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List of forms and documents to enclose with your official immigration application
IMPORTANT :
- Answer all questions, adding the apartment number to your
address where applicable. Indicate “n/a” (not applicable)
to questions that do not apply to your case.
- Read the instructions carefully, paying special attention to the definitions
before filling out the forms. Incomplete forms will be returned,
delaying the processing of your file.
- All copies enclosed with your application must be authenticated by
the institution which holds the original or by the legal authority duly
authorized
to certify as a true the copy of a document, that is to
say a copy confirming the existence of a valid original document.
- The documents must be accompanied by an official translation
in French or English if they are in another language.
- The originals must be available on request or be presented during the
interview, if any.
- If you cannot provide one or more of the requested documents, identify
it and explain the reasons. You may also enclose other relevant documents.
- The truthfulness of the information and documents enclosed with your
application may be checked at each step of the selection process. A false
declaration may result in your applica-tion being rejected.
1. Application for a Québec Selection Certificate
- The principal applicant and his or her spouse or de facto spouse must complete
the form entitled Application
for Selection Certificate - Principal applicant, spouse or de facto spouse (Dynamic PDF,
708 Kb).
- The principal applicant must fill out the Contract respecting financial self-sufficiency (PDF, 64 Kb).
- Each child aged 22 or older who is accompanying you must complete
the form entitled Application
for Selection Certificate - Dependent child aged 22 or older or who is married or a de facto spouse (PDF,
133 Kb).
- Staple an identifying photograph of each person (adults and children)
in the Photos section of the principal applicant’s application.
- Where applicable, spouses must complete the appendix Declaration by spouse or the facto spouse (PDF, 56 Kb).
- For each dependent aged 22 or older who is accompanying
you, you must enclose:
- proof that the person is still celibate (certificate of celibacy)
or
proof that the person married or became a de facto spouse before
age 22 (act of marriage);
- proof that the person has been studying
full time without interruption since age 22, by enclosing a certified
true copy of the original
academic transcript for each year of study since age 22 or,
if the person married
or became a de facto spouse before age 22, since the marriage or
proof that the person is dependant on the principal applicant,
by enclosing a certified true copy of the original medical certificate
attesting
to the physical or mental incapacity of the person.
2. Payment of fees required
3. Required appendices
- Depending on your situation, you must fill out and sign the following documents:
- Declaration
of a relative in Québec (PDF, 47 Kb) sworn in Québec
by a neutral authority – if you or your spouse mention,
in your Application for a Selection Certificate, the presence of
a
relative (spouse, de facto spouse, father, mother, son, daughter,
brother, sister, grandfather or grandmother) currently
residing in Québec;
- Declaration
by a candidate in a profession governed by a professional order
in Québec (PDF, 71 Kb) – if you or your spouse practises
or has the training needed to practise a profession
governed by a professional order in Québec;
Note: Read the conditions for admission to
a professional order before submitting your application.
- Declaration
by a candidate practicing a regulated trade in Québec (PDF,
133 Kb) – if
you or your spouse practises or has the training needed
to practise a regulated trade in Québec (construction
trades, regulated vocational qualifications);
- Declaration of a candidate practising the teaching profession in preschool, elementary school or secondary school (PDF,
49 Kb) – if
you or your spouse practises or has the training needed
to practise the profession of pre-school, primary or secondary
school teacher;
- Declaration
by a graduate of a medical school outside of Canada and the United
States (PDF, 85 Kb) – if
you or your spouse practises or has the training needed
to practise the profession of specialist physician, general practitioner
or family physician;
4. Representation
- If you are represented by an immigration intermediary, enclose an original
power of attorney signed by you and your intermediary.
5. Curriculum vitæ
- Enclose your curriculum vitæ (CV) and that of your spouse, if
any.
6. Studies and training
- Where applicable, enclose the following documents for yourself and your
spouse or de facto spouse:
- the copies certified as true to the originals by the issuing educational
institutions of all diplomas and certificates (excluding those pertaining
to primary studies) arranged and stapled in descending chronological
order;
- the certified true copy of the translation of the diploma, if
the original does not exist in French or English;
- the copies certified
as true to the originals by the issuing educational institutions of
all transcripts for the final year of each level of
studies (secondary, postsecondary or university);
- the certified
true copy of the translation of the academic transcript, if the original
does not exist in French or English.
