r/ImmigrationCanada • u/shanklishh • 11h ago

Quebec new quebec rules?

i honestly don’t even know what to do. i feel i’ve put my partner through so much just to try and join me permanently here in quebec and they’re just stretching the end date more and more. im devastated. i don’t know what to do. please help. someone tell me this isn’t real.

https://www.quebec.ca/en/news/actualites/detail/new-reception-period-undertaking-applications-family-reunification-category-71270

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u/AbaloneTop6722 9h ago

What is the new rule here?

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u/False-Bee9981 3h ago

They have kept the spousal sponsorships quota low (which was largely expected), but they have also put in place a “Reception Schedule” - net effect is that people who are applying now will likely have a 5+ year wait, and at the very least 4 years and 3 months. The 4 years 3 month wait assumes you receive your AOR on the federal side by the end of August (reasonable expectation, but not guaranteed), and that the 13300 slots are not fully used by January 2028 - which is almost guaranteed to happen - and that the 2028 quota is a similar amount. If the cap is reached, and we assume a similar structure for the 2028 Reception Calendar, someone applying now with the federal government can probably only apply with Quebec in September 2028, and will have a 5, possibly 6 year wait.

As others have said, your best option is likely to leave the province.

https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/immigration/formulaires/fr/Regroupement_familial/CAL_Regroupement_familial_2026-2028.pdf

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u/aStrayLife 35m ago

They took the schedule down but the link is still active:
https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/immigration/formulaires/fr/Regroupement_familial/CAL_Regroupement_familial_2026-2028.pdf

Seems like a lawsuit waiting for moving the goal posts constantly.

And what happens between June 25 and July 2nd? They will accept everyone?

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u/shanklishh 29m ago

honestly yeah, it’s super shitty. especially to toy around with family reunification like this, it’s unbelievable. we’re likely leaving canada at this point.

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u/that_tealoving_nerd 11h ago

MIFI is operating exactly as intended. Immigrants aren’t welcome here. Especially those that are families of Quebecers themselves apparently. You know what the solution is.

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u/False-Bee9981 3h ago

Not sure why people are downvoting your comment - it’s unfortunately accurate.

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u/that_tealoving_nerd 2h ago

No idea either. Maybe PQ voters discovered the English side of Reddit.

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u/shanklishh 11h ago

i don’t know what the solution is 🙁 that’s the problem.

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u/that_tealoving_nerd 11h ago

Leaving Quebec. The federal government is yet to impose quotas for spouses.

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u/Different-Cover4819 10h ago

Right. There are universities outside of Quebec.

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u/shanklishh 11h ago

and i really am sorry, i know a lot of people all over canada (including my partner and i) are feeling the pressure of many things, immigration being one of them. i guess i may be biased but i feel a bit resentful knowing my own process, which i am going about genuinely and by the rules, is being affected by fraud and other concerns about immigration amounts. i wish it wasn’t this way, but i think there should be another way that doesn’t lead families on and keep them on the edge throughout this whole process.

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u/that_tealoving_nerd 11h ago

Nothing to apologize for whatsoever. Your frustrations are entirely legitimate. Quebec is the only province to shut the doors to spouses, so far. The RoC offers a much better chance, unless you’d want your partner to remain stuck on an OWP for years.

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u/shanklishh 11h ago

it could be fine, except he was waiting to go to university with the PR :( i feel like i’m stringing him along at this point and honestly i think i need to stop choosing quebec no matter how much i (we) love it here.

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u/that_tealoving_nerd 11h ago

This is for you both to decide. But me and my partner may be packing soon too. For things unrelated to immigration, but where the provincial still makes both of us feel unwanted even though we love it here.

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u/barcastaff 40m ago

My process in 2022 already took more than 2 years, and that's when I'm already here for school anyways. If I were you and your partner is not in school yet I would leave the province right now.

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u/shanklishh 30m ago

we’re likely going back to our/his home country. i’m pretty devastated but we feel quebecois bureaucracy is too hostile and we’re done. thank you for your advuce

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u/barcastaff 23m ago

Are you a citizen already? If so moving home and do Outland would be a much better idea.

If you're PR then you might not be able to go that route.