1) You do not need to show your CSQ. CSQ is only for Quebec, the rest of Canada doesn’t need this particular paper.
2) Your PR card was be sent to you by mail, at the address you provided when you landed at the airport.
3) Yes, there is a three-month wait to be eligible for OHIP, the provincial health insurance system.

. I have applied for the CSQ Quebec a year ago and due to enter the country in the next 3 weeks. I am a qualified skilled worker. I have been searching for jobs and done alot of research and have come to realised that both Toronto and Vancouver are better suited for my career/employment and cannot settle in quebec due to my speciality

Therefore I wanted to know whether it would be ok for me to fly straight to Toronto or Vancouver and present my CSQ (I am a skilled worker).

Also how would I obtain my PR card? I assume you have to go to a center, can you go to the one in Toronto?

Last but not least, would it still be a 3 month waiting period to get the medicals?

Would appreciate a very quick and as much information as possible. Need to book my ticket in the next 24 hours! Thanks alot

To prove work experience, what are the documents equivalent to social security contributions (listed as 21 in the Documents checklist) from India? The exact sentence from the PDF is

“Documentary proof that your work experience was acquired legally: record of your contributions to social security or proof of exemption from paying social security premiums. If you cannot provide these, then proof of payment of Income Tax.”

As far as I know, there is nothing like social security in India. Also, my annual salary is less than Rs.1,80,000/- because of which it is exempt from Income Tax.

So what should I do about this?

I have never seen or heard of a PR visa being canceled because the applicant applied through the Quebec Skilled Worker program and decided to move to another province. PR are guaranteed mobility rights and can live, work and study wherever they want in Canada. There is no minimum time you are supposed to stay in Quebec after you land.

Now, if you make it clear that you won’t live in Quebec during your interview with an officer as your visa is being processed, yes, the visa can be denied. Immigration officers will likely tell you to apply for immigration at the federal level if you don’t intend to live in Quebec, which kind of make sense. But what you decided after receiving the visa is another story, as I said above.

As for your friend, I have no idea. I don’t see a poker player being accepted with open arms by the immigration officers because let’s face it, no matter how skilled the work is, it doesn’t really fit in the skilled immigration program What he does after he has the visa and landed in Canada is up to him though.

With respect to the Quebec PNP, you mentioned that it is not necessary to stay in Quebec after landing because the PR lets one stay anywhere in Canada. However, several sources online have mentioned that in this particular case you obtain the PR via the CSQ, so if the Quebec authorities want, they can instruct the Federal dept to cancel that person’s PR. This, in my opinion, is very scary and people would be taking a big risk by moving out of Quebec immediately and making it very clear to the authorities that they NEVER INTENDED to settle in Quebec. Don’t you think it is preferable to stay there for a few months or a year atleast before moving for minimizing the risks of having the PR cancelled?

Secondly, do you have any idea if it is necessary to “work” when you move to Quebec? I ask this because my friend is an online poker player wishing to settle in Quebec through the Skilled Worker Program because he has the necessary points, including work experience. Would this be considered as misrepresentation of intent by him because he does not intend to do a 9-to-5 job once in Quebec but rather stay home all day and play poker. But ofcourse during the interview, he cannot mention about poker and has to show an intent to do a job only. Do you have any idea on this?

Thanks

It depends under which category you are immigrating. If you are a skilled worker, yes, you must show some funds when you enter.

Thanks a lot for your answer.

I still need clarification, please bear on me
Is it true that I have to sign the declaration on my landing that I will settle in QC?

If yes, will I have to inform the immigration about any change of my settlement plan in case I moved to another province?

Thanks again.