Review of your application to immigrate to Québec as an entrepreneur - Stream 1: Innovative business

During the review of your application for permanent selection, the Ministère will verify the information and documents you have provided. Your application is reviewed according to the program’s selection conditions.

Special attention is given to your business plan and to the service offer of the accompanying organization.

If you do not meet the conditions for selection and you have provided information or documents supporting your selection under override, these will be examined along with your request for selection. For more details about the review of a request for permanent selection under override, please consult the Pouvoir de dérogation section (PDF 501 Kb) of the Guide des procédures d’immigration (in French only).

We would like to emphasize that the use of this discretionary power is exceptional and is at the discretion of the Minister. 

You may be required to attend an interview to verify, for example, the accuracy of the information provided in your application for permanent selection.

If so, you will receive a written invitation specifying:

• The date of the interview
• The location of the interview
• The time of the interview
• The documents to bring with you

The Ministère may also carry out additional verifications.

After your application is reviewed, there are three possible outcomes:

Application accepted

If you meet all of the program’s conditions and your application is accepted, you will receive:

• Your Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ - Québec selection certificate) for you and for your accompanying family members
• A letter of support for you and your accompanying family members to apply for a work permit from the Government of Canada while your application for permanent residence is being processed

Application refused

You will receive a letter informing you that your application for permanent selection will be refused if you :

• Have not met all the conditions of the program;
• Have not sent all the documents requested in the given format and by the given deadline;
• Have not sent anything to the Ministère.

You must, therefore, respond to this letter by submitting the requested or supporting documents.

If you have any information or documents that, in your opinion, support your selection under override, you may submit them at the same time, so that they can be evaluated, if needed. For more details about the review of a request for permanent selection under override, please consult the Pouvoir de dérogation section (PDF 501 Kb) of the Guide des procédures d’immigration (in French only).

We would like to emphasize that the use of this discretionary power is exceptional and is at the discretion of the Minister.

If you send your response by the given deadline, the review of your application will continue.

If you do not respond by the given deadline, your application will be refused. You will have the option of submitting anapplication for administrative review.

Application rejected

You will receive a letter informing you that your application for permanent selection will be rejected if:

• The Ministère has reason to doubt the authenticity of some of your declarations or the documents you have provided.
• You have provided false or misleading information or documents.
• You have not submitted, by the required deadline, convincing evidence to resolve the reasons for rejection.
• You did not appear for your interview on the specified date.

You must present convincing evidence to resolve the reasons for rejection conveyed to you in the letter.

If you respond by the required deadline, the review of your application will continue.

If you do not respond by the required deadline, your application will be rejected. You will have the option of submitting an application for administrative review.