24.4. A foreign national and the family members referred to in section 24.1 may take the assessment provided for in paragraph 1 of section 24.2 as of the filing of the application for selection for permanent immigration. In case of failure, they may again take the assessment once. After 2 failures, they may choose to participate in the course provided for in paragraph 2 of section 24.2 or again take the assessment a third time but, in that case, they renounce to obtain the learning attestation by participating in the course as part of the application of selection.
Despite the first paragraph,(1) a foreign national who stays in Québec while holding a study or work permit issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227) may(a) participate in a course referred to in paragraph 2 of section 24.2 and obtain the learning attestation before filing the application for selection for permanent immigration; or
(b) take the assessment provided for paragraph 1 of section 24.2 as of the filing of the application for selection for permanent immigration. In case of failure, the foreign national may again take the assessment and participate in the course or, after failure of the repeating of the assessment, participate in the course and obtain the learning attestation; and
(2) a family member who is not referred to in paragraph 1 and who is included in the application for selection for permanent immigration filed by the foreign national referred to in that paragraph may(a) participate in the course referred to in paragraph 2 of section 24.2 and obtain the learning attestation after the filing of the application for selection for permanent immigration; or
(b) take the assessment provided for in paragraph 1 of section 24.2 as of the filing of the application for selection for permanent immigration. In case of failure, the family member may again take the assessment once. The family member may refuse to again take the assessment and participate in the course or, after failure of the repeating of the assessment, participate in the course and obtain the learning attestation.
1030-2019O.C. 1030-2019, s. 21.