Loans for internationally trained professionals
Achieve your dreams and work in your field in Québec!
With Microcrédit Montréal’s loan program, you – as an internationally trained professional – can secure financing of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized faster and work in your field in Québec. Let’s work together to build your future.
Support and financing to get your credentials recognized
How we lend
- Loans ranging from $500 to $15,000
- Low variable interest rate : Desjardins’s prime rate + 1%
- Repayment period: 4 years average
- No early repayment penalties
- Line of credit converted to term loan after two years
- Follow-up by one of our advisors
- Loans will be disbursed in partnership with the Caisse d’économie solidaire Desjardins
What our loans cover
- Short-term upgrade course (less than two years)
- Language training (related to the career project)
- Training equipment purchases
- Qualification assessment
- Examinations required by the regulatory body (e.g., regulated profession or trade)
- Professional order enrolment
- Other related expenses : child care expenses, living expenses, etc.
Eligibility requirements
- Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, temporary worker or accepted refugee
- Wish to work in the same or a related professional field
- Require an official certificate, credential upgrade or additional training to access the Quebec labour market
- Basic language proficiency (English or French)
- Know the steps involved in the recognition or upgrade required to access your profession
Apply for financing
Important : Please note that all steps are mandatory. Once your eligibility has been verified,
you will receive BY EMAIL the next steps in the loan application process.
I receive the link by email and complete the Loan Evaluation Form
I download, complete, and save my Personal budget and professional plan (PDF)
I upload all the required documents
- Proof of immigration status
- Proof of education/diplomas
- Provide supporting documents for the fees related to your credentialing process
- Personal budget and professional plan (PDF to download, fill out and save)
- Updated Resume (C.V.)
- Proof of family income (notices of assessment or other proof of income)
- Proof of valid work permit with a recent paycheck (temporary workers)
- Proof of address (copy of residential lease or Hydro-Quebec bill)
For more information contact us by email or phone.
We’ll be happy to help!
Get your diploma equivalency or Quebec licensing faster
Whatever your professional field is, if you need official certification, refresher training or complementary training to access the Québec labour market, we can help you.
Find information about practising your profession in Quebec
Are you an internationally trained architect?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Ordre des architectes du Québec (OAQ) and the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB), which are the organizations that evaluate architecture degrees, through a certification process.
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Ordre des architectes du Québec (OAQ) website for more information >
Are you an internationally trained lawyer?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Barreau du Québec.
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Barreau du Québec website for more information >
Are you an internationally trained dentist?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Ordre des dentistes du Québec (ODQ). You will also need to get your equivalency from the National Dental Examining Board of Canada (NDEB).
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Ordre des dentistes du Québec (ODQ) website for more information >
Are you an internationally trained veterinarian?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Ordre des médecins vétérinaires du Québec (OMVQ).
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Ordre des médecins vétérinaires du Québec (OMVQ) website for more information >
Are you an internationally trained pharmacist?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (OPQ). There is also a refresher program available (Qualification en pharmacie QeP) for internationally trained pharmacists.
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (OPQ) website for more information >
Are you an internationally trained physiotherapist?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Ordre professionnel des physiothérapeutes du Québec (OPPQ).
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Ordre professionnel des physiothérapeutes du Québec (OPPQ) website for more information >
Are you an internationally trained psychologist?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Ordre des psychologues du Québec (OPQ).
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Ordre des psychologues du Québec (OPQ) website for more information >
Are you an internationally trained nurse or nursing assistant?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ) or the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers auxiliaires du Québec (OIIAQ).
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ) website for more information >
Please visit the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers auxiliaires du Québec (OIIAQ) website for more information >
Are you an internationally trained engineer?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ).
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) website for more information >
Are you an internationally trained doctor?
Do you want to work in your field in Québec?
You need to contact the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ). International medical graduates must first obtain recognition of equivalence of a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from the Medical Council of Canada (MCC).
Our program can provide a loan of up to $15,000 to get your credentials recognized and obtain your license to practise your profession.
Please visit the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ) website for more information >
A financing solution for graduates from outside Québec!
We’re making a real difference and we’re not the ones saying so.
German Rodrigo Godoy Cardenas
Engineer, member of the Order of engineers of Québec