Syed Khan – December 09, 2021
Quebec Immigration has announced that Quebec based organizations will be able to sponsor refugees from 18 January to 16 February, revoking its earlier decision dated November 2020. The province has also banned organizations from participating that have submitted false information in the last two years.
The province will also spend $130 million in a new action plan and quell the current labor shortage. According to the latest Labor Force Survey of November, Quebec has the lowest unemployment rate, 4.5%, in all of Canada. Over 45,500 jobs were added by the province in the previous month.
Quote by Minister Nadine Girault:
“We have reached an important milestone in our collective sponsorship program in terms of ensuring the protection and well-being of refugees as we receive them here in the very welcoming society that is Quebec.”
Quote by Immigration Minister Jean Boulet:
“Our government is firmly committed to addressing the labor shortage in all regions of Quebec. Immigration is part of a set of solutions to help us get there. For several years, we have too often witnessed cases of professional immigrants, unable to work in their field of expertise, for lack of recognition of their professional skills. This is simply unacceptable, particularly in the current context where the difficulty of recruiting staff affects the growth of our economy and essential public services. With these new measures, immigrants will be able to practice their profession more quickly and will use their skills to serve the prosperity of Quebec.”
Key Points from the announcement:
- Organizations looking to sponsor can apply only two times during the course of the application period.
- Citizens or permanent residents cannot be a part of more than one sponsorship group.
- Projects in areas like skills assessment, recruitment, personalized support, refresher training, etc. will be developed and it is hoped that this will result in helping new immigrants find jobs in the labor market.
- 825 applications for the sponsorship of refugees will be accepted, in case more applications are received, a random draw will be held to select prospective applications.
- The spokespersons of the sponsors whose application will have been randomly drawn will receive, if applicable, a communication to their Arrima account, inviting them to submit the randomly drawn undertaking application within the deadline indicated by the Ministère.
For more information, candidates can visit the Quebec Immigration website ( https://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/immigrate-settle/humanitarian-immigration/collective-sponsorship/index.html ) or
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