Completing and sending in the official immigration application

Following a decision by the governmentdecision published in the Gazette officielle du Québec on March 27, 2013, the Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles is renewing its rules relating to the intake of applications according to immigration class.

To find out if you can submit an application for a selection certificate, consult the page Intake of applications.

Please note that the Ministère is applying new rules for the intake of applications for the Québec Selection Certificate (CSQ). From now on, several verifications will have to be done before a file can be opened. In this context, the Ministère has suspended its 30-day commitment to send a letter confirming that a new file has been opened.

If your file meets the conditions for submitting an application, a letter confirming that your file has been opened will be sent to you within 4 to 6 months.

To make an official immigration application, applicants who submit an application in the Investor subclass must complete the Application for a Selection Certificate − Investor (Dynamic PDF, 793 Kb). If your spouse, including de facto spouse, is accompanying you, he or she must complete the appropriate section of this form.

Applicants who submit an application in the Entrepreneur and Self-Employed Worker subclass must complete the Application for Selection Certificate – Entrepreneur of self-employed worker (PDF, 720 Kb) and the Contract respecting financial self-sufficiency. If your spouse or de facto spouse is accompanying you, he or she must also complete an Application for a Selection Certificate. The spouse or de facto spouse must always indicate his or her name at birth.

The principal applicant in one of those two subclasses must also complete the appropriate appendix:

• Appendix − Entrepreneur (PDF, 92 Kb)
• Appendix − Self-Employed Worker (PDF, 80 Kb)

 

Other appendices

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 will vary according to country, the volume of applications and the staff available :

• Processing times - Investor Program
• Processing times - Self-Employed worker and Entrepreneur Program

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.

Change in your family situation

To add a spouse, please submit an Application for a Selection Certificate in your subclass (Investor, Entrepreneur or Self-Employed Worker) duly completed by your spouse and accompanied by all of the documents and supporting documents required.

You must submit a certified true copy of the marriage or birth certificate, or, in the case of a de facto union, proof that you have lived together for at least 12 months.

You must also pay the fees for adding a person to your Application for a Selection Certificate.

	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.

	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.

To access the Application for a Québec Selection Certificate