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Quebec held two draws in the Arrima system in October. Which immigration candidates got the invitations to apply? In the last two draws in the Arrima system, which were held on October 23 and 29, Quebec sent invitations to 162 candidates under the Quebec Skilled Worker Program. In the draw held on October 23, Quebec Read More …
The Quebec Experience Program (Program de l’expérience québécoise, PEQ) candidate selection process, approved before November 1, has been revised again. New changes came into effect on November 14, 2019. According to the changes that came into effect on November 1, only graduates with degrees and diplomas in certain areas of training and temporary foreign workers Read More …
A French citizen filed an application for immigration to Quebec but it was rejected because her thesis contained a chapter in English. Photo: Alexandre Duval/Radio-Canada Émilie Dubois applied for immigration to the province after completing a Ph.D. in the Francophone University of Laval in Quebec City. At the beginning of the year, the Quebec Immigration Read More …
The mayor of Edmundston, New Brunswick promises students job opportunities and cheap real estate. Photo: P199 / CC BY-SA 3.0 The past two weeks have been eventful in Quebec: provincial authorities have imposed restrictions on immigration programs for temporary foreign workers and international students. These innovations caused a wave of protests, and the Quebec Minister Read More …
The Quebec government has suspended changes to the Quebec Experience Program that have entered into effect on November 1. Provincial Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette confirmed the suspension of changes on Friday, November 8. The Quebec Experience Program (Program de l’expérience québécoise, PEQ) is a popular fast-track immigration program that allows international graduates and temporary foreign Read More …
Quebec immigration minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, ruled that all new immigrants will get government services only in French. This new regulation directly echoes the Charter of the French Language, also known as Bill 101, the main language law of the province of Quebec. The Charter’s main purpose is to protect the official status of the French Read More …
This is a dream job for video game enthusiasts. And if you hurry up, you can be one of the lucky ones. For months, Google has been teasing users with promises of producing original game content for its new Stadia streaming platform. Finally, the corporation has officially announced that Montreal will be the location of Read More …
The province of Quebec announced the suspension of the program for investors until July 2020. In addition, authorities impose restrictions on the number of immigrants applying under the Entrepreneur and Self-Employed Worker programs. The Immigrant Investor Program, which offers permanent residence in Quebec to those investing C$1.2 million, has been suspended until July 1, 2020, Read More …
Effective January 1, 2020, candidates participating in all economic immigration programs of Quebec will have to write a mandatory test of knowledge of the democratic and provincial values. From the beginning of the next year, those applying for any of the Quebec economic immigration programs (Regular Skilled Worker Program, Quebec Experience Program, Entrepreneur Program, Immigrant Read More …
Effective November 1, 2019, those wishing to immigrate to Quebec through the Quebec Experience Program’s Skilled Temporary Foreign Worker Stream, must have an occupation that is in demand on the provincial labour market. There are also other changes. Skilled Temporary Foreign Worker (Travailleur étranger temporaire) is a stream of the Quebec Experience Program (Program de Read More …