Quebec immigration programs are subject to change as of April 2015

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The province of Quebec is considering public consultation by the end of January prior to apply any changes to its immigration policies.

This public consultation will focus mainly on the selection factors and the eligibility criteria to select new immigrants, French language requirements, as well as jobs and professional practice licensing requirements that new immigrants are dealing with after landing.

According to the Quebec immigration Minister, there are many high skilled professionals and skilled technicians who are immigrating to Quebec every year but would have to face many obstacles to find a job or to practice in their professions.

The Quebec immigration is planning to apply changes to the province immigration and professional trade policies in order to attract qualified new professionals as well as providing post landing training programs for newcomers with the advantage of receiving financial help during the training period.

The training program not only will help new immigrants to start practicing their professions in Quebec, but also will fill the skill trade shortage in Quebec.

The upcoming Quebec immigration changes are expected to focus mainly on the New Express Entry program launched by the Federal government as of January 2015.

According to the Quebec immigration minister, not only long processing has caused many disappointments for the applicants but also, high cost of processing is another reason to apply changes to the current selection system. Quebec is willing to stay as an attractive province for new applicants and ease the integration process for newcomers.

The new system which is called expression of Interest (EOI) is very similar to the Federal Express Selection (EE).

Since 1968 Quebec Immigration policies has not gone through major changes therefore this year will become a revolutionary year for the province as well as new immigrants.

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