I-0.2, r. 4 - Regulation respecting the selection of foreign nationals

Section 38.2 Disposition versions

2013-08-01

38.2. The Minister issues a selection certificate as a skilled worker to a foreign national who stayed temporarily in Québec with the main purpose of studying in Québec, if the following conditions are met:

(a)  the foreign national stayed in Québec for at least half the duration of his or her program of studies and complied with the conditions of his or her stay;

(b)  since the end of the program of studies, the foreign national has not undertaken other studies in Québec;

(c)  the foreign national obtained from a Québec educational institution in Québec, during the 3 years preceding the filing of the application, a secondary school vocational diploma which, alone or with an attestation of vocational specialization obtained consecutively, attests to 1,800 hours or more of continuing training, a diploma of college studies in a technical program, or a university diploma attesting to a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree or a doctorate;

(d)  the foreign national completed the program of studies in Québec in French, or the foreign national accompanies the application with the result of a standardized French test showing an intermediate oral knowledge of French, level 7 or level 8 according to the Échelle québécoise des niveaux de compétence en français des personnes immigrantes adultes or its equivalent, or with a document certifying that the foreign national has met the linguistic requirements of a professional order, or has successfully completed at least 3 years of full-time studies in French at the secondary or post-secondary level or an intermediate French course, level 7 or level 8 according to that scale or its equivalent, offered by a Québec educational institution in Québec;

(e)  the foreign national was not the holder of a scholarship with a condition to return to the foreign national’s country at the end of the studies or the foreign national complied with that condition; and

(f)  the foreign national complies with Factor 9, that deals with financial self-sufficiency, of the Selection grid for the economic class in Schedule A.

O.C. 1725-92, s. 6; O.C. 828-96, s. 15; O.C. 1289-2009, s. 8; O.C. 762-2013, s. 2.

2012-09-01

38.2. The Minister issues a selection certificate as a skilled worker to a foreign national who stayed temporarily in Québec with the main purpose of studying in Québec, if the following conditions are met:

(a)  the foreign national stayed in Québec for at least half the duration of his or her program of studies and complied with the conditions of his or her stay;

(b)  since the end of the program of studies, the foreign national has not undertaken other studies in Québec;

(c)  the foreign national obtained from a Québec educational institution in Québec, after 13 February 2008, a secondary school vocational diploma which, alone or with an attestation of vocational specialization obtained consecutively, attests to 1,800 hours or more of continuing training, a diploma of college studies in a technical program, or a university diploma attesting to a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree or a doctorate;

(d)  the foreign national completed the program of studies in Québec in French, or the foreign national has successfully completed at least 2 years of full-time studies in French at the secondary or post-secondary level during the 10 years preceding the filing of his or her application, or the foreign national has successfully completed a level B1 French course, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages or its equivalent, offered by a Québec educational institution in Québec, or the foreign national accompanies the application with a document certifying that the foreign national meets the linguistic requirements of a professional order or with the result of a standardized French test showing a level B1 oral knowledge of French, according to the framework of reference or its equivalent;

(e)  the foreign national was not the holder of a scholarship with a condition to return to the foreign national’s country at the end of the studies or the foreign national complied with that condition; and

(f)  the foreign national complies with Factor 9, that deals with financial self-sufficiency, of the Selection grid for the economic class in Schedule A.

O.C. 1725-92, s. 6; O.C. 828-96, s. 15; O.C. 1289-2009, s. 8.