According to Immigration, Diversité et Inclusion Québec, the much anticipated Quebec Skilled Worker Program will not open as scheduled on October 1, 2015. As a new date has not been announced yet, the delay may cause inconvenience for those looking to apply to the program and immigrate to Canada.
According to Immigration, Diversité et Inclusion Québec, the much anticipated Quebec Skilled Worker Program will not open as scheduled on October 1, 2015. As a new date has not been announced yet, the delay may cause inconvenience for those looking to apply to the program and immigrate to Canada.
In the past, the Quebec Skilled Worker program (QSWP) was known to be a more lenient version of its Federal counterpart. The program used a point based system where points were awarded for an applicant’s language proficiency, work experience, whether or not the applicant had a validated job offer in Quebec, age, area of training, prior relationship with Quebec (through visits or relatives), and the human capital factors of the applicant’s common-law partner or spouse. A single applicant had to score 49 points in order to be given a QSC, while one with a common-law partner or spouse had to score at least 57. Once a QSC was granted the applicant had to pass a medical and security exam, conducted by the federal government, before being granted permanent resident status.
For the 2015-2016 year, qualification for the program was made easier by removing the adaptability requirements, which evaluated the ability of an applicant to adapt to life in Quebec based on their knowledge of various local topics, and by lowering the amount of points necessary to pass. Though the changes created renewed excitement around the program, all applicant hopefuls will have to stall until the program officially opens later. For more information on the QSWP click here. To get assessed on your eligibility to enter Canada or to explore your options fill out our Free Online Assessment form.
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