Quebec Skilled Worker Federal Stage (After CSQ)

[michael_vu]

Yes and no. They assume at RAMQ, that since you have a work permit, you have an employer who offers you an extended health insurance as a benefit. The extended health insurance usually covers the prescription drugs as well. If this is not your case, you will have to provide RAMQ proof that you are not provided for and therefore not eligible for any other prescription drug insurance but the one offered by RAMQ. That is if you want to be covered by their prescription drug plan. Your other option is to get it from a private insurance company (again, if your employer does not provide the health benefit). By law or something, everyone in Quebec must have a prescription drug insurance, either private or employer provided, or the last option from RAMQ itself.

Thank you Betula. My employer does not offer me the extended health insurance, even "Non syndiqué". I will call RAMQ next week to explain and ask the prescription drugs

 

[Betula]

Thank you Betula. My employer does not offer me the extended health insurance, even "Non syndiqué". I will call RAMQ next week to explain and ask the prescription drugs

Hmm. OK. Do ask them the price as well, it can be up to 700 CAD per full year depending on which category you fall in. With that price I would actually go for a private extended health because they are not that expensive. My colleague has one from Sunlife and it is between 70-80 CAD per month (and can be taken on a month-to-month basis) and it certainly convers more than just prescription drugs!! And it should be a deductible health expense when you do the taxes, the Quebec plan on the other hand isn't (because usually you pay for it together with your taxes).

 

[poisonapple]

Skilled Workers ( Quebec) time is still 13 months.

I may sound cynical but I am skeptical about they will honor those timelines ...and as matter of fact 13 months is just guideline by cic not guarantee

 

[minesweeper]

Which other office ?

Dakar office issued PR visas for 2 november QSW applicants this week that i know of. These applicants have not even made 11 months in the federal process. Since this month this office has sent out a few MR for January and early feb applicants and requsted passport as well. And also they issued visas for one some september and october applicants i know of. There were some changes at the VO at the end of september. Some officers left and new ones came. Maybe the new officers came with more momemtum. Also in the New Delhi VO about 2 applicants had decision made this week

 

[APPNOV2014NY]

I may sound cynical but I am skeptical about they will honor those timelines ...and as matter of fact 13 months is just guideline by cic not guarantee

www.cic.gc.ca/opendata-donneesouvertes/data/IRCC_M_PRadmiss_0001_E.xls

Quebec Skilled Worker:
28,655 processed in 2015
23,680 processed in 2016
5,795 processed in 2017 ( until Aug 2017 )....................................

Indeed QSW is super slow this year. Either of 2 should happen very soon:

a) CIC will open flood gates for QSW

OR

b) CIC will update processing time of QSW to 13+ months and acknowledge the delay.

Let me know if I have misread data in this spreadsheet.

 

[Macarad]

www.cic.gc.ca/opendata-donneesouvertes/data/IRCC_M_PRadmiss_0001_E.xls

Quebec Skilled Worker:
28,655 processed in 2015
23,680 processed in 2016
5,795 processed in 2017 ( until Aug 2017 )....................................

Indeed QSW is super slow this year. Either of 2 should happen very soon:

a) CIC will open flood gates for QSW

OR

b) CIC will update processing time of QSW to 13+ months and acknowledge the delay.

Let me know if I have misread data in this spreadsheet.

Hey!
Yeah, i think you may have misread it hehe.
Immigration for Quebec is lines 105-129 of the spreadsheet...QSW is line 108 (regardless of regular or PEQ)

For 2015 (column U), 24 480 were processed, plus 5 420 for the business program, for a total of 29 900 economic immigrants for the province
For 2016 (column AL), it was 26 970 and 4 635 for a total of 31 605. These values fit well with the province's economic yearly immigration targets

For 2017 so far (until august), it has been 19 075 for the QSW and 3 870 for the business program for a total of 22 945 economic immigrants

This is still far from the yearly goal, so we can expect anywhere between 8 000 to 10 000 new admissions for the rest of the year... And that's the thing. I believe the spreadsheet counts people ADMITTED as PRs... which i would interpret as landed immigrants. Therefore, many of these people could have actually gotten DM and CoPR during 2016 and only landed in 2017 (for whatever reason). If that is the case, CIC must try to "predict" how many more people from those that have CoPR might "land" from now until the rest of the year.. this could help them set a target for how many more cases to finish processing this year. Let's not forget that the government has a target, with a both a lower and upper limit.

