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Moving to Quebec after PR through Federal Skilled Worker program

sanaalca

Newbie
Jul 24, 2024
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Hi,
I received my permanent resident status in August 2023 through the Express Entry Program, without a provincial nomination, which basically gives me the right to live, work and study anywhere in Canada. I recently got a job from an international Company that has an office in Montreal, so I'm moving there in August 2024. However, from what I have been reading I am a bit worried that in order to live in the province of Quebec I need certain additional permits such as CSQ in order to have access to things like Medicare and even not have any problems when applying for citizenship (due to the fact that I initially declared that my intention was not to live in Quebec and in fact I had marked Vancouver as my destination city).

As I mentioned above, my initial intention was not to move to the province of Quebec, however, it is where I was able to get a job, and that is the reason why I need to move there.

Do you know what I need to reside and work in Montreal? Also, if I would move to a city outside of Quebec (to ensure my compliance with what was declared in the permanent residence application), could I still keep my job in Montreal without having the restrictions or inconveniences that I mentioned above?

Thanks in advance
 

canuck78

VIP Member
Jun 18, 2017
55,571
13,515
Hi,
I received my permanent resident status in August 2023 through the Express Entry Program, without a provincial nomination, which basically gives me the right to live, work and study anywhere in Canada. I recently got a job from an international Company that has an office in Montreal, so I'm moving there in August 2024. However, from what I have been reading I am a bit worried that in order to live in the province of Quebec I need certain additional permits such as CSQ in order to have access to things like Medicare and even not have any problems when applying for citizenship (due to the fact that I initially declared that my intention was not to live in Quebec and in fact I had marked Vancouver as my destination city).

As I mentioned above, my initial intention was not to move to the province of Quebec, however, it is where I was able to get a job, and that is the reason why I need to move there.

Do you know what I need to reside and work in Montreal? Also, if I would move to a city outside of Quebec (to ensure my compliance with what was declared in the permanent residence application), could I still keep my job in Montreal without having the restrictions or inconveniences that I mentioned above?

Thanks in advance
No issue moving to Quebec. You landed a year ago.
 

sanaalca

Newbie
Jul 24, 2024
3
0
No issue moving to Quebec. You landed a year ago.
Hi, thanks for your reply. I did my soft landing a year ago through Vancouver but only stayed for two weeks and then I came back home to Ecuador until now. So I haven't been living in Canada during this time. Is that an issue?
 

Benz37

Member
Jan 17, 2024
11
3
Hi, thanks for your reply. I did my soft landing a year ago through Vancouver but only stayed for two weeks and then I came back home to Ecuador until now. So I haven't been living in Canada during this time. Is that an issue?
You need to be careful for the time you spend outside Canada

In short:
"you must have been in Canada for at least 730 days during the last five years"
https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=727&top=4#

Understand permanent resident status:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/pr-card/understand-pr-status.html
 

sanaalca

Newbie
Jul 24, 2024
3
0
You need to be careful for the time you spend outside Canada

In short:
"you must have been in Canada for at least 730 days during the last five years"
https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=727&top=4#

Understand permanent resident status:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/pr-card/understand-pr-status.html
Hi, thanks for your reply. I have been outside Canada for a year since I got the PR, I have been looking for jobs and I finally got one, but it's in Montreal. My doubt is if there are any issues in this regard, since I applied to Permanent residence through express entry. I heard I could have issues for certain things like applying for a Medicaire card or when applying for citizenship.