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CONTRACT RESPECTING FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Principal Applicant (excluding live-in caregivers and persons authorized to apply for permanent
residence in Canada on humanitarian grounds)

INSTRUCTIONS
Who must fill out this form
The principal applicant (including a foreign student or foreign worker living temporarily in Qubec) and his or her accompanying spouse or de
facto spouse, if any, who applies for a Certificat de slection du Qubec (Quebec selection certificate) under the subclass of Skilled Workers,
Entrepreneurs or Self-Employed Persons.
If you are a live-in caregiver or if you are authorized by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to apply for permanent residence in Canada on
humanitarian grounds, this form is not intended for you. You must instead fill out the form entitled Contract respecting financial self-sufficiency
Live-in caregiver and person authorized to apply for permanent residence in Canada on humanitarian grounds.
What is the Contract respecting financial self-sufficiency
The Contract respecting financial self-sufficiency is a legal act by which you undertake, for the entire term of the contract, to provide for your
basic needs and, where applicable, those of your spouse or de facto spouse and your dependent children (including those who are Canadian
citizens) who accompany you to Qubec. The term of the contract is three months starting on the date of your arrival in Qubec as a permanent
resident. Basic needs include food, clothing, personal necessities and housing-related expenses.
You must sign this contract or else your application for a selection certificate will not be accepted. For more information, see the Act
respecting immigration to Qubec (R.S.Q., c. I-0.2) and the Regulation respecting the selection of foreign nationals (R.R.Q. 1981, c. M-23.1, r. 2).
How to fill out this form
Section A identifies you and, where applicable, your spouse or de facto spouse and dependent children (including Canadian citizens) who are
accompanying you. Answer the questions accurately.
Section B of the contract. Read the contract carefully and sign it. Don't forget to enter, at Point 1, the amount at your disposal when you
arrive in Qubec to support your needs and, where applicable, the needs of your spouse or de facto spouse and of your dependent
children. To learn the minimum amount required in your situation, use the calculation table below (use the greyed spaces to enter the amounts
that apply to your situation and to calculate your minimum required amount).
TABLE FOR CALCULATING THE MINIMUM AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR THE ESSENTIAL NEEDS OF PRINCIPAL FAMILY UNITS
FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD FOLLOWING ARRIVAL IN QUBEC (AMOUNTS IN EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31,
Principal applicant
without spouse or
accompanying spouse

Principal applicant
with accompanying
spouse

$2,956

$4,336

$3,973

$4,857

$4,484

$5,242

Number of accompanying dependent children

(including ones who are Canadian citizens)

Under 18
years old

3
State the number of
additional children:

18 years
or older

State the number

of children:

$4,996

$5,627

Add $512 per

additional child

Add $385 per

additional child

Add $1,379
per child

Add $1,379
per child
Minimum
required

2014)

Calculation of minimum
amount required for your
basic needs

Examples of calculations based on accompanying persons:

- Principal applicant with spouse and 2 children under 18 years old = $5,242
- Principal applicant with spouse and one child under 18 years old and one child age 18 or older = $4,857 + $1,379 = $6,236
- Principal applicant with spouse and four children under 18 years old = $5,627 + $385 = $6,012
- Principal applicant without spouse but with one child under 18 years old and 2 children age 18 or older = $3,973 + (2 X $1,379) = $6,731

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CONTRACT RESPECTING FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Principal Applicant (excluding live-in caregivers and persons authorized to apply for permanent
residence in Canada on humanitarian grounds)
Reserved for Administration
Individual Reference No. :
File No. :

Section A
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL APPLICANT
Family name at birth: ____________________________________________________________ First name: ____________________________________________________
Family name after marriage (where applicable) : ______________________________________ Sex:

Date of birth: ____________________________

Year / Month / Day

Marital status: Single

Married

De facto spouse

Separated

Divorced

Marriage annulled

Widowed

Residence address: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

Telephone number: ______________________________________________

IDENTIFICATION OF ACCOMPANYING SPOUSE OR

DE FACTO SPOUSE AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Family Name
(at birth)

FIRST NAME

DATE OF
BIRTH

SEX

Year / Month / Day

ADDRESS
(if different from the principal applicant)

A - Spouse or de facto spouse

B - Dependent children (including children who are Canadian citizens)

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Section B
CONTRACT
I acknowledge having read the information on this form and I understand the nature and scope of the contract respecting financial self-sufficiency. Consequently:
1. I declare that, for the term of this contract, which is three months from the date of my arrival in Qubec as a permanent resident, I will have financial resources
at least equal to the amount prescribed in Appendix C of the Regulation respecting the selection of foreign nationals, adjusted for 3 months, to meet basic needs,
specifically an amount of CA $ _______________________ .
2. I undertake to provide for my basic needs and those of other persons identified in Section A for the full term of the contract.
3. I undertake to reimburse the Government of Qubec for any amount that it may pay me or other persons identified in Section A, in the form of last resort financial
assistance, in accordance with applicable legislation, throughout the full term of the contract.
4. I authorize the Ministre de l'Immigration et des Communauts culturelles to transmit information about this contract to the Ministre de l'Emploi et de la Solidarit
sociale, if any application is made for last resort financial assistance for myself or for any persons identified in Section A.
5. If I belong to the Skilled Worker subclass, I acknowledge having been informed that the Ministre, after examining my situation and that of my spouse or de facto
spouse, may choose to change the principal applicant if the situation is more advantageous for the award of points in the selection grid. In this case, only the
person among us who will be the principal applicant will be bound by the commitments mentioned above.

In witness whereof, I have signed at ___________________________________________________________ on ____________________________

City

Year / Month / Day

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Signature of the principal applicant

In witness whereof, I have signed at ___________________________________________________________ on ____________________________

City

Year / Month / Day

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Signature of the spouse or de facto spouse (signature required only if he or she is accompanying a principal applicant in the Skilled Worker subclass)

Please keep a signed copy of this form and return the other signed copy
with your application for a Quebec selection certificate.

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