A member with NOC 2171 (Business Analyst) and CRS 420, waiting about two months without any Notice of Interest, asked whether anyone with the same NOC had recently received one from a PNP draw.
What the thread shared:- A real example: a member's friend with the same NOC (2171) received an ITA in a BC PNP draw, without needing a job offer. The nomination came through BC's Tech Draw category specifically.
- This confirms that at least some tech-adjacent occupations, including NOC 2171, can receive provincial invitations through category-based draws (like BC's Tech stream) without requiring an employer job offer — this isn't universal across all PNP streams, but it's a real, confirmed pathway for this NOC.
- The exact CRS score of the successful candidate wasn't confirmed, so it's not possible to draw a precise score threshold from this single example, but it demonstrates the pathway exists.
The practical takeaway: if you're waiting for a PNP invitation with NOC 2171, BC's Tech Draw category has been shown to nominate candidates with this NOC without requiring a job offer — worth watching that specific stream's draws closely.