LMO Applications in Quebec Must be Submitted in French

Quebec’s ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC) has announced that it will no longer process Labour Market Opinion applications submitted in English. Any application submitted following October 11 2013 must be in French. Service Canada (branch of Employment and Social Development Canada) processes the LMO itself, but that application must also be submitted to […]

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Quebec Expands Post-Graduation Work Permit Program

The province of Quebec has expanded the Post-Graduation-Work-Permit (PGWP) Program, which allows certain foreign students to obtain open work permits for a maximum duration of three years following graduation from an accepted Canadian academic institution. The program has traditionally allowed students of the following programs to seek these permits: a public post-secondary academic institution; a […]

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Quebec Changes CAQ Requirement to 30 Days

The province of Quebec has changed the duration of work in that province that is subject to the requirement of a Certificat d’acceptation du Québec (CAQ). Previously work in that province of a duration of 5 days or less was exempted from the CAQ process; this has now been changed to allow exemption from the […]

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