Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Class

• 86 (1) For the purposes of subsection 12(2) of the Act, the Quebec skilled worker class is hereby prescribed as a class of persons who may become permanent residents on the basis of their ability to become economically established in Canada.

• Marginal note:Member of the class

  (2) A foreign national is a member of the Quebec skilled worker class if they

  • (a) intend to reside in the Province of Quebec; and

  • (b) are named in a Certificat de sélection du Québec issued to them by that Province.

• Marginal note:Becoming a permanent resident

  (3) Subject to subsection (4), a foreign national who meets the requirements of subsection (2) must, in order to become a permanent resident, present their permanent resident visa to an officer at a port of entry.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (4) A foreign national who meets the requirements of subsection (2), holds a work permit, is working in Canada and has done so for at least one year preceding the date of their application for a permanent resident visa may also become a permanent resident if they present their permanent resident visa to an officer at an office of the Department in Canada.