Quebec Skilled Workers

Foreign students and temporary workers who were already in Quebec on November 1 will not have to meet new eligibility criteria for the Quebec Experience Program, the province’s immigration minister has announced.

Skilled workers from foreign countries who already have a Quebec Selection Certificate can now apply for an open work permit while waiting for the federal government to make a final decision on their permanent residence

Inspired by recent federal immigration changes, Quebec Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil announced that the province will make major changes to its immigration model. In particular, the way in which the province selects, welcomes and integrates foreigners into the job market.

• Applicants who have already created their Mon projet Québec account may submit their application between June 13 and 20, 2016. The maximum number of applications to be received during this period will be raised to 5,000.

• When this number is reached, applicants who do not have an account may create

Effective December 6, 2011 all new Quebec Skilled Worker applicants are required to submit the results of a standardized test if they wish to obtain selection points for their French or English language proficiency. 

The maximum number of applications for the Quebec Skilled Worker, Entrepreneur, and Self-Employed Worker programs has been reached. New regulations will come into effect on April 1, 2015.

Quebec skilled worker applicants in Canada can now obtain a BOWP for an initial duration of 24 months.

The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program, which allows investors to obtain Canadian permanent residence with a $1.2 million investment, has been suspended until July 1, 2020.

Quebec immigration is investing a further $70.3 million in improving access to French classes for ‎new immigrants as it aims to improve immigrant integration services.‎

May 22, 2019 – Quebec has tabled a draft regulation to establish a mandatory licence system aimed at personnel placement agencies and recruitment agencies for Temporary Foreign Workers(TFWs).

Quebec Immigration has lowered the pass mark for the skilled worker program. This program which is set to open on or before October 1st 2015, and the province plans to receive 6300 new applications during the 2015-2016. There are 75 eligible occupations and area of training that will enable applicants to qualify for a Quebec Certificate of Selection (CSQ), without a job offer. Many applicants can qualify with minimal knowledge of French.

Attestation of learning about democratic values and the Québec values expressed by the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms

Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil announced that the Liberal government hopes to welcome 51,000 immigrants to the province in 2017.

The first round of application intake to the popular Quebec Skilled Workers Programme (QSWP) has been closed as the maximum number of applications had been received. A second round will be opened on 18 January 2016, said the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).

August 6, 2018 – New rules came into effect regarding the intake and processing of applications for permanent selection. These rules pertain to applications submitted by economic immigration candidates and sponsorship applications submitted under the collective sponsorship stream of the Selection of Refugees Abroad Program. Note that the rules do not change Québec’s immigration objectives. Hence, for 2018, Québec expects to admit between 49,000 and 53,000 immigrants, as anticipated in Québec’s Immigration Plan for the year 2018.

A new study detailing the most in-demand occupations in Canada in 2018 shows business analysts, IT project managers and software engineers among the top 10.

Employment rate among immigrants aged 25 to 54 hit 71 per cent last year

The Express Entry New Brunswick Labour Market Stream has temporarily reopened to Expressions of Interest from skilled workers with work experience in software engineering and nine other occupation categories. In an update published January 30, the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP) reported that the stream is opening to those with work experience in one of the 10 following priority occupations:

Category B of the Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry immigration stream briefly reopened on Saturday, Dec. 9.

The reopened the morning of Tuesday, August 30, 2016. This SINP sub-category allows skilled workers with experience in an in-demand occupation in Saskatchewan to make an application for a provincial nomination certificate, which is then followed by an application for Canadian permanent residence. Interestingly, applicants do not require a job offer in order to make an application. Up to 700 new applications for immigration to Canada may be accepted in this intake.