Guides to understand the Skilled Worker Selection Program (PSTQ), prepare your file and know what comes after selection, written from the official pages and checked on the date shown in each article.
Each new invitation round published on Québec.ca gets its own article here automatically.
Program and selection
Invited under the PSTQ? 30 days to accept, 60 days or one year to apply, fees, review, CSQ and permanent residence: the steps, explained.
· 6 min read
After selection
Got your CSQ? Here are the steps of the federal permanent residence application with IRCC, and what Québec and Canada each handle.
· 6 min read
Program and selection
Arrima account, 90-day draft limit, 12-month validity, updates and common mistakes: what to know about your PSTQ expression of interest.
· 6 min read
Preparing your file
What Québec's comparative evaluation of foreign studies is for, when it helps under the PSTQ, how to apply, the 2026 fee and the published timelines.
· 5 min read
Preparing your file
Where Québec publishes the processing time for PSTQ permanent selection applications, how to interpret it and what can slow your file down.
· 6 min read
After selection
Québec's free French courses: online from abroad, then full-time or part-time once you live in Québec. Who is eligible and how to register.
· 6 min read
Program and selection
Number of invitations, extraction date, exercises, criteria and minimum score: how to decode a PSTQ invitation round, with a real example.
· 6 min read
News
Since October 22, 2026, Québec's MIFI is called the Ministère de l'Immigration et de l'Intégration (MII). What the new name changes, and what it does not.
· 5 min read
Program and selection
The PEQ reopened from July 2 to October 31, 2026, then closed again. Here is what is still possible and which options remain open to you.
· 5 min read
Preparing your file
Accepted tests and diplomas, the Échelle québécoise, required levels by stream and the two-year validity rule for proving your French under the PSTQ.
· 6 min read
Program and selection
A plain-language look at Québec's PSTQ: how it works in Arrima, the requirements every stream shares and the specific conditions of its four streams.
· 6 min read
Preparing your file
Identity, civil status, education, work history, French and translations: what to gather after a PSTQ invitation and how to keep it organized.
· 6 min read
Program and selection
The three groups of PSTQ ranking criteria, how they add up to 1,400 points and what a score cannot guarantee, based on the MII's official document.
· 6 min read
Preparing your file
Who may be paid to represent you in Québec, how to check an immigration consultant, and which warning signs should make you walk away.
· 6 min read
Preparing your file
What a PSTQ permanent selection application costs in 2026: fees per person, how to pay, refund rules and the other expenses to plan for.
· 5 min read
