91,000 plus
aspiring immigrants to Canada have submitted EOIs through the ARRIMA Portal of
Quebec after its launch in September 2018. This 6 months period has been
dominated by the rise of the new government of the province - Coalition Avenir Québec.
The ARRIMA
portal was launched by Quebec on 18 September 2018. This was for managing its Skilled Worker Program after it moved
to an EOI - Expression of Interest
system. It was done by the former Liberal government that lost general
election on 1 October 2018 to the CAQ.
The EOI system
mandates that candidates who are interested must create a profile. This is then
entered into the pool of candidates for the QSWP, as quoted by the CIC News.
The profiles
consist of details of the candidates. This includes among others education,
age, proficiency in French, area of training, and work expertise. Invitations
to Apply for CSQ - Quebec Selection
Certificate can be offered to them based on these. It will also include
other potential factors like demand for labour in specific Quebec region.
The Quebec’s Ministry of Immigration is also known
by its French initials MIDI. It is yet to start offering ITAs to the new pool
of candidates.
Simon Jolin-Barrette Quebec’s Immigration Minister said that MIDI needs to first handle around 18,000 applications
backlog. These were submitted to the QSWP under the old model of first-come and
first-served.
The CAQ
government has proposed to dismiss the
backlog of applications than processing them. This is to focus on the EOIs
submitted through ARRIMA portal.
AQAADI the chief
Immigration Lawyers Association of
Quebec has asked reconsideration of this move by MIDI. It has said that the
government must instead first process the pending applications.
However, Jolin-Barrette has argued that eliminating the backlog will also help to reduce the CSQ application processing time. This is to 6 months from the current 36 months, he added.
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