Application for Selection Certificate and appendices - Businesspeople

Use one of the forms and the appendices that apply to your situation to submit an official immigration application in the businesspeople category (Entrepreneur, Self-Employed Worker, Investor).

On 21 March 2012, the Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities has come to a décision regarding the intake of applications for selection certificates (in French, 167 Kb). Pursuant to the decision, the Minister determines the maximum number of applications that business immigrant candidates will be allowed to submit between March 21, 2012 and March 31, 2013.

This decision is taken pending adoption by the National Assembly of Québec of a bill that would contain a provision, retroactive to 20 March 2012, authorizing the Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities to make such determination.

To know if this decision applies to you  as well as the number of applications submitted to date, consult the section Intake of applications.

	USEFUL INFORMATION
	Investor Program You are required to sign an investment agreement with a financial intermediary (broker or trust company) authorized to participate in the Investor program. This agreement must be included with the documents appended to your Application for a Québec Selection Certificate. Self-Employed Worker Program Before officially applying for immigration (CSQ), which requires you to pay certain non-refundable processing fees, you can first evaluate online your chances of being selected by Québec. You will receive an instant response free of charge! Depending on your field of activity, you may have to contact the regulatory body governing the practise of your profession or trade. In some cases, you may begin procedures to have your training or diploma recognized from abroad.

Investor

• Application for Selection Certificate:
  • Application for Selection Certificate – Investor (Dynamic PDF, 793 Kb)

• Narrative document: All business immigrant applicants and, where applicable, the accompanying spouse or de facto spouse, must also enclose with their application a narrative document written according to the following outline:
  • Narrative document - Businesspeople (Writing guide) (PDF, 49 Kb)
• Supporting documents: list of documents to enclose with your application for a selection certificate based on category:
  • Investor (PDF, 339 Kb)
    

Entrepreneur and Self-Employed Worker

• Application for Selection Certificat and Contract respecting financial self-sufficiency:

• Application for Selection Certificate – Entrepreneur or Self-Employed Worker (PDF, 720 Kb)
• Contract respecting financial self-sufficiency

• Narrative document: All business immigrant applicants and, where applicable, the accompanying spouse or de facto spouse, must also enclose with their application a narrative document written according to the following outline:

• Narrative document - Businesspeople (Writing guide) (PDF, 49 Kb)

• Appendice:
  • Application for a Selection Certificate – Appendix - Entrepreneur (PDF, 92 Kb)
  • Application for a Selection Certificate – Appendix - Self-Employed Worker (PDF, 80 Kb)
• Supporting documents: list of documents to enclose with your application for a selection certificate based on category:
  • Entrepreneur (PDF, 373 Kb)
  • Self-Employed Worker (PDF, 274 Kb)
    

Other appendices

• Application for Selection Certificate - Dependant child aged 22 or older or who is a married or de facto spouse (Dynamic PDF, 193 Kb), if applicable
• Declaration by spouse or de facto spouse (PDF, 56 Kb), if applicable
• Application for Selection Certificate - Dependent child aged 22 or older or who is married or a de facto spouse (Dynamic PDF, 193 Kb), if applicable
• Declaration by a candidate practicing a regulated profession or trade in Québec (PDF, 37 Kb), if you or your spouse practises or has the training needed to practise a profession governed by a professional order, a profession governed by the Autorité des marchés financiers or a regulated trade in Québec (construction trades, regulated vocational qualifications)
  Note: Read the conditions for admission to a professional order before submitting your application.
• 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 medical specialist, 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 primary school or secondary school instructor
  

To request a change to your application for a selection certificate or that of your spouse, complete the Change to an application for a selection certificate (Dynamic PDF, 82 Kb) form and return it to us along with the necessary documents within 30 days after the change.

REMINDER

Do not forget to include the following documents:

• your narrative document and, where applicable, that of your accompanying spouse or de facto spouse
• all required declarations
• all the supporting documents required according to your territory and your situation
• the payment covering fees for examining your file.

For businesspeople, applications must be submitted or mailed to one of the two following offices: the Bureau d'immigration du Québec in Hong Kong (countries covered) or the Service aux gens d’affaires in Montréal (for the other countries).

Processing times (Investor Program) will vary according to country, the volume of applications and the staff available.

Since the files are strictly confidential, no information is given out over the telephone. Applicants are informed of the progress of their file by mail or by fax.

	PRACTICAL ADVICE
	If you are unable to download the forms, contact the Service de la sélection aux Gens d’affaires à Montréal or the Bureau d’immigration du Québec (BIQ - Québec immigration office) covering your country to obtain them. Be sure to indicate if your spouse or dependent children 22  years of age or over are accompanying you. Make sure you enclose all the required documents with your application. For more information, see Understand the selection process.