Healthcare workers, educators targeted with 536 invitations to apply in Quebec

Healthcare workers and educators in foreign countries were sent 536 invitations to apply for permanent residence in Quebec on Thursday in the francophone province’s second draw of September through the Arrima Expression of Interest system.

The francophone province’s Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) required a minimum score of 562 in the Quebec Expression of Interest points system in the latest draw, 63 points higher than the draw on Sept. 2.

Quebec has now issued 2,655 invitations since August 12, having previously issued only 545 invitations in the whole of 2021.

In this latest draw, the province targeted those with skills and experience in one of six National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes:

NOC code	Professions
3012	Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
3233	Licensed practical nurses
3413	Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
4031	Secondary school teachers
4032	Elementary school and kindergarten teachers
4214	Early childhood educators

Candidates receiving an invitation have 60 days to submit a full application to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program.

Quebec Expression Of Interest Draws 2021

Date of invitations	Invites Issued	Minimum Score	Date of extraction from Arrima bank
Sept. 30, 2021	536	562	Sept. 29, 2021 at 6:30 a.m.
Sept. 2, 2021	517	499	Sept. 1, 2021 at 6.30am
Aug. 26, 2021	585	517	Aug. 23, 2021 at 6.30am
Aug. 19, 2021	502	548	Aug. 16, 2021 at 6.30am
Aug. 12, 2021	515	591	Aug. 9, 2021 at 6.30am
June 17, 2021	69	N/A	June 16, 2021 at 6.30am
May 27, 2021	90	N/A	May 26, 2021 at 6.30am
Apr. 29, 2021	83	N/A	Apr. 28, 2021 at 6.30am
March 30, 2021	208	N/A	March 29, 2021 at 6.30am
Jan. 26, 2021	95	N/A	Jan. 25, 2021 at 6.30am

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How Does Quebec Expression of Interest Work?

Candidates submit an online expression of interest profile via Arrima.
Profiles enter into an Expression of Interest pool, where they are ranked against each other using a points system and are valid for 12-months.
The highest-ranking candidates are invited to apply for a Quebec Certificate of Selection under the Quebec Skilled Worker Program via periodic draws.
Candidates receiving an invitation have 60 days to submit a full application.
Approved candidates who receive a nomination certificate (CSQ) may then apply to the federal government for Canadian permanent residence.

Quebec Expression of Interest Points System

The Quebec Expression of Interest points system is used to rank profiles submitted via Arrima to the Expression of Interest bank, with the highest-ranked profiles invited to apply for Quebec immigration under the Quebec Skilled Worker Program.

Candidates and their spouse or common-law partner can score up to 1,320 points based on human capital and Quebec labour market factors.

What Are the Requirements for Quebec Expression of Interest?

The Quebec Expression of Interest points system involves points in two categories, with some including points for the spouse of common law partner of the principal candidate.

Human capital factors:
- French language ability.
- French and English combined.
- Age.
- Work experience.
- Education.
Quebec labour market factors:
- Work experience in a field with a labour shortage.
- Qualifications in one of Quebec’s areas of training.
- Level of Quebec education.
- Professional experience in Quebec.
- Professional experience in the rest of Canada.
- Job offer inside or outside Greater Montreal.

Quebec publishes lists of High Demand Occupations and Areas of Training that weigh considerably in the assessment.

Colin Singer

Colin Singer is an international acclaimed Canadian immigration lawyer and founder of immigration.ca featured on Wikipedia. Colin Singer is also founding director of the Canadian Citizenship & Immigration Resource Center (CCIRC) Inc. He served as an Associate Editor of ‘Immigration Law Reporter’, the pre-eminent immigration law publication in Canada. He previously served as an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec and National Immigration Law Sections and is currently a member of the Canadian Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Colin has twice appeared as an expert witness before Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. He is frequently recognized as a recommended authority at national conferences sponsored by government and non-government organizations on matters affecting Canada’s immigration and human resource industries. Since 2009, Colin has been a Governor of the Quebec Bar Foundation a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of the profession, and became a lifetime member in 2018.