Ukrainians in Quebec worry they won’t learn French before their work permits expire

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This is my French class play Ivana Shapiro is now on her fourth term a full-time French studies in Montreal she chose Quebec as a refuge for her and her 13-year-old daughter from the war torn country I somehow had a dream to be able to communicate in

French and to master French um from long time ago and for all the all the wrong reasons um it happened now and I was so much um determined to achieve my goal that um I actually ruled out any other Province Shao says she wants to apply for permanent residency but she’s

Worried she won’t have enough time to get all of her ducks in a row that’s because kebec has to issue a selection certificate before anyone in the province can apply for permanent residency there are a couple of ways to get it but experts say this is the most efficient option for ukrainians they

Need at least 2 years of experience in a skilled job and to pass an exam showing they reach an advanced intermediate level of French proficiency some say that can take about a year if you study fulltime but that’s not counting waight list for the classes we have some people

Whove been waiting six to 8 months and still haven’t been enrolled in the class since the Russian invasion ukrainians who came to Canada with an emergency Visa could work and study for 3 years if they want to stay longer in Quebec they need to fulfill all of the provinces

Requirements within that time Shapiro isn’t the only one struggling to get that working experience and French skills in under 3 years I’m Alena wearn in French Alena shika is working full-time her husband couldn’t leave Ukraine while her son Pablo is learning French at school shika says for now she

Only has time to learn the language on dualingo especially when the day is sunny I want to go and play badminton with him I want to go to park Jerry I want to go play basketball here behind the school uh it’s very good not only

For him but for me also and I don’t have um I’m so tired shov said she doesn’t want her son to be uprooted again but she might consider moving to another Province if getting permanent residency becomes too difficult I spoke with one Ukrainian family who ended up moving to Calgary

Alena martinova was learning French while her husband worked she says they couldn’t do it all it’s important that we just it’s we don’t just help them succeed here that we understand what they may be going through an organization representing 51 Community groups across the country says Quebec should offer ukrainians a different path

To the selection certificate than other immigrants we just think it’s going to take a little bit longer than the normal immigration path where a normal family might take one or two years in the country of origin to to prepare for an immigration here the bombs started flying and they just ran one immigration

Lawyer told me the an extension to that work permit people can apply to before the end of March but that adds to the confusion because one of the ukrainians I spoke to told me she sought legal advice and heard that the extension applies to people whose passports are

Expiring we reach out to the federal government they confirm there is an extension available before the end of next month regardless of that the province says it’s not changing its rules

Some Ukranians living in Quebec are concerned they won’t get permanent residency in Canada because of the province’s language and work requirements, which include passing French tests and two years of experience in a qualified position.

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