your answer - your only option is PNP anyway. So you should decline the ITA and wait for PNP (🤞).

Sammilc

So, my partners parents have just told us that they are going to give us £5000 as a gift to help us get to Canada, which gives us enough funds now for fsw. But we've already submitted the application for pnp... can we accept the ita for fsw, and if we get the pnp application approved, use that to obtain a work permit to move and start work while the fsw application processes?

RealVileLev

What did you mean by having the £15530? Is that how much money you need to have saved to get PNP?!

Siouxie

It would depend on the required proof of funds and the size of your family!

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...oof-funds.html

There are exceptions if you are currently working in Canada, for instance, or are applying through the Canada Experience Class

RealVileLev

Riiiight, so BNP just boosts points, and you can then go down CEC route. Got it! I thought they were totally separate.

christmasoompa

They are totally separate. There are four streams under the Express Entry program, PNP, CEC, FST and FSW, each have different eligibility requirements. All are done under the same CRS points scores system though.

HTH.