When and where to submit the application

The application for a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ – Québec selection certificate) under the regular selection programs for skilled workers is normally done from abroad.

However, you may submit a CSQ application in Québec at any time during your stay as a temporary worker, if you satisfy the following conditions:

• you are staying in Québec principally to work here and you hold a Certificat d’acceptation du Québec (CAQ – Québec acceptance certificate) for temporary work and a valid work permit unless you are exempted by regulation;
  
  OR
• you hold a work permit in the framework of a working holiday program and you currently have a full-time job;
  
  AND
• you comply with all the conditions of your work permit and, if applicable, of your CAQ (a CAQ is not required for participants in a Working Holiday Program and for certain categories of temporary workers);
• you were legally admitted to Québec for a period of at least one year or for consecutive periods totaling at least one year.

If you satisfy the conditions allowing you to submit your CSQ application in Québec under the regular selection program for skilled workers, you must send your file to this address:

Direction du courrier, de l'encaissement et de l'évaluation comparative
Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles
285, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, 4^e étage
Montréal (Québec)  H2Y 1T8
CANADA

If you do not meet the above requirements, check where your application must be sent based on your country of legal residence.