While landing on any overseas nation, there are various legal procedures that an immigrant has to go through or follow. Once you arrive at the airport in Quebec, you will be able to witness that the entry procedures with a valid passport and immigration visa are comparatively much simpler and faster here. The Canadian authorities perform their duty of inspection and grant permanent resident status to the immigrants. However, at any border crossing in Canada, these immigration procedures can be carried out by the officials.
In case, you have directly arrived at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montréal and following the procedures of customs inspection, then you have to move to the Quebec Immigration office in the main reception area of customs inspection, which is located right next to the Immigration Canada offices. The Immigration-Québec representatives will guide you on the process of accessing the major government services. When required, they will also provide you with “Learning about Québec: Guide for my successful integration” copy, along with other essential documents with detailed information for your easy integration into the Québec Society.
Your first meeting with the Integration Officer will provide you the necessary help to facilitate your access to the government services in the province.
An initial meeting with the Integration Officer provides certain opportunities to the immigrants, such as:
- Registration of immigrants on their arrival through valid passport, visa, and Québec Selection Certificate
- Provide confirmation or updates file information of the immigrants including their date of birth, name and so on.
- Help the immigrants in finding out:
- Ways to obtain a variety of essential documents, for instance: driving license, the health insurance card, social insurance number, etc.
- Housing facilities
- Formalities of registration for an educational organization
- Evaluating the sort of support the immigrants and their family may need
- Evaluating their level of French language skills
- Enrolling in:
- A course of French language according to their needs
- A session of information about the initial steps for settling down in Québec
- A session on socio-occupational information for immigrants with French-speaking skills
Apart from all these, the integration office can also provide you with the direction for other integration assistance services by the Immigration Department of the Country or its other partners.
Services Provided by the Immigration Department and Its Partners in Québec
- Conducting interview session or providing information on the initial steps for settling down in Quebec
- Providing information, references and advice for employment, vocational training and study opportunities
- Conducting sessions on the socio-economic realities of the province along with employment scenario for immigrants with French-speaking skills
- Relative evaluation for studies completed outside the province
- Part time or full-time French courses provided in different milieus
- Service information on regulated trades and professions
