Quebec Immigration announces that it will accept applications under its Entrepreneur and Self-Employed Immigration pilot programs and introduce three new permanent immigration pilot programs in 2022. This news was announced on 27 October by the province’s immigration minister.
Quote by Nadine Girault, Quebec’s Minister of Immigration / the Ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI)
“Our government is taking all necessary measures to modernize our immigration processes and better receive immigrants who have chosen to settle in Quebec. This modernization is needed to ensure that immigration better serves the economic needs of all our regions and immigration policies and programs are more transparent”
The province also announced the splitting of its tech-oriented pilot program into two streams:
- Those applying in occupations of artificial intelligence
- Candidates applying under IT and visual effects
From November 3rd, in both streams, 600 applications will be sent out in total with 300 of them for francophone candidates. This will run to October 31, 2022, or until the maximum number of applications has been reached.
About the Entrepreneur program:
- Quebec will invite 25 candidates under the Entrepreneur program from 1 November to the end of 2022.
- Candidates applying for this stream must have passed a Level 7 in oral French based on the Échelle Québécoise Des Niveaux De Compétence En Français Des Personnes Immigrantes Adultes.
- This stream targets candidates who want to create a business in Quebec and receive support from an incubator, business accelerator, or a university entrepreneurship center.
About the Self-Employed program:
- The province will invite 50 candidates from 1 November 2021 to 31 December 2022.
- Candidate must have two years of self-employed experience, in the profession, they intend to practice in Quebec
- The candidate should have a net worth of $100,000 CAD, alone or in partnership with a spouse or common-law partner
- The self-employed candidate must pay a start-up deposit. The deposit amount is $50,000 if the candidate is based in Montreal, and $25,000 if the candidate is located outside of Montreal.
About the Orderlies Pilot program:
- This program is aimed at the NOC code 3413 for nurse aides, orderlies, and patient service associates.
- It has both a workstream and a work-study stream. For both streams, the requirements are the same.
- Candidate must be aged 18 or older
- Work as an orderly in the province at the time of application.
- Have passed Level 7 of oral French equivalent in language tests
- Must be financially self-sufficient and state the intention of settling in Quebec
- Candidates who apply under this pilot program should hold a diploma pertaining to the occupation of orderly after completion of full-time studies (duration of one year at least) that corresponds to a Quebec diploma of vocational studies, AND have obtained work experience of at least 2 years in the last 3 as an orderly in Quebec, OR at least 1 year in a health occupation related to basic personal care outside of Quebec and at least 1 year in the last three years as an orderly in Quebec.
About the Food Production Worker program:
- It targets workers who are in the food and beverage production industry.
- The candidate should have at least two years of experience in the last three years in either the food or beverage production industry.
- At the time of application, should work full-time in either of those sectors in Quebec.
- Should have a level 7 proficiency in French in the Échelle Québécoise Des Niveaux De Compétence En Français Des Personnes Immigrantes Adultes.
- Should have obtained minimum education of high school diploma or diploma of vocational studies
It covers occupations with the following NOC codes:
- 6732 – Specialized cleaners
- 8431 – General farmworkers
- 9461 – Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
- 9462 – Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
- 9463 – Fish and seafood plant workers
- 9617 – Labourers in food and beverage processing
- 9618 – Labourers in fish and seafood processing
Quebec Immigration also invited 23 candidates through its Arrima Expression of Interest stream. In the draw held on October 21, candidates who meet any of the following criteria were invited to apply:
- Have a job offer outside the Montreal Metropolitan Area.
- Should be working in Quebec either as a diplomatic representative, diplomatic agent, consular agent, or an official of a foreign country or of the UN.
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