Applying for a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ – Québec selection certificate)
If you wish to settle in Québec permanently and you are a foreign student, Québec graduate or skilled temporary foreign worker employed in Québec, you can apply for a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ) in the skilled worker class. Note that you must be age 18 or older and plan to settle in Québec with the intention of being gainfully employed.

Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ – Québec experience program) (simplified process)
PEQ – Québec graduate
This program is aimed at you if you have obtained an eligible Québec diploma, or you are in the process of doing so, and you have an advanced intermediate knowledge of oral French.

PEQ – Skilled temporary foreign worker
This program applies to you if you currently hold a skilled job, if you have held a skilled job in Québec for at least 12 of the last 24 months, and if you have an advanced intermediate knowledge of oral French. The job experience acquired under a youth exchange program can be taken into account.

Regular selection program for skilled workers
This program assesses your socio-occupational characteristics based on ten factors and also takes into account the characteristics of your spouse or de facto spouse included in your application.

Foreign student in Québec
The regular program applies to you if you are pursuing or have successfully completed a study program in Québec.

Temporary foreign worker
The regular program applies to you if you were legally admitted to Québec as a temporary worker for one or more consecutive periods totalling at least one year.

Youth exchange program
The regular program applies to you if you were legally admitted to Québec as a participant in a youth exchange program (for example, through a Working Holiday, Young Professionals or International Co-op Internship permit) for one or more consecutive periods totalling at least one year.