Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 21:54:25 +0000
Quebec issued a total of 162 invitations to apply for selection under the Quebec Skilled Worker Program, after holding two draws in October. Details of the October 23 and October 29 draws have been released. On October 23, Quebec invited 89 people to apply for permanent selection. These candidates were chosen based on Quebec’s labour […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:50:46 +0000
Les étudiants internationaux diplômés au Québec qui présentent une demande dans le cadre du Programme de l’expérience québécoise seront de nouveau évalués en fonction des critères qui étaient en place avant le 1er novembre 2019. Cette modification est entrée en vigueur le 14 novembre. Le Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ) est un programme d’immigration accélérée et […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:52:43 +0000
International graduates who apply to the Quebec Experience Program will once again be assessed based on the criteria that were in place prior to November 1, 2019. This change became effective on November 14. The Quebec Experience Program (Programme de l’expérience québécoise, or PEQ) is a popular fast-track immigration program that allows eligible international graduates […]
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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 03:26:22 +0000
The Government of Quebec has suspended controversial changes to the Quebec Experience Program that took effect November 1. The province’s immigration minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, confirmed the suspension in a Facebook post Friday evening after media reports of the decision emerged. The temporary suspension of the new rules followed a broad public outcry that earlier this […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:03:27 +0000
Les étudiants étrangers diplômés au Québec peuvent à nouveau présenter une demande de sélection permanente au Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ). Le ministère de l’Immigration du Québec (MIFI) a rouvert le volet des diplômés du PEQ le 1er novembre. Ce volet avait été suspendu en juillet. Les travailleurs étrangers temporaires ayant une expérience de travail admissible […]
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Credit to Author: Alexandra Miekus| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:30:46 +0000
Les étudiants étrangers et les travailleurs étrangers temporaires qui étaient déjà au Québec le 1er novembre n’auront pas à satisfaire aux nouveaux critères d’admissibilité du Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ), a annoncé le ministre de l’Immigration de la province. Ce volte-face survient un jour après que les partis d’opposition, des groupes d’étudiants, des travailleurs et […]
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Credit to Author: Alexandra Miekus| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:35:34 +0000
Foreign students and temporary workers who were already in Quebec on November 1 will not have to meet new eligibility criteria for the Quebec Experience Program, the province’s immigration minister has announced. The reversal comes a day after opposition parties, student groups, foreign workers and foreign students converged on Quebec’s National Assembly and called on […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 19:36:48 +0000
A new survey of public opinion on immigration shows the number of Canadians holding positive views of immigration grew between April and October. Since the Environics Institute’s previous Focus Canada survey in April, public disapproval with the statement “overall, there is too much immigration to Canada” rose from 59 per cent to 63 per cent […]
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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:09:46 +0000
To sustain a strong economy, Quebec needs almost twice as many immigrants as it is currently targeting. In recent years, Canada’s second-largest province has welcomed around 50,000 immigrants annually, ranking second behind Ontario. On a per capita basis, however, Quebec’s newcomer intake ranked sixth among Canada’s provinces and territories. The province’s decision last year to […]
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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 22:26:59 +0000
Quebec’s Immigration Ministry published its updated Area of Training List on Friday, November 1. The new list replaces the previous Area of Training List that was published August 2, 2018, and the ministry said the updated version applies to all applications submitted before or after November 1. The list is used by the Government of […]
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