We live in Quebec. What's the extra step?

1. What is different in Quebec?

Sponsors who live in Quebec have to meet Quebec's eligibility requirements and sign an undertaking with the Quebec government, on top of the federal one. Quebec also has its own income requirements in some situations.

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If you live in Quebec, you must meet the following requirements: Quebec's eligibility requirements for sponsoring your spouse or partner, or sponsoring your dependent child; Quebec's income requirements, if this applies. You must also sign an undertaking with the Government of Quebec.

Sponsor your spouse, partner or child: who can apply ↗

Quebec also limits how many sponsorship undertakings it accepts in a period; check MIFI's current intake status before you apply.

2. When do we send the Quebec undertaking?

After IRCC says so. Sending it early does nothing.

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Don't submit your undertaking application to Quebec until we tell you to do so. If you don't wait for our confirmation, Quebec won't process your application.

Sponsor your spouse, partner or child: who can apply ↗

3. We want to settle outside Quebec. Does it still apply?

What counts is whether the sponsor lives in Quebec or, for a citizen abroad, plans to settle there. IMM 1344 asks this directly. A move into or out of Quebec during processing has to be reported (what must be reported).

4. On the form

IMM 1344 asks whether the sponsor lives in Quebec, and that answer routes the file. Quebec residents skip the checklist's employment and income item and don't send the Financial Evaluation (IMM 1283) to IRCC; Quebec's own processing fee is paid to Quebec, not IRCC (Guide 5289). The Quebec undertaking itself is a separate application to the Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration (MIFI), sent only when IRCC asks for it.