7. Proficiency in French or English
- To evaluate your language knowledge if neither French nor English is your
mother tongue, you can enclose documentary proof attesting to your proficiency
in French or English and, if applicable, that of your spouse.
- To demonstrate your French language knowledge and speed up the processing of your application, enclose with your Application for a Selection Certificate an attestation relative to either one of the two tests recognized by the Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC) for assessing French language knowledge – either
- You can also submit an attestation for: the Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF), the Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF), the Test de connaissance de français (TCF) or the Test d’évaluation du français (TEF). If you choose the TCF or the TEF, you must enclose an attestation of the results of both the oral comprehension test (mandatory test) and the oral expression test (optional test). Please consult the table (in French - PDF, 54 Kb) for a detailed description of these French tests.
- To establish your English language knowledge, please enclose with your
application the necessary documentary proof for yourself and your spouse,
where applicable. This proof could be the results of a recognized evaluation
test, such as IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC and Cambridge tests.
- You may also enclose
a document to prove that you have worked in English or French.
Note: You must enclose original documents and your documents must include
an assessment of comprehension and oral expression.
It is important to note that the level of French proficiency will be assessed
based on proof submit-ted. Consequently, it is preferable to enclose all
proof that demonstrates your level of French proficiency.
8. Work experience acquired over the last five years
- Enclose with your application:
- All your work certificates for the
last five years for you and your spouse, where applicable.
These certificates must be originals;
- Documentary proof that your work
experience was acquired legally: record of your contribu-tions to social
security (CNSS, CNAS or equivalent)
or proof of exemption from paying social security premiums. The documents
furnished
must be originals issued by the agency;
- For work internships: enclose
the attestations from the employer or establishment with proof that
the internships were remunerated and/or
performed in the
framework of your studies.
- The work certificates must be produced
on the company’s letterhead.
They must be dated and signed and bear the signatory’s name. They must
also give the following information:
- start and end dates of your employment;
- your social security registration
number;
- contact information for the employer, including telephone number;
- the
job positions that you occupied;
- a brief description of the tasks you
performed.
- Self-employed applicants must enclose with their application:
- the
copy certified as true by the issuing institution of the trade register;
- proof
of payment of income tax over the last five years, or proof of exemption,
where applicable;
- any other proof of the operation and legality of
the business (history of your contributions to the social security
pension fund for non-salaried
workers
or proof of exemption from paying social security premiums).
The documents furnished must be originals issued by the
agency.
9. Stay in Québec
- Enclose proof of your stay in Québec with your application (certified
true copy of the original visas or residence permits or photocopies of
appropriate passport pages) and state the length of your stay.
10. Family relationships in Québec
- If you have a family member residing in Québec (spouse, de facto
spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandfather or grandmother),
attach the following to your Declaration
of a relative in Québec (PDF, 47 Kb):
- a certified true copy of the original
of his or her permanent residence card, Canadian passport or Canadian
citizenship card;
- a copy of his or her latest notice of assessment for
provincial income tax, or a copy of a lease (in the case of a tenant)
or copy of a property
tax statement
(in the case of an owner);
- a copy of the document proving your family
tie to this person (official family record book (livret de famille),
acts of birth or marriage,
etc.).
11. Financial self-sufficiency
12. Statutory documents
- Enclose with your application:
- the certified true copy of the original
of your birth certificate and that of each person accompanying you, your
official family record book (carnet
de famille), where applicable, and photocopies of all pages of your
passports bearing entries;
- the certified true copy of the original of
your marriage certificate if you are married or, if you are a de facto
spouse, the official written
proof of
your cohabitation for at least one year (cohabitation certificate (certificat
de concubinage) certified true copy of the lease, bank accounts, electricity
and telephone bills, etc);
- the certified true copy of the original
of the divorce judgment, where applicable;
- the certified true copy of the original death certificate of the spouse, where applicable.
- 8 sticky labels providing your name and your full mailing address in the language of your residence country.
Downloading and printing forms
- To view or print PDF files, you must download the Adobe
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website.
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