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Regular Selection Program for Skilled Worker (QSW)
Regular Selection Program for Skilled Worker (QSW) is one of Quebec’s immigration pathways for foreign students, Quebec graduates and skilled temporary foreign workers.
Your are eligible for Regular Selection Program for Skilled Worker (QSW), if you are;
- an international student in Quebec, I want to plan my permanent residence in Quebec, OR
- just graduated from Quebec post-secondary school and I have post-graduate work permit, I want to be permanent residence in Quebec.
How does it work?
To apply to immigrate, you first must submit an expression of interest through Arrima. You can complete and update your expression of interest form at any time, free of charge.
Those who have submitted an expression of interest and whose profiles meet Québec’s needs are invited by Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration to apply for permanent selection. If you receive an invitation and wish to continue with the process, you must apply for permanent selection and send the Ministère the supporting documents required to process your application.
Anyone wishing to immigrate to Québec under the Regular Skilled Worker Program must go through Arrima.
The Arrima immigration application management system is based on an expression of interest and follows a three-step process:
- First, you must complete an expression of interest form online. You will need to enter certain information, such as your education, language skills, and work experience.
- The Ministère reviews the bank of expressions of interest and issues invitations to applicants who meet certain criteria, based on labour market needs in the different regions of Québec. Those individuals can submit a permanent selection application (official immigration application) and pay the associated fees.
Applications will be evaluated using the selection grid in effect.
Selection Grid
The selection factors and criteria are designed to assess your social and professional profile (as well as your spouse’s, if applicable) and help determine your potential for integrating into the Québec labour market and Québec society? The factors and criteria considered are:
- Your training (level of education and area of training). Only diplomas obtained before the submission of your application are considered in the attribution of points for the Education Level criterion;
- Your work experience
- Your age
- Your knowledge of French and English
- Your stays in Québec and family relationship with a Canadian citizen or a permanent Québec resident
- Having a permanent employment offer validated by the Ministère. See the section International recruitment – Hiring a permanent foreign worker
- Characteristics of your accompanying spouse or de facto spouse, if applicable
- Other factors, incuding the number of children under the age of 22 who will be accompanying you to Québec
- Your capacity for financial self-sufficiency (you must sign a contract in which you undertake to provide for your needs and your family’s needs for at least the first three months following your arrival in Québec).
Timeframes
- Create Arrima Account, finish the submission in 90 days.
- Waiting for the invitation. (6-12 months)
- Applicants can update your information such as language test score during the process time. After invitation, can not change your application information.
- Results:1, Applicants receive invitation, submit further files and information in 90 days. 2, Applicants do not receive invitation, after 12 months, need to recreate new account.
Selection Grid for the Regular Skilled Worker Program Regulation of August 2, 2018
MAX. POINTS | |||
103/120 | |||
TRAINING | (26 max.) | ||
Cutoff score: 2 points for the Level of Education criterion | Level of education | General high school | 2 |
Vocational high school | 6 | ||
General postsecondary 2 years | 4 | ||
Technical postsecondary 1 year or 2 years | 6 | ||
Technical postsecondary 3 years | 8 | ||
University, undergraduate, 1 year | 4 | ||
University, undergraduate, 2 years | 6 | ||
University, undergraduate , 3 years or + | 10 | ||
University, master’s, 1 year or + | 12 | ||
University, doctorate | 14 | ||
Area of training | Points in Part I (foreign diploma) or in Part II (diploma from Québec or equivalent) of the list | 0, 2, 6, 9, or 12 | |
EXPERIENCE | (8 max.) | ||
Work experience of skilled worker | Less than 6 months | 0 | |
6 months to 11 months | 4 | ||
12 months to 23 months | 4 | ||
24 months to 35 months | 6 | ||
36 months to 47 months | 6 | ||
48 months or + | 8 | ||
AGE | (16 max.) | ||
18 years to 35 years | 16 | ||
36 years | 14 | ||
37 years | 12 | ||
38 years | 10 | ||
39 years | 8 | ||
40 years | 6 | ||
41 years | 4 | ||
42 years | 2 | ||
43 years or + | 0 | ||
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY | (22 max.) | ||
French | Oral comprehension | 0, 5, 6, or 7 | |
Oral expression | 0, 5, 6, or 7 | ||
Written comprehension | 0 or 1 | ||
Written expression | 0 or 1 | ||
English | Oral comprehension | 0, 1, or 2 | |
Oral expression | 0, 1, or 2 | ||
Written comprehension | 0 or 1 | ||
Written expression | 0 or 1 | ||
STAY AND FAMILY IN QUÉBEC | (8 max.) | ||
Stay for study purposes leading to a DVS or an AVS of 900 to less than 1,800 hours, combined with at least 6 months or more full-time work experience in Québec related to the area of training |
5 | ||
Stay for study purposes leading to a DVS or an AVS of 1,800 hours or more, a DCS, or an undergraduate, master’s, or doctoral diploma |
5 | ||
Stay for work purposes with work permit of at least 1 year and full-time work experience of 6 months or more | 5 | ||
Other stays of 3 months or + | 2 | ||
Other stays of 2 weeks to 3 months | 1 | ||
Family in Québec | Sp, fr, mr, br, sr, son, daughter, gf, gm | 3 | |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACCOMPANYING SPOUSE OR DE FACTO SPOUSE | (17 max.) | ||
Level of education | General high school | 1 | |
Vocational high school | 2 | ||
General postsecondary 2 years | 1 | ||
Technical postsecondary 1 year or2 years | 2 | ||
Technical postsecondary 3 years | 3 | ||
University, undergraduate 1 year | 1 | ||
University, undergraduate 2 years | 2 | ||
University, undergraduate 3 years or + | 3 | ||
University, master’s 1 year or + | 4 | ||
University, doctorate | 4 | ||
Area of training | Points in Part I (foreign diploma) or Part II (diploma from Québec or equivalent) of the list | 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 | |
Age | Under 18 years | 0 | |
18 to 35 years | 3 | ||
36 years | 2 | ||
37 years | 2 | ||
38 years | 2 | ||
39 years | 2 | ||
40 years | 1 | ||
41 years | 1 | ||
42 years | 1 | ||
43 years or + | 0 | ||
Language proficiency | Oral comprehension | 0, 2, or 3 | |
Oral expression | 0, 2, or 3 | ||
PROPOSED | |||
VALIDATED JOB OFFER | (14 max.) | ||
Validated job offer in CMM | 8 | ||
Validated job offer outside CMM |
13 12 14 13 14 12 13 10 13 12 12 14 12 13 12 | ||
CUTOFF SCORE FOR EMPLOYABILITY | 43 or 52 | ||
CHILDREN | (8 max.) | ||
12 years or — | Per child | 4 | |
13 to 21 years | Per child | 2 | |
FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY (CUTOFF) (SIGNATURE OF UNDERTAKING) | 1 | ||
PASSING SCORE AT PRELIMINARY AND SELECTION TEST |
Without/with spouse |
50/59 |