June 2026 Outbound Immigration and Global Mobility Recap | Americas

Clark Hill’s Outbound Immigration & Global Mobility practice guides corporate clients and individuals through complex global immigration challenges worldwide.  We pride ourselves on creative, compliant and people-centered solutions – looking at global mobility from a wholistic perspective in an ever-changing immigration environment. Our team assists with short-term assignments, long-term relocations, consular processing, document procurement, document legalizations/apostilles, and business visas in 100+ countries worldwide.

Below is an overview of the major updates from June 2026 in the Americas region.

Canada

Quebec Temporarily Reopens Experience Program for Permanent Residency

Quebec will temporarily reopen the Quebec Experience Program (PEQ), a permanent residence pathway for eligible temporary foreign workers and international graduates, from July 2, 2026, through July 2, 2028.

The first application intake period will run from July 2, 2026 through October 31, 2026, with no application cap. During this period:

• Quebec Graduates must have obtained an eligible Quebec credential by November 19, 2025; and
• Temporary foreign workers must have accumulated at least two (2) years of eligible Quebec work experience in TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 occupations by November 19, 2025.

Applicants must also meet all PEQ selection requirements that applied before the respective streams were suspended. Applications may be submitted through the Arrima platform beginning at 8:30am Montreal time on July 2, 2026.

Quebec Reopens Family Sponsorship Undertaking Applications with New Intake Limits

Quebec will reopen the intake of and undertaking of applications under the Family Reunification Program from July 2, 2026, through July 2, 2028. During this period, Quebec’s immigration ministry will accept a maximum of 15,700 applications, allocated as follows:

• 13,300 applications to sponsor a spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner
• 2,400 applications to sponsor a parent, grandparent, or another eligible relative

Applications will be accepted according to a staggered schedule based on the date of the sponsor eligibility letter issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) or the IRCC acknowledgment of receipt for certain in-Canada spouse or common-law partner applications. Beginning July 2, 2026, applications may initially be submitted where the relevant IRCC document was issued on or before July 31, 2024.

The intake limits and staggered schedule do not apply to certain applications, including sponsorship of dependent children, qualifying adopted or orphaned minor relatives, and applications to add eligible dependents to an existing undertaking. Applications submitted before the application intake date will be returned.

Sponsors should review Quebec’s application intake schedule to confirm their assigned submission date and ensure that complete applications are submitted to Quebec by mail only.

Program Redesign of Ontario’s OINP Permanent Residence Streams

Earlier this month, the province of Ontario revoked all nine existing permanent residence streams under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) as part of a broader redesign of the provincial nomination framework. The nine affected streams are:

• Entrepreneur
• French-Speaking Skilled Worker
• Master’s Graduate
• PhD Graduate
• Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills
• Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker
• Employer Job Offer: International Student
• Human Capital Priorities
• Skilled Trades

On June 26, 2026, Ontario closed the Expression of Interest (EOI) system to new EOI’s, meaning no further invitations will be issued under the previous program streams. The province has also launched a new Ontario Workforce Priority Stream as part of the first phase of the redesigned OINP.

The Ontario Workforce Priority Stream includes three pathways:

• TEER 0-3 Pathway: For foreign workers with permanent, full-time Ontario job offers in higher-skilled occupations, applicants must demonstrate the following:
  • 6 months consecutive in the last 12 months in the job offer position with the job offer employer
  • 2 years cumulative in the last 5 years in the NOC occupation
  • Recent Ontario graduates; 3 consecutive months in the last 12 months in the job offer position with the job offer employer
  • Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 6, CLB 5 for certain occupations
  • Post-secondary degree or diploma

• TEER 4-5 Pathway: for foreign workers with permanent, full-time Ontario job offers in intermediate and lower-skilled occupations
  • 9 months cumulative experience in the last 2 years in the job offer position with the job offer employer
  • Median wage for the occupation
  • Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 4
  • Canadian secondary school diploma or equivalent

• Self-Employed Physician Pathway: for eligible physicians registered to practice in Ontario and authorized to bill through the Ontario Health Insurance Plan.

Eligibility requirements vary by pathway and may include occupation-specific language, education, work experience, licensing, and job-offer requirements. The redesigned framework is intended to provide Ontario with greater flexibility to prioritize occupations and candidates based on changing provincial labor market needs.

Although the new stream is legally in effect, Ontario has not yet reopened the EOI system or Employer Portal intake process. The New EOI system is anticipated to open later in summer 2026, although the exact date has not been announced.

Existing EOI’s submitted under the former streams will not be carried forward. Once the portals reopen, employers will need to submit new job offers, and candidates will need to register a new EOI under the Ontario Workforce Priority Stream. Employers with existing Employer Portal registration will not be required to re-register. Applications submitted under the former streams will continue to be assessed under the requirements in effect when they were received.

Ontario is expected to introduce additional priority Healthcare, Entrepreneur, and Exceptional Talent streams during the second phase of the redesign. No date has been announced for the implementation of the second phase.

For additional information, please contact the Americas Immigration team at Americas@ClarkHill.com.

For further information on any of the updates in this bulletin, reach out to one of the members of our Outbound Immigration & Global Mobility team.

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