The Latest Arrima Draw of Quebec Skill Worker Program Invited 306 Candidates

Introduction

Quebec is one of the interesting provinces of Canada. The province has its significance. In this part of the world, Quebec is recognized as the Europe of North America. Moreover, whether it is a history or a modern world, the province is maintaining the balance quite effectively. On one side, Quebec has several ancient and historical buildings, structures, sculptures that show its attachment with the history. Quebec’s two major cities Montreal and Quebec City are the oldest living cities of the North American continent. Whereas on the other end, the province is one of the IT (especially known for Visual Effects Society (VES) centres. Additionally, there are more than forty visual effect companies and that is made them one of the largest post-production hubs in the world. Apart from this, the province is also leading from the front in the segments like education, art and culture in Canada. To accept the application for permanent residency the province has established the system called Arrima Portal and on 14 July 2021, the Quebec government has updated their points system for the Expression of Interest.

Quebec Immigration system is different from the standard Canada Immigration process. They have their points system and the program called Quebec Skilled Worker Program.

Recently the Quebec Skilled Worker Draw has declared on 24 February 2022 and Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) has publish the draw’s details.

Key Highlights of The Draw

• The recently declared Quebec Skill Worker draw has invited 306 candidates to Apply for their Canada Permanent Residency via Quebec province.
• The eligible candidates must have submitted their EOI (Expressions of Interest) through the Arrima portal.
• The cut-off for the last invited candidates were 630 points.
• The invitation went to those candidates who have a valid job offer from outside of the Montreal Metropolitan area.
• This is the fourth QSWP Draw of the year and as of a date; the province has already invited 1663 candidates.
• As compared to the last year this year province has increased the target to an invited number of immigrants through this year’s Immigration levels plan.
• In the present scenario, the program has invited candidates mostly from international students and skilled workers who are currently working in the province.
• Like the basic eligibility criteria for the Canada PR, the province has also a similar sort of criteria for the aspirants. Candidates’ profiles are evaluated through education, work experience, professional integration with Quebec, linguistic skills, and age.
• The invited candidates have now 60 days to submit their final application and pay the processing fees.
• The province is targeting to complete the application process within six months and issue the Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ or Quebec Selection Certificate) to the successful candidates.
• After receiving the CSQ, the candidates need to apply for their permanent residency to the Canada Federal Government.

Conclusion

According to the planning, the province are targeting the 49,500 to 52,000 immigrants from all the categories. Moreover, due to the Wuhan virus pandemic more 18000 candidates are added in the target that means this year the Quebec province is targeting more than 70000 newcomers.