Quebec economic classes: Making a final decision
This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
Valid Quebec Selection Certificate
The Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ) must be valid at the time the applicant submits an application to IRCC. Once a valid CSQ is received by IRCC, it will be considered valid until a decision is rendered on the permanent residence application. If the CSQ validity date has expired in the Global Case Management System (GCMS) when a decision is to be taken, officers must manually update the “Valid To” field to the date that is equal to the validity of the medical results.
Intent to reside in Quebec
All Quebec economic class applicants must intend to live in Quebec (subsections 86(1) and 86(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations [IRPR]). This must be confirmed before approving the application.
Approving the application
For up-to-date instructions, please see Permanent residence: COVID-19 program delivery.
For applicants who are living outside of Canada, send the Confirmation of Permanent Residence (CoPR) and permanent resident visa (if applicable) to the applicant’s address outside of Canada.
Do not issue a permanent resident visa counterfoil to applicants whose passport was issued by a visa-exempt country identified in R190(1)(a) or (b), 190(2)(b) – (f), or R190(2.1). However, officers may request to see the applicant’s original passport in these cases.
Approved applicants must present their CoPR and permanent resident visa counterfoil (if applicable) to an officer at a Canadian port of entry [R71.1(1)].
For approved applications from temporary residents in Canada who are members of a class referred to in R70(2)(a) or (b), the procedure is as follows:
- All applicants and their dependents residing in Canada will receive an email from IRCC’s landings team inviting them to create an account within the landings portal.
- Once an account is created by the applicant, they will need to confirm their current address in Canada to verify their presence in Canada within the portal and submit photos under their portal account for permanent resident card production.
- Currently, in-person interviews for landing are not required for clients residing in Canada. Once the information is received and verified by IRCC’s landings team, all applicants and their accompanying dependents in Canada will be landed, and an electronic version of their CoPR will be sent to them via the landing portal.
Humanitarian and compassionate considerations under R71(c)
When the MIFI deals with a humanitarian case under paragraph 65(1)(a) of the Québec Immigration Regulation, they indicate that it is a new worker (without specifying the type of profession) even though they selected it on a humanitarian basis. As such, the CSQ-H10 category is a humanitarian class and does sometimes come up in economic applications for applicants that are in situations of distress or hardship.
These applications should be considered under the Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations division of the IRPR, namely paragraph R71(c), and not under section economic class R86. Therefore, minors are eligible.
Refusing the application
An officer may refuse an applicant even if they have already been accepted by Quebec, if they are inadmissible.
All refused applicants in the Quebec economic classes must be provided with a formal refusal letter. The refusal letter must:
- inform the applicant of the immigration class in which their application was considered
- fully explain to the applicant why their application was refused in the particular class
- inform applicants who have paid the Right of Permanent Residence Fee that they are entitled to a refund and provide an approximate timeframe for its receipt.
A copy of the refusal letter should also be sent to the MIFI.
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