Quebec Increases Number Of Top-Scoring Qualifications In New Areas Of Training List

Quebec Invites 32 Immigration Candidates In New Expression of Interest Draw
2019-11-27 – Quebec has significantly increased the number of top-scoring foreign qualifications in its new Areas of Training list for the Quebec Skilled Worker Program. The new list, effective November 1, 2019, includes 19 foreign qualifications for which Quebec immigration candidates score the maximum 12 points on the QSWP selection grid. Previously only 7 foreign
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Quebec Invites 162 Candidates In October Arrima Expression of Interest Draws

Quebec Invites 172 Candidates In October Arrima Expression of Interest Draws
2019-11-23 – Quebec’s immigration ministry (MIFI) issued invitations to apply to 162 candidates in the most recent draws through the Arrima Expression of Interest system. Draws that took place on October 23 and October 29 saw 89 and 73 invitations Quebec immigration issued respectively. In the October 23 draw, invites were issued to candidates who
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Quebec Restores Pre-November 1 Criteria For Quebec Experience Program (PEQ)

Do I Need French to Qualify for the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP)?
2019-11-15 – Quebec’s immigration ministry has announced the restoration of the pre-November 1 requirements for the Quebec Experience Program (PEQ). As of November 14, candidates applying to the PEQ will be assessed based on the criteria that existed before the November 1 changes were announced by Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette. Jolin-Barrette has since suspended the
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Quebec Suspends Changes Made To Quebec Experience Program (PEQ)

Revamped Quebec Immigrant Investor Program Now Open For Applications
2019-11-11 – The Quebec provincial government has moved to suspend the changes made to the Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) following outcry from a number of stakeholders. Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette announced on Facebook that the November 1 changes would be temporarily suspended to allow for revisions to the lists for in-demand jobs and areas of
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Quebec Backtracks on Certain Quebec Experience Program Changes After Public Outcry

Quebec Expression of Interest System ‘Arrima’ to Open September 18th
2019-11-07 – The Quebec provincial government has backtracked on some of the controversial changes made to the Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) after an outcry from affected candidates and apposition from the lawyers in the province. Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says those already in the province will not be subject to the changes, which came in
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Quebec To Increase Immigration Levels to 44,500 in 2020

Do I Need French to Qualify for the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP)?
2019-10-31 – Quebec plans to welcome up to 44,500 new immigrants in 2020, an increase from the maximum of 42,000 in 2019, the provincial immigration ministry announced on Wednesday, October 30. The French-speaking province also plans to issue up to 24,700 Quebec Selection Certificates to prospective new Quebec permanent residents. After reducing immigration targets in
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Quebec Announces Significant Changes to Quebec Experience Program

Quebec Announces Significant Changes to Quebec Experience Program
2019-10-30 – The Quebec government has announced a number of changes to the Quebec Experience Program (PEQ) stream for graduates and temporary foreign workers. Under the changes, effective November 1, 2019, candidates qualify for permanent residence based on their field of study and the occupation they hold. For the Quebec Graduate stream, this means the
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Applications Suspended for Popular Quebec Immigrant Investor Program Until 2020

Quebec Court to Hear Legal Challenge Against Government Plan to Apply New Immigration Law Bill 9
2019-10-30 – The Quebec provincial government has moved to suspend the intake of new applications for its popular Quebec Immigrant Investor Program. In regulations published in the Official Gazette on October 30, the province has suspended receiving new applications from November 1, 2019, until June 30, 2020.  It does not affect applications submitted prior to
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Quebec Issued 169 Invitations In Most Recent Expression of Interest Draw

View of old Quebec and the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, Canada
2019-10-28 – Quebec has published details of its latest draw through the Arrima Expression of Interest system, in which it issued invitations to apply to 169 candidates. The September 25 Quebec immigration draw was the fifth from the Arrima Expression of Interest Bank since Quebec started issuing invitations in July 2019. The Quebec immigration ministry
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Quebec Invites 32 Immigration Candidates In New Expression of Interest Draw

Quebec Invites 32 Immigration Candidates In New Expression of Interest Draw
2019-10-03 – Quebec has announced the results of a new Expression of Interest draw that saw 32 invitations issued. The September 4 draw candidates invited for Quebec immigration who met one of the following criteria: They held a validated job offer. They were in Quebec as a diplomatic agent, consular officer, representative or a duly accredited
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