I want to believe that there may be a surge in DM and PPR over the coming weeks as they are going to try to meet the yearly target (which is around 30 000 economic immigrants for Quebec).

What do you think, @APPNOV2014NY ??

 

[Mansev]

Thank you Betula , i wish they will process in 13 months because i wait 5 years for csq

 

[Betula]

Thank you Betula , i wish they will process in 13 months because i wait 5 years for csq

I hear you. You've had an incomprehensibly long wait! Best of luck to you - I think we are all hoping that the processing times speed up. I'm sure your AOR will arrive soon, it's just been a slow autumn...

 

[APPNOV2014NY]

Hey!
Yeah, i think you may have misread it hehe.
Immigration for Quebec is lines 105-129 of the spreadsheet...QSW is line 108 (regardless of regular or PEQ)

For 2015 (column U), 24 480 were processed, plus 5 420 for the business program, for a total of 29 900 economic immigrants for the province
For 2016 (column AL), it was 26 970 and 4 635 for a total of 31 605. These values fit well with the province's economic yearly immigration targets

For 2017 so far (until august), it has been 19 075 for the QSW and 3 870 for the business program for a total of 22 945 economic immigrants

This is still far from the yearly goal, so we can expect anywhere between 8 000 to 10 000 new admissions for the rest of the year... And that's the thing. I believe the spreadsheet counts people ADMITTED as PRs... which i would interpret as landed immigrants. Therefore, many of these people could have actually gotten DM and CoPR during 2016 and only landed in 2017 (for whatever reason). If that is the case, CIC must try to "predict" how many more people from those that have CoPR might "land" from now until the rest of the year.. this could help them set a target for how many more cases to finish processing this year. Let's not forget that the government has a target, with a both a lower and upper limit.

I want to believe that there may be a surge in DM and PPR over the coming weeks as they are going to try to meet the yearly target (which is around 30 000 economic immigrants for Quebec).

What do you think, @APPNOV2014NY ??

I think you are right Macarad. Thanks for clarifying and above all thanks for sticking around to help us even after landing as PR

 

[internetsalesman]

From GCMS note,I can find which office take care of my case,but I can't find which VO,there are several DM this week in Hong Kong office .

 

[poisonapple]

From GCMS note,I can find which office take care of my case,but I can't find which VO,there are several DM this week in Hong Kong office .

Look for primary and secondary office , primary is usually CIO and secondary if it is RC 6262 than it's Ottawa !!!

 

[HJM]

Is the processing time of 13 months for QSW calculated from when the date application is received at CIO or from AOR?
Thank you

 

[APPNOV2014NY]

Is the processing time of 13 months for QSW calculated from when the date application is received at CIO or from AOR?
Thank you

Application received at CIO. Also 13 months time is for processing 80% of the applications all over the world.

 

[mohamedchamali]

Can anyone help me in a simple question. Do we received our AOR through email or through the normal mail?

My timeline is:
CSQ received 10th April 2017
Federal Application: 02nd of August 2017

Still waiting for AOR.

Thanks and good luck to everyone.

 

[MTL2MTL]

Can anyone help me in a simple question. Do we received our AOR through email or through the normal mail?

My timeline is:
CSQ received 10th April 2017
Federal Application: 02nd of August 2017

Still waiting for AOR.

Thanks and good luck to everyone.

AOR is an Email (if you provided an email address).

It can take up to 4 months to receive it.