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Quebec Skilled Worker
The Quebec Immigration selection system for Quebec Skilled Workers is designed to indicate which applicants are likely to become economically established upon immigration to Quebec.
Quebec Skilled Worker / Professional applicants intending to reside in Montreal or another city in the Province of Quebec are selected based upon a different set of criteria than applicants who wish to settle elsewhere in Canada.
Applicants who are successful under the Quebec Immigration selection system are issued a Quebec Selection Certificate.
To qualify for a Quebec Selection Certificate, Skilled Worker / Professional applicants must score enough points under the Quebec Immigration selection system below. A single applicant must score at least 49 points based on the criteria below. An applicant with a spouse or common-law/conjugal partner must score at least 57 points.
The Quebec Immigration selection factors may be summarized as follows:
| Training | Up to 28 points (Cutoff Score = 2 points) |
| Validated Employment Offer | Up to 10 points |
| Experience | Up to 8 points |
| Age | Up to 16 points |
| Language Proficiency | Up to 22 points |
| Stay and Family in Quebec | Up to 8 points |
| Spouse’s Characteristics | Up to 16 points |
| Children | Up to 8 points |
| Financial Self-Sufficiency | 1 point (Cutoff Score = 1) |
Up to an additional 6 points may be awarded upon the interview for Adaptability. With these points awarded, a single applicant must score a minimum of 55 points. An applicant with a spouse or common-law/conjugal partner must score at least 63 points.
Processing Times
Quebec Skilled Workers / Professionals Processing Times vary from one Canadian Immigration Visa Office to another.
Processing Fees
Quebec Skilled Workers / Professionals Processing Fees are as follows:
| Applicant | Fees |
| Principal Applicant | $390 |
| Spouse, de facto spouse | $150 |
| Each dependant child | $150 |
Quebec Immigration – Training
The Training criterion is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec immigration selection system.
Up to 28 points are awarded under the Training criterion of Quebec immigration on the basis of the following three subcategories:
| Schooling | |
| Level of Education | Points |
| Secondary school general diploma | 2 points |
| Secondary school vocational diploma | 6 points |
| Postsecondary school general diploma attesting to 2 years of full-time studies | 4 points |
| Postsecondary school technical diploma attesting to 1 years of full-time studies | 6 points |
| Postsecondary school technical diploma attesting to 2 years of full-time studies | 6 points |
| Postsecondary school technical diploma attesting to 2 years of full-time studies in training listed in Section A or B of the ‘Areas of Training’ criterion | 10 points |
| Postsecondary school technical diploma attesting to 3 years of full-time studies | 8 points |
| Postsecondary school technical diploma attesting to 3 years of full-time studies in training listed in Section A or B of the ‘Areas of Training’ criterion | 10 points |
| Undergraduate diploma attesting to 1 or more years of full-time studies | 4 |
| Undergraduate diploma attesting to 2 or more years of full-time studies | 6 |
| Undergraduate diploma attesting to 3 or more years of full-time studies | 10 points |
| Master’s Degree | 12 points |
| Doctorate | 12 points |
| Maximum | 12 points |
| Quebec Diploma | |
| Quebec Diploma | Points |
| Quebec Diploma or equivalent | 6 points |
| Maximum | 6 points |
| Areas of Training | |
| Areas of Training | Points |
| Section A of the areas | 16 points |
| Section B of the areas | 12 points |
| Section C of the areas | 6 points |
| Section D of the areas | 2 points |
| Section E, F, or G of the areas | 0 points |
| Maximum | 16 points |
The Areas of Training list was updated on August 1, 2013, with a full list of changes to the points awarded found here.
Quebec Immigration – Validated Employment Offer
The Employment criterion is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec immigration selection system.
Up to 10 points are awarded under the Validated Employment Offer criterion, according to the Quebec Immigration Program the applicant is applying under.
| Validated Employment Offer | |
| Criteria | Points |
| Validated employment offer in the metropolitan area of Montreal | 6 points |
| Validated employment offer outside the metropolitan area of Montreal | 10 points |
| Maximum | 10 points |
Quebec Immigration – Work Experience
The Work Experience criterion is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec Immigration selection system.
Up to 8 points are awarded under the Experience criterion of Quebec immigration. This criterion is absolutely essential. Unless at least 1 point is awarded under the Work Experience criterion, the application will be automatically refused.
| Experience | Points |
| Less than 6 months | 0 point |
| 6 to 11 months | 4 points |
| 12 to 23 months | 4 points |
| 24 to 35 months | 6 points |
| 36 to 47 months | 6 points |
| 48 months and over | 8 points |
| Maximum | 8 points |
Notes:
- Work experience must have been accumulated during the five years preceding the application date.
- Work experience includes remunerated employment and internships, whether remunerated or not.
- As an exception, an international student who has received a diploma from a Quebec university or college (or will receive a diploma within 12 months of the application date) does not need to meet the six month work requirement and is automatically awarded 1 point under the Work Experience criterion.
Quebec Immigration – Age
The Age criterion is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec immigration selection system.
Up to 16 points are awarded under the Age criterion of Quebec immigration on the following basis:
| Age | Points |
| 18 to 35 years of age | 16 points |
| 36 years of age | 14 points |
| 37 years of age | 12 points |
| 38 years of age | 10 points |
| 39 years of age | 8 points |
| 40 years of age | 8 points |
| 41 years of age | 4 points |
| 42 years of age | 2 points |
| 43 years of age or older | 0 points |
| Maximum | 16 points |
Quebec Immigration – Language Proficiency
The Language Proficiency criterion for English and French is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec Immigration selection system.
