WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE QUEBEC PROGRAMME?
The Quebec immigration programme still relies on interviews to subjectively assess the language abilities of the applicant (English/French), whereas, the Federal programme no longer uses the interviews to establish language ability and requests that applicants provide official test results from the IELTS (International English Language Test System) or the TEF (Test dEvaluation de Franaise) tests. Often, visa offices require test results at the time the application is submitted. Applicants, who have completed post-secondary studies in English or French, may have this requirement waived. The Quebec Immigration Officer will evaluate language ability during the interview by asking questions and by providing simple texts. The applicant will then have to: 1) understand questions relating to various aspects of everyday life, 2) answer these questions with complete sentences using proper grammar and proper pronunciation, and 3) read a short text and comprehend the general sense of it. The Queb
