Five boxes have to be ticked before a permanent resident visa is printed: you applied properly in a listed class, you are coming to settle here, you genuinely belong to that class, you meet its selection rules, and neither you nor your family members are inadmissible. Family members who are staying behind are still checked. The listed classes cover family, the economic streams, refugees, and the humanitarian route.
(2)The classes are (a)the family class; (b)the economic class, consisting of the federal skilled worker class, the Quebec skilled worker class, the provincial nominee class, the Canadian experience class, the federal skilled trades class, the Atlantic immigration class, the Quebec investor class, the Quebec entrepreneur class, the start-up business class, the self-employed persons class and the Quebec self-employed persons class; and (c)the Convention refugees abroad class and the country of asylum class.
(3)For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the selection criterion for a foreign national who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec as a permanent resident and is not a member of the family class is met by evidence that the competent authority of that Province is of the opinion that the foreign national complies with the provincial selection criteria.
(4)A foreign national who is an accompanying family member of a foreign national who is issued a permanent resident visa shall be issued a permanent resident visa if, following an examination, it is established that (a)the accompanying family member is not inadmissible; and (b)in the case of a family member who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec and is not a member of the family class, the competent authority of that Province is of the opinion that the family member complies with the provincial selection criteria.
(5)If a permanent resident visa is not issued to a child as an accompanying family member of a foreign national or the foreign national’s spouse or common-law partner, a permanent resident visa shall not be issued to a child of that child as an accompanying family member of the foreign national.