Employment Integration Program for Immigrants
and Visible Minorities

Is this your first time seeking work in North America in your trade or occupation? If you are eligible for the Employment Integration Program for Immigrants and Visible Minorities (PRIIME), your future employer could receive financial assistance covering:

• a portion of your wages (excluding employee benefits) for a maximum of 30 weeks, to enable you gain work experience;
• the wages paid to the person responsible for accompanying you for the first 13 weeks, for up to a maximum of 60 hours;
• the creation of specific activities or the adaptation of human resource management tools;
• expenditures incurred directly to train you and adapt your skills to the North American workplace, for up to a maximum of 60 hours of training.

Who is eligible?      

People with no prior work experience in Québec in their trade or occupation are eligible for the program if:

• they have been permanent residents for less than five years;
  or
• they are members of a visible minority, regardless of whether they were born in Canada or in another country.

Program participation

To find out how to participate in PRIIME, contact your local employment centre (CLE) .

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