Immigration-Québec - Processing times (table)

The time required to process applications varies due to a number of factors (overall selection objectives by geographic pool and immigration category, volume of applications for a Québec Selection Certificate submitted from various territories, international context).

These processing times apply to applications for a Québec Selection Certificate only. They do not include those that apply to applications to the Government of Canada for permanent residence.

Procedure

Identify your country of habitual residence (the one you recorded in your application for a selection certificate). Applications currently processed during the selection interview are those that were SUBMITTED IN THE MONTHS INDICATED and were COMPLETE at that time (ready for the interview: duly completed form and declarations, certified supporting documents, certified translation, full payment of fees). Currently, no selection interviews are being conducted in countries where no month has been indicated.

To find out about processing times, select your country of habitual residence (the one you recorded in your application for a Québec Selection Certificate:

Asia - BIQ in Hong Kong


Country	Month (see note)
Bangladesh, Bora Bora, Brunei, Caroline Island, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Johnston Island, Kiribati, Laos, Macao, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall islands, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Islands, North Korea, Pacific Islands, Palau (Belau), Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island, French Polynesia, Sabah, Salomon Islands, American Samoa, Western Samoa, Sarawak, Singapore, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake Island, Wallis	No selection interview for these countries currently^{1 and 2}
Australia, New Zealand	September 2004³
Cambodia	August 2005³
People's Republic of China, South Korea	December 2004³
Japan, Malaysia	May 2004³
Philippines, Thailand	November 2004³
Vietnam	January 2005³

¹ If you have submitted an application for immigration, consult the next update for more information.
² Please note that, for some of these countries, we have not received any applications for immigration.
³If you have submitted an application for immigration before this date and your file is complete, you should have been called for a selection interview.


Country	Month (see note)
Angola, Ascension Island, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Réunion, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tristan da Cunha, Zambia, Zimbabwe	No selection interview for these countries currently^{1 and 2}
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal	June 2004³


Country	Month (see note)
Anegada, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bequia, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Canouan, Carriacou Island, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, French Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Jost Van Dyke, Mayreau, Montserrat, Mustique, Nevis, Nicaragua, Panama, Redonda, Saba, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, St. Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent, Surinam, Tortola, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Union Island, British Virgin Islands	No selection interview for these countries currently^{1 and 2}
Bolivia, Mexico, Peru	June 2006³
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela	August 2006³
Cuba	September 2006³
Dominican Republic, Haiti	November 2005³


Country	Month (see note)
Easter Island, Falkland Islands	No selection interview for these countries currently^{1 and 2}
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay	September 2006³

North America – Direction de la sélection des travailleurs – Americas Team


Country	Month (see note)
Bermuda, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	No selection interview for these countries currently^{1 and 2}
Canada (excluding Québec), United States	June 2005³
Québec⁴	September 2006³


Country	Month (see note)
Azores, Andorra, Channel Islands, Belgium, Canary Islands, Denmark, England, Finland, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madeira, Martinique, Monaco, Northern Ireland, Norway, Wales, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden	No selection interview for these countries currently^{1 and 2}
France, Switzerland	June 2006³
Greece, Italy, Malta, San Marino, Vatican	May 2006³
Netherlands	February 2006³


Country	Month (see note)
Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine	August 2006¹
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia	June 2006¹
Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	July 2006¹
Moldavia, Romania	September 2006¹

¹If you have submitted an application for immigration before this date and your file is complete, you should have been called for a selection interview.


Country	Month (see note)
Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara	No selection interview for these countries currently^{1 and 2}


Country	Month (see note)
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Cyprus, West Bank, United Arab Emirates, Gaza, India, Iraq, Kuwait City, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Yemen	No selection interview for these countries currently^{1 and 2}
Egypt	November 2004³
Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria	January 2005³