12. The foreign national’s financial resources to provide for basic needs must be at least equal to the scale provided for in Schedule C. To calculate basic needs for the first year, the amount must be increased by $500 to cover settling-in-expenses. In the case of a foreign national who is 17 years of age and whose holder of parental authority is not in Québec, the basic needs are calculated as if the foreign national were 18 years of age.
Where a Québec resident wishes to provide for the foreign national’s basic needs and, where applicable, those of the accompanying family members, the resident’s financial resources must be at least equal to the scales provided for in Schedules B and D. In addition, an undertaking previously entered into by the resident must be taken into account in calculating the resident’s financial capacity to provide for the foreign national’s basic needs.
963-2018O.C. 963-2018, s. 12; 1231-2022O.C. 1231-2022, s. 11.