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Jean Boulet is Quebec’s new Minister of Immigration, Francisation and Integration, taking over the file from Nadine Girault, who has been sidelined with health problems. Boulet will combine the immigration role with his duties as Quebec’s labour minister. Premier Francois Legault made the announcement on Wednesday, November 24, with Boulet saying his duties as labour
Quebec will continue to pay up to $1,200 for businesses using lawyers or immigration consultants to help them recruit Temporary Foreign Workers. The extension of the benefit was among a number of Temporary Foreign Worker Program changes announced earlier in November by Jean Boulet, Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Immigration. Businesses using lawyers,
Quebec is seeing a resurgence in immigration this year as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, public health restrictions are eased and the francophone province works hard to rebuild its economy and resolve labour shortages. In the first nine months of this year alone, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) figures show the province welcomed more new
Quebec immigration has issued 33 Canada immigration invitations in a new draw through the Arrima Expression of Interest system. The November 11 draw saw invitations issued to candidates who met one of two criteria: Candidates with a job offer outside the Montreal Metropolitan Area Candidates invited by the immigration minister deemed able to contribute to the prosperity of
Quebec’s provincial government is a frequent user of Canada’s Global Talent Stream, a fast-track work permit temporary immigration program designed to attract in-demand tech sector workers. Revenu Quebec – the francophone province’s tax authority – currently employs 61 workers and received approval for 83 positions, according to figures from The Logic published in the Montreal
Quebec is to make it easier for employers to hire overseas candidates in a slew of high-demand occupations through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The province has published lists of jobs it has submitted to the federal government that will qualify for: simplified work permit processing, exemptions from posting and recruitment efforts, and 10%
Organizations in Quebec will once again be allowed to sponsor refugees over a roughly one-month period starting Jan. 18 and running through to Feb. 16, says Nadine Girault, the francophone province’s minister responsible for the Ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI). In November, 2020, the Gazette officielle du Québec published a
Quebec will welcome up to 70,500 new immigrants in 2022, according to the new Immigration Levels Plan tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday. The figures, announced by Deputy Immigration Minister Jean Boulet, include 52,500 newcomers under the previously announced plan, and 18,000 intended to make up the deficit of newcomers registered during the COVID-19
Quebec’s immigration minister unveiled Wednesday the number of applications the province will accept under its Entrepreneur, Self-Employed and three permanent immigration pilot programs during the coming year. “Our government is taking all necessary measures to modernize our immigration processes and better receive immigrants who have chosen to settle in Quebec,” said Nadine Girault, the francophone
Quebec immigration has issued 23 invitations in a new draw through the Arrima Expression of Interest system. The October 21 draw saw invitations issued to candidates who met one of two criteria: Those with a job offer outside the Montreal Metropolitan Area Those in Quebec as a diplomatic agent, consular officer, representative or a duly accredited official of
