Quebec Arrima Expression of Interest: 7 Invited In First Draw Since January

Quebec immigration has conducted its first Arrima Expression of Interest draw since January, and the first since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in Canada.

In a June 18 draw, the French-speaking province issued 7 invitations.

The candidates invited met the following criteria:

Their application to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program under the old system was terminated as part of the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec’s Bill 9.
They filed an Arrima Expression of Interest before December 17, 2019.
They were in one of the following situations:

- Their terminated application was submitted pursuant to section 5.01 of the Regulation respecting the selection of foreign nationals, OR
- They were in Quebec on June 16, 2019 while holding a study or work permit.

There has been no formal announcement from Quebec of the suspension of Arrima draws due to the coronavirus pandemic.

However, the lack of draws and invitations during 2020 would suggest the province is limiting its skilled worker immigration.

Candidates receiving an invitation have 60 days to submit a full application.

This was the second draw of 2020, with a total of 30 invitations issued. Quebec issued a total of 2,072 invitations in nine draws in 2019.

Quebec Expression Of Interest Draws 2020

Date of invitations	Invites Issued	Date of extraction from Arrima bank
18-Jun-20	7	June 12, 2020 at 6.30 am
16-Jan-20	23	January 16, 2020 at 6.30am

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.