Quebec Immigration Announces Application Fee Increases for 2021

Last Updated on December 15, 2020

Quebec’s immigration ministry has announced increases to application fees for its temporary and permanent programs for 2021.

As of January 1, the Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration (MIFI) fees will increase by 1.26 percent compared to the fees for 2021.

The fees cover the Quebec immigration programs for skilled workers, business immigration, temporary workers and foreign students.

Other fees include those for labour market assessments, immigration consultants and credential recognition.

Consult the table below to compare the 2020 and 2021 fees.

Quebec Immigration Application Fees, 2020 and 2021

		Up to December 31, 2020	As of January 1, 2021
PERMAMENT IMMIGRATION
Application for permanent selection
Business people	Investors	$15,763	$15,962
	Entrepreneur and self-employed worker	$1,099	$1,113
Skilled worker		$812	$822
Each accompanying family member of the principal applicant (except in the case of an application under the Investor Program)		$174	$176
Employer submitting a request for validation of a permanent job offer		$202	$205
Request for an undertaking as a guarantor of a foreign national of the family group
Commitment for the first foreign national		$289	$293
For each other foreign national		$116	$117

TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION
Application for temporary selection
Temporary worker		$202	$205
Employer requesting an assessment of the effects of the job offer on the Quebec labour market		$202	$205
Foreign student		$116	$117
Person in temporary stay for medical attention		$116	$117

IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT
Application for recognition as an immigration consultant		$1,681	$1702
Request for renewal of recognition		$1,367	$1384

CREDENTIAL RECOGNITION
Comparative evaluation of studies conducted outside Quebec		$121	$123

Quebec Immigration Levels

Quebec expects to welcome between 13,000 and 18,000 fewer immigrants than planned in 2020, a deficit it will make up in the next two years, the provincial government said recently.

The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on Quebec immigration levels means 2020 admissions will fall to a maximum of 30,500 newcomers, 70 percent of the expected total. The number could drop as low as 25,600 new permanent residents, just 59 percent of the planned admissions.

The French=speaking province plans to make up the 2020 shortfall over the next two years.

It will start by welcoming up to 47,500 newcomers in 2021, with 7,000 immigrants added from the 2020 shortfall.

Quebec’s 2021 Immigration Levels Plan

	Results		Plan 2020		Forecast 2020			Plan 2021
	2018	2019	MIN	MAX	MIN	MAX	Rebalancing	MIN	MAX
Economic	29,192	23,129	25,500	26,300	14,000	17,000	4,600	27,500	29,300
– Skilled Workers	24,129	19,098	21,600	22,000	12,800	15,000	3,500	22,900	24,200
– Business	4,204	3,387	3,300	3,600	1,000	1,600	1,000	4,000	4,300
– Other Economic	859	644	600	700	200	400	100	600	800
Family Reunification	12,286	9,686	9,900	10,200	6,700	7,100	1,550	9,700	10,200
Refugees	8,834	7,248	7,200	7,500	4,400	5,800	850	6,900	7,500
Other Immigrants	811	502	400	500	500	600	0	400	500
TOTAL	51,123	40,565	43,000	44,500	25,600	30,500	7,000	44,500	47,500