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Quebec Skilled Worker Selection Work Permit

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

It is an employer-specific work permit for people who were invited to apply for permanent selection under the Programme de selection des travailleurs qualifies (PSTQ) and who have submitted a demande de selection permanente to Quebec.

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    You may be eligible for an employer-specific work permit if you were invited to apply for permanent selection under the [Programme de sélection des travailleurs qualifiés (PSTQ)](https://www.quebec.ca/en/immigration/permanent/skilled-workers/skilled-worker-selection-program) and you submitted a demande de sélection permanente to Quebec.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The employer has to act first and is spared the usual burden: the employer must send IRCC an offer of employment through the Employer Portal before the worker can apply, and the employer does not need an LMIA to hire them and does not pay the $230 employer compliance fee.

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    1. Your employer must send us an **offer of employment** using the Employer Portal before you can apply for your work permit. Your employer **does not** need to - get an LMIA to hire you - pay the $230 employer compliance fee

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

What decides eligibility is the applicant's existing permit status: they must hold a valid employer-specific work permit expiring on or before 31 December 2026, or one that expired after they applied in time to extend it, or one that expired between 13 March 2026 and 31 December 2026 leaving them out of status.

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    - You’re in one of the following situations: - You have a valid employer-specific work permit that expires on or before December 31, 2026. - You have an employer-specific work permit that expired but you applied to extend it before the expiry date. - You have an employer-specific work permit that expired between March 13, 2026, and December 31, 2026. You didn’t apply to extend it, and now you’re out of status.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The permit keeps the holder with the employer already named on their work permit: they must have a new job offer from that employer and must continue working in Quebec. A spouse or common-law partner included in the demande de selection permanente may be eligible for an open work permit.

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    - You have a new job offer from the employer that’s listed on your work permit. - You’ll continue working in Quebec. **Spouses and common-law partners** Your spouse or common-law partner may be eligible for an open work permit if they’re included in your demande de sélection permanente (permanent selection application).

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The permit is granted for up to 12 months of continued work for the same Quebec employer, and the deadline to apply for it is 31 December 2026. The official source does not state whether the permit can be renewed or what longer-term residence direction follows.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture does not say whether this permit can itself be extended or renewed.
  • The longer-term direction is the Quebec permanent-selection application the permit is attached to, but the capture describes only the work permit, not the outcome of that application.
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    This work permit lets you keep working for your employer in Quebec for up to 12 months. **Deadline to apply:** December 31, 2026

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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