Canadian Tech Is Having a Moment

Re:Canadian Tech Is Having a Moment by mikekchar on Thursday June 15, 2017 @02:47PM (#14563218)

It's been a long time since I looked at this, but IIRC under some visas the federal system gives you extra points for selecting certain provinces. The rationale is that otherwise every immigrant will choose Toronto or Vancouver. Under those visas, you have to be resident in the province you picked for a certain amount of time (again IIRC I think is was 1 year) as a condition of your visa. Quebec is one of the provinces where you can get extra points to get in, but only if you satisfy the Quebec requirements (which generally means French language skill or agreeing to take French language classes, I think).

Disclaimer: when I say it's been a long time since I looked at this, I'm talking 20 years or so. Things have probably changed (or I have misremembered). But it gives you some idea anyway. In my recollection, if you choose not to get extra points for selecting special regions to settle in, then you can settle anywhere you like. Programmers, doctors, nurses etc almost never need the extra points, so it's kind of moot in this discussion.

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Re:Canadian Tech Is Having a Moment by mistermann on Thursday June 15, 2017 @07:02PM (#14565194)

I don't know but suspect this is no longer the case, Quebec still offers the ability to more or less buy citizenship, even though the federal program was shut down. All you have to do is say you "intend to" settle in Quebec (wink wink) - they get the financial benefits, and the majority of the participants immediately move to Toronto or Vancouver, typically buying a few houses upon arrival as a store of cash. Of course, this is all "speculation", as the Canadian government deems the statistics on this sort of thing to be none of the business of citizens, who are the ones who experience the positive or negative consequences.

http://www.investorimmigrationcanada.com/

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