CIC: March 2018

Quebec announces Express Entry-style economic immigration intake system 2018:

The Government of Quebec unveiled plans today for a new Expression of Interest system modeled on the federal Express Entry system.

The new Expression of Interest (Déclaration d’intérêt) system will manage candidate profiles for the Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP).

Quebec’s Immigration Ministry, the Ministère de l’Immigration, et de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion (MIDI), has made no secret of its intention to create its own version of EXPRESS ENTRY following the introduction of Canada’s federal economic immigration management system in January 2015.

Quebec’s immigration system is unique and the province has significant autonomy in creating its programs.

The Expression of Interest system will replace the first-come, first-served application process for the QSWP and its problem-plagued Mon Project Quebec application portal. That portal will continue to receive applications from cap-exempt QSWP candidates with an employment offer and temporary residents of Quebec until the Expression of Interest system is in place in anytime.

Similar to FSW - Express Entry System:

Like Express Entry, interested candidates, who are eligible for the Quebec Skilled Worker Program, would have to submit an Expression of Interest as a first step.

Also similar to the Federal Express Entry system is the fact a profile will be valid for 12 months.

It is expected that after entering Quebec’s Expression of Interest pool, a candidate would receive another score based on a ranking system that determines their position in the pool, much like Express Entry’s Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS).

Under the Federal Express Entry system, a candidate’s ranking score is determined by points awarded for factors such as employment, education, language skills, age, as well as additional factors. It is expected that Quebec will have a unique points-system that operates in a similar way.

Candidates would be drawn from the Expression of Interest pool through invitation rounds during which a specified number of candidates who meet or exceed a specified cut-off score would be issued invitations to apply for a Quebec Selection Certificate (Certificat de sélection du Québec, or CSQ).

Those issued an invitation to apply will have 90 days to submit a complete application for CSQ. Applicants who receive an CSQ from Quebec can then apply to the Government of Canada for permanent residence.

More details about this system, including the ranking system and exact start date, are expected to be announced in anytime.

It’s exciting to see that Quebec is finally moving forward with its plans to revamp the intake system for skilled workers. It will be very interesting to see exactly how ranking points will be assigned under the new system, not to mention how Quebec will conduct draws from the Expression of Interest pool.

Saleh Arefin

Immigration Adviser

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E-mail: saleh_arefin@yahoo.com

QUEBEC PROPOSES CHANGES TO ITS POPULAR INVESTOR PROGRAM 2018:

The Territory of Quebec has proposed new controls for some of its one of a kind migration programs, including the Quebec Outsider Financial specialist Program, or QIIP.

Quebec has a few migration programs, some which enable contender to seek after Canadian lasting home and some which enable the possibility to apply for brief living arrangement in Canada.

The Quebec Migration Speculator Program, or QIIP, is the main uninvolved venture program offered by a Canadian territory that can bring about a Canadian lasting occupant visa.

This speculator program is commonly very prevalent, and shares, for the most part, fill rapidly. A year ago the program had a share of 1,900.

Among the progressions presented on Walk 28, the QIIP has expanded both the net resource necessity and speculation prerequisite from the last cycle of the QIIP. The past prerequisites were net resources of computer-aided design $1.6 million and a venture of computer-aided design $800,000 individually.

UNDER THE NEW QUALIFICATION NECESSITIES OF THE QIIP:

– Applicants must have, regardless of whether alone or with the going with a life partner or accepted life partner, net resources of at any rate computer-aided design $2,000,000 whose legal starting point must be illustrated; and – Influence a five-year to term venture of computer-aided design $1,200,000 with an auxiliary of Speculation Québec for which the remote national has gone into a venture concurrence with a money-related delegate approved to take part in the program.

Other qualification necessities incorporate being more than 18 years old, having administration encounter, expecting to settle in the territory of Quebec and acquiring a passing score under Quebec's focuses framework.

Amid the latest admission time frame, financing for the venture was accessible from monetary mediators.

"The share, however, may even now be achieved rapidly so intrigued candidates should be readied."