After submitting your comparative evaluation application for studies taken outside Québec

Once your request has been submitted, we will process it and you can, if necessary, send us other documents or your questions.

You will receive a letter that confirms the opening of your file and gives you your file number.

Processing your comparative evaluation application allows us to:

• Verify the documents you submitted and the accuracy of any translations.
• Confirm the recognition of your educational institution and your training by the authorities in charge of the educational system.
• Compare your qualifications with the academic benchmarks (main diplomas) recognized in Québec.

Each diploma that you submit is assessed based on its main features, such as:

• Length of the training
• Prerequisites for the study program
• Level of education
• Prospects after the study program

The quality of the teaching and the performance of the educational institution have no effect on the results of your comparative evaluation, as long as you have received the passing grade.

Once you have received a decision on your comparative evaluation application, you will have 365 days (one year) to submit the following (free of charge):

• New documents for review
• Additional information to provide
• Comments or questions, including disagreement about the results of your comparative evaluation application

Your communication must contain:

• A copy of the most recent identification form or our letter of response to your comparative evaluation application; put it in full view, on top of the other documents
• Your comparative evaluation file number
• Your reason for contacting us
• The name of the country responsible for the study program carried out if you wish to express a disagreement.

If you are planning to send us an official school document:

• from a digital platform with which the Ministère participates;
• in a sealed envelope, bearing the contact details and seal of the educational institution, which must be sent directly by this third party to this postal address.  

Ask the educational institution to indicate on the document the file number associated with your comparative evaluation request.

If the official education document is written in a language other than French or English, a translation in the original format must be included or sent separately.  

The translation must be carried out by a recognized translator.  

The Ministère collaborates with the following digital platforms:

• Center for Student Services and Development (People's Republic of China);
• Digitary Core (Ireland, United Kingdom, Japan, etc.);
• My eQuals (Australia and New Zealand);
• National Student Clearinghouse – Electronic Transcript Exchange (the United States, etc.);
• Worldwide Transcripts (India).

The Ministère can be identified on these digital platforms under one of the following names

• Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration — Évaluations comparatives ;
• Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration du Québec.

If you are communicating your disagreement about the results of your comparative evaluation, you must provide new information that justifies a second review of your application.

After the 365-day period (one year) has elapsed, you will have to:

• Send a new application for comparative evaluation
• Pay the fees again
• Attach the required documents in the requested formats

Sending a new comparative evaluation application does not guarantee that you will get a different or better result.

If you want to forward a copy of your comparative evaluation to an employer, regulatory body or educational institution, make a digital copy (e.g., PDF).

The digital copy can be sent electronically.

If you are asked for the original comparative evaluation, ask for it to be returned to you after consultation.

The comparative evaluation has two security features:

• On the front, at the bottom of the page, two microprinted blue lines display the word IMMIGRATION in a continuous band.
• On the back, a repeating motif of fleurs-de-lis, printed in white ink, is visible in oblique view.

Make sure that the paper document has both these features.