Maximum number of applications

The application intake period for the Regular Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP) will be announced shortly. During this period, the Ministère will receive a maximum of 6300 applications for a selection certificate.

Submitting an application

Applications submitted during the next application intake period must be sent using the new online tool, which will be available by the end of 2015 at the latest.

If you submit your application outside the intake period, it will be returned to you. However, if you are in one of the following situations, you can submit your application at any time:

• You submit an application under the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (Québec experience program);
• you have enclosed a valid employment offer with the application for a selection certificate that you submitted under the Regular Skilled Worker Program;
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada has informed you that it has agreed to process your application for permanent residence in Canada;
• You are a temporary resident and eligible to submit an application for a Certificat de sélection du Québec.

Priority processing

The following applications will receive priority processing:

• Applications submitted under the Programme de l’expérience québéboise (PEQ – Québec experience program);
• Applications that include a valid employment offer;
• Applications from candidates who earned points under the factor Area of training.

Selection Criteria

To be selected as an immigrant worker, you must, in particular:

• Settle in Québec with the goal of being employed in Quebec
• Hold at least one diploma that corresponds, in the Québec education system, to a Secondary School Diploma or a Diploma of Vocational Studies
• Have acquired training and occupational skills that will facilitate your integration into the job market

Knowledge of French is an important asset. 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.

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? If so, you may be eligible  for the Quebec Skilled Worker Program immigration stream.

The following employability factors will be taken into account:

• Your schooling (your level of education and area of training)
• 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
• Having a valid employment offer. This applies only if you have received a job offer that meets certain conditions from a Québec employer.
• Characteristics regarding your accompanying spouse or common-law spouse, if applicable

Other factors that will be taken into account when your application is assessed are:

• The number of children under the age of 19 who will be accompanying you to Québec.
• 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).

Points will be awarded for each of these selection factors. The assessment of your application will help to determine if you obtain a sufficient number of points to be selected by Québec

The maximum points to be awarded under the  Quebec Skilled Worker Program are as follows:

• Education: 14
• Area of Training: 16
• Valid Employment Offer in Quebec: 10
• Work Experience: 8
• Age: 16
• Language Proficiency: 22
• Links to Quebec:c 8
• Spouse or Common-Law Partner Qualifications: 17
• Children: 8
• Financial: 1

Please Contact Us for more information on this program.