List of forms and documents to enclose with your official immigration application

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).
• Enclose with your application:
  • Declaration by spouse or de facto spouse (PDF, 56 Kb) appendix to be completed by each party if you are married or a de facto spouse;
  • an identifying photograph of each person (adults and children) stapled to the Photos section of the principal applicant’s application.
• For each dependent aged 22 or older who is accompanying you, you must enclose:
  • if the dependent is not single, an act of marriage proving that the person married or became a de facto spouse before age 22;
  • proof that the person has been studying full time without interruption since age 22, by enclosing a certified true copy of the original academic transcripts for each year of study since age 22, accompanied by a letter from the educational institution stating the date or probable date of receipt of the diploma and the number of credits obtained; or

    proof that the person is dependant on you 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

• Enclose proof of payment of fees charged when paid by bank transfer or certified bank cheque. Payment methods.

3. Required appendices

• Depending on your situation, enclose the following documents with your application:
  • 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 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;
  • 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 of a relative in Québec (PDF, 47 Kb) – if you or your spouse mention, in your Application for a Québec selection certificate, the presence of a relative (spouse, de facto spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandfather or grandmother) currently residing in Québec.
• De facto spouses must enclose official proof of marital cohabitation for a period of at least one year prior to submitting the application. This proof could be a copy of an official identity document bearing your address (passport or identity card) for yourself and your spouse, a certificate of residence issued by the police or municipality (commune), or an official cohabitation certificate (certificat de concubinage).

4. Studies and training

• Enclose photocopies certified as true to the originals and official translations in French or English of the following documents:
  • your diplomas and certificates (excluding those pertaining to primary studies), and those of your spouse, if any;
  • academic transcripts for your university studies;
  • your work certificates (work record book (livret de travail) and/or certificate from employer) for the last five years and those of your spouse, if any.

5. Other documents

• Enclose with your application:
  • a photocopy of your curriculum vitæ (CV) and that of your spouse; if any;
  • stapled photocopies of identity pages from your passport and that of each person accompanying you (with valid residence permits where applicable);
  • photocopies of your birth and marriage or divorce certificates, and the birth certificates of each person accompanying you.

6. 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
  • a Test d’évaluation du français adapté pour le Québec (TEFAQ – French evaluation test adapted for Québec) or
  • a Test de connaissance du français pour le Québec (TCFQ – French language knowledge test for Québec)
• 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.

7. Financial self-sufficiency

• Enclose the completed and signed Contract respecting financial self-sufficiency (PDF, 64 Kb) with your application.
  
  IMPORTANT: Upon your arrival in Québec, you must have sufficient financial resources to meet your needs and the needs of all persons accompanying you.
  
  

  For more details, consult the Québec immigration office in Vienna section and the Permanent workers section of the Immigration-Québec website.

8. Family relationships in Québec

• If a member of your family resides in Québec (spouse, de facto spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandfather or grandmother), staple the following to your Declaration of a relative in Québec (PDF, 47 Kb):
  • a copy 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 kinship to this family member (official family record book (livret de famille), etc.

   

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