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Programme de l’expérience québécoise : les conditions de sélection antérieures au 1er novembre sont rétablies

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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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Pre-November 1 Quebec Experience Program criteria now in effect

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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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Quebec shelves experience program changes that took effect November 1

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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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Les diplômés du Québec sont à nouveau admissibles au Programme de l’expérience québécoise

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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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Québec : les réformes d’un populaire programme d’immigration ne toucheront pas les étudiants et les travailleurs déjà dans la province

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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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Quebec says reforms to popular immigration program won’t affect students, workers already in province

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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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Growing majority of Canadians reject idea that Canada accepts too many immigrants

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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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Quebec needs 80,000 immigrants per year, not 50,000

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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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Quebec updates Area of Training List

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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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Quebec Experience Program reopens for graduate applications

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:07:05 +0000

International graduates can once again submit applications for a permanent residence selection certificate through the Quebec Experience Program (Programme de l’expérience du Québec, PEQ). Quebec’s Immigration Ministry (MIFI) reopened the PEQ’s graduate stream November 1 after suspending it in July. Temporary foreign workers with eligible work experience in Quebec can continue applying to the PEQ […]

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