Quebec Immigration announces intention to cap immigration programs

Quebec Immigration recently announced that it intends to cap the intake of new applications in the Immigrant Investor, Self-Employed Worker and Entrepreneur programs in an attempt to reduce processing times. The Skilled Worker program will also be divided into two groups, one of which will have a cap. The decision is still pending approval by the National Assembly of Quebec and would be retroactive from March 21, 2012. The proposed caps are as follows:

Immigrant Investors: 2,700
Skilled Workers Group 2: 14,300
Self-Employed Workers and Entrepreneurs: 215

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