I-0.2.1, r. 3 - Québec Immigration Regulation

Section 58 Disposition versions

2023-11-23

58. The Minister may select a foreign national who does not meet a selection condition or criterion applicable to the foreign national where the foreign national belongs to the economic class and is in one of the following cases:

(1)  has filed an application under the regular skilled worker program, the investor program, the self-employed worker program or the entrepreneur program, has an exceptional profile or a unique expertise for Québec and, where the program so requires, demonstrates the lawful origin of the net assets he or she has with his or her spouse or de facto spouse, if included in the application;

(2)  has filed an application under the regular skilled worker program and obtained every cutoff score provided for in the Regulation respecting the weighting applicable to the selection of foreign nationals (chapter I-0.2.1, r. 4) in the awarding of the points in respect of the factors and criteria in the Selection Grid for the Economic Class in Schedule A.

(3)  (paragraph revoked).

O.C. 963-2018, s. 58; O.C. 1570-2023, ss. 29 and 60.

2018-08-02

58. The Minister may select a foreign national in the economic class, except under the Québec experience program, who does not meet a condition or selection criterion if the Minister is of the opinion that the foreign national can successfully settle in Québec.

Despite the first paragraph, the Minister may not make a selection decision for a foreign national that does not obtain a cutoff score provided for in the Regulation respecting the weighting applicable to the selection of foreign nationals (chapter I-0.2.1, r. 4) in the awarding of the points in respect of the factors and criteria provided for in the Selection grid for the economic class in Schedule A, except if the foreign national has an exceptional profile or an expertise unique for Québec.

O.C. 963-2018, s. 58.

Not in force

In force: 2018-08-02

58. The Minister may select a foreign national in the economic class, except under the Québec experience program, who does not meet a condition or selection criterion if the Minister is of the opinion that the foreign national can successfully settle in Québec.

Despite the first paragraph, the Minister may not make a selection decision for a foreign national that does not obtain a cutoff score provided for in the Regulation respecting the weighting applicable to the selection of foreign nationals (chapter I-0.2.1, r. 4) in the awarding of the points in respect of the factors and criteria provided for in the Selection grid for the economic class in Schedule A, except if the foreign national has an exceptional profile or an expertise unique for Québec.

O.C. 963-2018, s. 58.