A BC PNP applicant claimed post-graduate education points for a two-year Canadian diploma whose stated prerequisite was a bachelor's degree — but the officer checked the college website, where the prerequisite had since been changed. Members' guidance:
- Respond proactively with documentary evidence. The core advice: send a webform with an explanation letter and attach the original college brochure showing the bachelor's-degree prerequisite, plus your degree and WES/ECA report. The applicant had already obtained the brochure from the college — that contemporaneous document is the strongest counter to a changed website.
- Be realistic about the outcome. Two members reported the same situation ending in refusal despite explanations, while another noted the likely middle path: the officer recalculates points using the Indian bachelor's degree instead of the claimed post-graduate credential.
- Know your score without the disputed points. The practical takeaway: before relying on the appeal, recalculate your PNP score using only the undisputed education level. If you still meet the cutoff, a recalculation is survivable; if not, prepare for refusal and a reapplication strategy.
- Keep enrollment-era records. The recurring lesson: colleges change program pages. Save brochures, admission letters and prerequisite pages from the time you enrolled — they may be the only proof of the requirements you actually met.