PEQ – Quebec experience
The Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ – Québec Experience Program) is an accelerated program for selecting skilled immigrants, which allows skilled worker or international student to obtain a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ – Québec selection certificate) with a view to gaining permanent residence. This program is intended for Québec graduates or future graduates and temporary foreign workers who are employed and who meet certain conditions, including demonstrating advanced intermediate knowledge of oral French.
The Programme de l’expérience québécoise does not involve a selection grid and does not take into account the characteristics of the spouse or de facto spouse.
If you hold a post-graduation work permit, you can apply for permanent selection as a graduate or temporary foreign worker based on the selection conditions that are most advantageous for you, using the appropriate form.
You must meet all the conditions of the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ – Québec Experience Program) when you submit your application for permanent selection.
With Quebec government’s endorsement, IRCC will focus to screen your file to see if you are inadmissible to Canada or have issue of misrepresentation.
- Intend to settle in Québec to hold a job
- Have stayed temporarily in Québec for the primary purpose of studying and have respected the conditions of your stay
- International student has stayed in Québec for at least half the duration of your study program
- Hold an eligible Québec diploma
- Advanced intermediate knowledge of oral French
- Undertake to provide for your basic needs and, where applicable, those of your spouse or de facto spouse and dependent children included in your application for permanent selection, for a minimum period of three months
- Be at least 18 years old, hold a valid passport and, if you are applying from Québec, be legally in Québec at the time of application
Other Options: Provincial Nonminee Programs (PNP)
- Intend to settle in Québec to hold a job
- Skilled worker has stayed in Québec for the primary purpose of working there and have respected the conditions of your stay
- Be legally in Québec as a temporary foreign worker or under a youth exchange program (e.g., through a Working Holiday, Young Professionals or International Co-op Internship permit)
- Have been employed full-time for at least 12 of the 24 months preceding the submission of your application
- Demonstrate advanced intermediate knowledge of oral French
- Undertake to provide for your basic needs and, if applicable, those of your spouse or de facto spouse and dependent children included in your application for a Certificat de sélection du Québec, for a minimum period of three months
- Be at least 18 years old and hold a valid passport