On June 30, 2026, British Columbia held new draws under the Entrepreneur Immigration streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). The province issued 14 invitations under the Entrepreneur Immigration Base stream, designed for experienced entrepreneurs seeking to establish a new business or acquire an existing one in British Columbia. British Columbia also invited fewer than five candidates under the Entrepreneur Immigration Regional stream.

Draw Summary

Stream breakdown

The Entrepreneur Immigration Base stream remains open to applicants planning to establish or acquire a business anywhere in British Columbia, while the Regional stream targets entrepreneurs willing to locate their business in one of the province’s smaller, participating communities. Both streams rank candidates using BC PNP’s points based registration system, and both saw their minimum scores shift from the prior entrepreneur draw on June 2, 2026, when the Base stream required 117 points and the Regional stream also required 117 points. This round’s Regional cutoff of 113 points is a modest easing compared to June 2, while the Base stream cutoff rose slightly to 118.

In 2025, British Columbia issued up to 132 invitations through entrepreneur immigration draws for the full year. So far in 2026, the province has issued 2,867 invitations across the BC PNP, including up to 103 to entrepreneur candidates across the Base and Regional streams combined.

Practitioner implications

Entrepreneur Immigration continues to run on small, frequent draws rather than large batches, and the swing between the June 2 and June 30 cutoffs is a reminder that registration scores in this pool move draw to draw rather than following a predictable trend. Practitioners advising business immigration clients should treat any given cutoff as a snapshot rather than a target, and should confirm net worth verification and business concept documentation are in strong shape before registration, since Entrepreneur Immigration applications are assessed heavily on investment capacity and business viability rather than on registration score alone. With entrepreneur invitations already at up to 103 for the year against last year’s full year total of 132, 2026 is tracking toward a comparable or busier year for this pathway.

Full invitation details, including the current Skills Immigration and Entrepreneur Immigration registration pools, are available on the official BC PNP Invitations to Apply page at welcomebc.ca.

If your clients are asking about BC PNP more broadly, our upcoming course Your Comprehensive BC PNP Handbook 2026 covers the program from start to finish, including the Entrepreneur Immigration streams. Join instructor Stanley Leo on July 7, 2026. Learn more and register at lpen.ca.

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