Up to 22 points are awarded under the Language Proficiency criterion of Quebec immigration on the following basis:
| French Language | |
| French Proficiency | Points |
| Oral interaction | 0-16 points |
| Written comprehension | 0 points |
| Maximum | 16 points |
| English Language | |
| English Proficiency | Points |
| Oral interaction | 0 – 6 points |
| Written comprehension | 0 points |
| Maximum | 6 points |
Quebec Immigration – Stay and Family in Quebec
The Stay and Family in Quebec criterion is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec immigration selection system.
Up to 8 points are awarded under the Stay and Family in Quebec criterion of Quebec immigration on the following basis:
| Stay in Quebec | |
| Criteria | Points |
| To study for 1 regular full-time semester | 5 points |
| To study for 2 regular full-time semesters | 5 points |
| To work for at least 3 months | 5 points |
| To work for at least 6 months | 5 points |
| For Business for at least 1 week | 0 points |
| Other stay for no less than 2 weeks and not more 3 months | 1 points |
| Other stay exceeding 3 months | 2 points |
| Maximum | 5 points |
| Family in Quebec | |
| Nature of Relationship | Points |
| Spouse | 3 points |
| Son or daughter, father or mother, brother or sister | 3 points |
| Grandfather or grandmother | 3 points |
| Uncle or aunt, nephew or niece | 0 points |
| Maximum | 3 points |
Note: To be awarded points under this criterion, the relative or friend must reside in the Province of Quebec.
Quebec Immigration – Spouse’s Characteristics
The Spouse’s Characteristics criterion (which also applies to Common-law/Conjugal Partners) is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec immigration selection system.
Up to 16 points are awarded under the Spouse’s Characteristics criterion of Quebec immigration on the following basis:
| Spouse’s Education | |
| Education Level | Points |
| Secondary school general diploma | 1 point |
| Secondary school vocational diploma | 2 points |
| Postsecondary school general diploma attesting to 2 years of full-time studies | 1 points |
| Postsecondary technical diploma attesting to 1 or 2 years of full-time studies | 2 points |
| Postsecondary technical diploma attesting to 3 years of full-time studies | 3 points |
| Undergraduate diploma attesting to 1 year of full-time studies | 1 point |
| Undergraduate diploma attesting to 2 years of full-time studies | 2 points |
| Undergraduate diploma attesting to 3 years of full-time studies | 3 points |
| Master’s degree attesting to 1 or more years of full-time studies | 3 points |
| Doctorate | 3 points |
| Maximum | 3 points |
| Spouse’s Area of Training | |
| Area of Training | Points |
| Section A of the areas | 4 points |
| Section B of the areas | 3 points |
| Section C of the areas | 2 points |
| Section D of the areas | 1 points |
| Section E, F or G of the areas | 0 points |
| Maximum | 4 points |
| Professional Experience | |
| Professional Experience | Points |
| 6 to 11 months | 0 point |
| 12 months or more | 0 point |
Notes:
- Work experience must have been accumulated during the five years preceding the application date.
- Work experience includes remunerated employment and internships, whether remunerated or not.
- As an exception, an international student who has received a diploma from a Quebec university or college (or will receive a diploma within 12 months of the application date) does not need to meet the six month work requirement and is automatically awarded 1 point under the Work Experience criterion.
| Spouse’s Age | |
| Age | Points |
| 18 to 35 years of age | 3 points |
| 36 years of age | 2 points |
| 37 years of age | 2 points |
| 38 years of age | 2 points |
| 39 years of age | 2 point |
| 40 years of age | 1 point |
| 41 years of age | 1 point |
| 42 years of age | 1 point |
| 43 years of age or older | 0 |
| Maximum | 3 points |
| Spouse’s Language Proficiency | |
| French Proficiency | Points |
| Oral interaction | 0 – 6 points |
| Written comprehension | 0 points |
| Maximum | 6 points |
Quebec Immigration – Presence of Accompanying Children
The Presence of Accompanying Children criterion is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec immigration selection system.
Up to 8 points are awarded under the Presence of Accompanying Children criterion of Quebec immigration on the following basis:
| Accompanying Children | |
| Age of Children | Points |
| For each child 12 years of age or younger | 4 points |
| For each child 13 to 21 years of age | 2 point |
| Maximum | 8 points |
Quebec Immigration – Financial Self-Sufficiency
The Financial Self-sufficiency criterion is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec immigration selection system.
One point is awarded under the Financial Self-sufficiency criterion of Quebec immigration. This criterion is absolutely essential and stipulates a minimum funds requirement. Unless the 1 point is awarded under the Financial Autonomy criterion, the application will be automatically refused.
| Financial Self-sufficiency | |
| Criteria | Points |
| Making of a contract (Cutoff score =1) | 1 point |
| Maximum | 1 point |
Quebec Immigration – Adaptability
The Adaptability criterion is one of the ten criteria for which points are awarded under the Quebec immigration selection system.
Up to 6 points are awarded under the Adaptability criterion of Quebec immigration on the following basis:
| Adaptability | |
| Adaptability Factor | Points |
| Overall assessment | 0-6 points |
| Maximum | 6 points |
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