MIDI says several invitation rounds will be held between now and January 16, 2020
Quebec has started issuing its first invitations to Quebec Skilled Worker Program candidates with an Expression of Interest profile in the province’s Arrima system.
Invited candidates began receiving email notifications on Thursday, July 4.
Those who received an invitation have 60 days to submit a complete application for a Quebec Selection Certificate (Certificat de sélection du Québec, or CSQ).
The Government of Quebec said the first invitations through Arrima will prioritize candidates who either have a validated job offer with a Quebec employer or who meet one of the following conditions:
• had their application for a Quebec Selection Certificate terminated on June 16, 2019, and were a temporary resident of Quebec when they had applied; or
• had their application for a Quebec Selection Certificate terminated on June 16, 2019, and were working or studying in Quebec at that time.
• June 16, 2019, was the date when reforms to Quebec’s immigration laws were passed that cancelled around 16,000 pending applications to the QSWP.
The cancelled applications had all been filed prior to the introduction of Arrima, which Quebec’s
