Section 71 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Issuance — particular Quebec selection cases

An officer shall issue a permanent resident visa to a foreign national outside Canada who intends to reside in the Province of Quebec as a permanent resident and does not satisfy the requirements of paragraphs 70(1)(a), (c) and (d) if, following an examination, it is established that the foreign national has applied for a permanent resident visa in accordance with these Regulations, other than paragraph 10(2)(c); the foreign national may not be issued a permanent resident visa under subsection 176(2) and is not a member of any class of persons prescribed by these Regulations who may become permanent residents or be issued permanent resident visas; the foreign national is named in a Certificat de sélection du Québec issued by that Province indicating that the foreign national, under the regulations made under An Act respecting immigration to Québec , R.S.Q., c. I-0.2, as amended from time to time, is a foreign national in a particularly distressful situation; and the foreign national and their family members, whether accompanying or not, are not inadmissible.