karansingh14 said:
Hey thanks man for the update ....
some quick things related to last post :-
1. people are saying that ingénieur is for civil or electrical engineers . And my profile is or Technical Lead or Senior Software Engineer , acc to you i need to get "Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec" but i heard that it is not issued to immigrants unless they are there in Quebec ... so where should i get it from ?
2. Montreal has areas & jobs in English ? I also heard that Montreal has IT sector so should i select my preferred territory as Montreal ?
Regards
Karan
I'm sorry, but I don't know enough about the skilled worker category to tell you whether it would be advantageous to you to classify yourself as a "software engineer," which is regulated since it contains the word "engineer," or as something else, for example "informaticien" (computer/data processing scientist/expert). In the
Guide des procédures d'immigration 3-1 ( http://www.midi.gouv.qc.ca/publications/fr/gpi-npi/composantes_3/gpi-3-1.pdf ), p. 48, they say that if your profession is regulated in Quebec, then they have you sign a document where you acknowledge that in order to practice the profession in Quebec, you must become certified by the appropriate professional order. But I don't know if it has any significance in evaluating your application.
You can learn about the requirements for foreign-trained engineers to become certified in Quebec by looking at the OIQ website: http://www.oiq.qc.ca/pages/accueil.aspx?lang=en
Also, I'm not sure how your choice of region can affect your application. If I had to guess about which region you should choose, I would say that they are happier for immigrants to settle outside Montreal, because other regions have a hard time attracting enough immigrants. For example, if you look at page 43 of the
Guide des procédures d'immigration, they give you 8 points for a job offer in the Montreal Metropolitan Area, and 10 points for one outside Montreal. But if you don't have a job offer, I'm not sure if this has any effect.
Most job ads will list the language requirements, so that ought to give you an idea. Some research centres and head offices in Quebec do operate in English, and they are mainly in Montreal. Overall, French is more important for working in Montreal than English is, but it is possible to work in English in many companies, and this tends to be more true in high-tech industries than others because there are more foreigners working in them.
Apart from the fact that you need to speak French well, many people feel that quality of life is best in the Quebec-Lévis area. Quebec is the provincial capital, so a lot of civil servants live there. Incomes are high, crime is low, schools are good and housing is quite affordable.
