{"id":34148,"date":"2026-01-22T11:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immetis.com\/foreign-ceos-the-forgotten-ones-of-permanent-residency-in-quebec\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:49:24","slug":"foreign-ceos-left-out-of-permanent-residency-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immetis.com\/en\/foreign-ceos-left-out-of-permanent-residency-in-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign CEOs: Left out of permanent residency in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-analyse-de-me-natacha-mignon-sur-les-enjeux-du-programme-de-selection-des-travailleurs-qualifies-pstq-pour-les-dirigeants-francophones\">Analysis by Natacha Mignon on the issues raised by the Skilled Worker Selection Program (SWSP) for French\u2011speaking executives.<\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>After five rounds of invitations across the four streams of the Skilled Worker Selection Program (Programme de s\u00e9lection des travailleurs qualifi\u00e9s &#8211; PSTQ) in 2025, Natacha Mignon draws a major conclusion: executives \u2014 even those who are francophone, highly qualified, and already well integrated into Quebec \u2014 are no longer among the profiles favored for obtaining permanent residence.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In his statement of December 19, 2025, the Minister of Immigration, Francisation and Integration announced that, in 2026, the PSTQ invitation plan will prioritize:<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graduates of Quebec<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Priority sectors, namely health care, education, early childhood, construction, and engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People residing outside Montr\u00e9al and Laval<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And also, individuals living in Montr\u00e9al and Laval, as well as those working in other sectors such as food service, hospitality, and manual trades<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Yet these managers and executives play an essential role in Quebec\u2019s economic development.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>To learn more, read Natacha Mignon\u2019s opinion piece published in Les Affaires (en fran\u00e7ais) : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesaffaires.com\/opinions\/les-cadres-francophones-grands-absents-des-nouvelles-priorites-en-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Les cadres francophones, grands absents des nouvelles priorit\u00e9s en immigration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opinion letter from Natacha Mignon on the PSTQ and its repercussions for expatriate executives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[205,238],"tags":[341,182,234,313,271,80],"class_list":["post-34148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-professionals","tag-canada","tag-employer","tag-immigration-en","tag-permanent-residency","tag-quebec-en","tag-residence-permanente"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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