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Requirements of the Immigration Program for skilled workers
To be selected as an immigrant worker, you must have acquired training and
occupational skills that will facilitate your insertion into the job market.
You must also have adequate knowledge of French. If in doubt, we strongly
recommend that you check your level of French with a recognized organization.
Knowledge of English is also an asset not to be overlooked.
You can take courses or acquire more experience in order to upgrade your occupational
or language skills.
Be an impartial judge! Sometimes it is better to put off your immigration
plan in order to acquire certain knowledge and skills, rather than being refused
by the Gouvernement du Québec during the selection process.
Selection factors
Does your professional profile (as well as your spouse’s, if applicable)
allow you to easily adapt to the requirements and rapid development of the Québec
labour market? Check to see if you are eligible for the Immigration Program
for skilled workers. The following employability factors will be taken into
account:
- your schooling (your level of education and area
of training (PDF, 218 Kb))
- your work experience
- your age
- your knowledge of French and English
- your stays in Québec and family relationship with a Canadian citizen
or a permanent Québec resident
- characteristics regarding your accompanying spouse or common-law spouse,
if applicable
- your capacity for financial self-sufficiency (you must sign a contract
confirming your commitment to provide for your needs and your family’s
needs for at least the first three months following your arrival in Québec).
Other factors that will be taken into account when your application is assessed
are:
- having a valid employment offer (you must have received a job offer that
meets certain conditions from a Québec employer.)
Ask your future employer to see the section Services
to Québec Employers – Hiring a permanent worker
- the number of children under the age of 22 who will be accompanying you
to Québec
- your adaptability (preparation of your immigration project) which will
be assessed based on the steps that you have undertaken to facilitate your
socioeconomic integration and your personal qualities with regard to your
work activities.
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Applications filed before
October 16, 2006 only
If you have filed your application before October 16, 2006
(effective date of the new selection grid), your file will also be reviewed,
if applicable, with the selection grid that was in effect before this
date. In this case, the List
of occupations in demand in Québec for 2006 and the List
of preferred educational background for 2006, updated on October 15, 2006,
will apply.
Self-employed workers
If you are a self-employed worker, you may be eligible for the Self-employed
Worker Program for businesspeople.
Temporary workers
If you wish to stay in Québec in order to fill a temporary
position,
consult the Temporary workers section.
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