Caregiver
Canada has various immigration pathways to facilitate permanent residence in Canada for eligible foreign caregivers. This includes these programs:
- Home Child Care Provider
- Home Support Worker
- Live-in Caregiver
Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot
The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot replace the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots and provide eligible caregivers with a pathway to permanent residence once they have acquired two years of Canadian work experience.
Caregivers with work experience in NOC 4411 (excluding foster parents) will be eligible for permanent residence through the Home Child Care Provider Pilot.
Caregivers with work experience in NOC 4412 (excluding housekeepers) will be eligible for permanent residence through the Home Support Worker Pilot.
Both the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot will only provide work permits to caregivers who have a job offer in Canada and who meet the following criteria:
- Language tests results showing a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) of 5;
- One year of Canadian post-secondary education or the foreign equivalent; and
- Admissible to Canada.
Through these pilots, you will get an open work permit to come to Canada and work temporarily. This work permit:
- is occupation-restricted (so you must work in that specific occupation)
- does not need a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)
- letyou get the work experience you need to be eligible for permanent residence
If you recently worked as a home childcare provider or support worker, your experience may count towards your eligibility for permanent residence.
Live-in Caregiver Program
The Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) is closed to new applicants.
You can only apply for permanent residence through the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) if you have at least 2 years of work experience in the program and:
- you are already working in Canada with an LCP work permit, or
- you were approved for your first LCP work permit based on a Labour Market Impact Assessment submitted to Employment and Social Development Canada on or before November 30, 2014
If you have work experience in Canada as a caregiver but do not qualify for either of the options above, you may be eligible to immigrate to Canada through a different program.
If you need more information about this program, please do not hesitate to get in touch today at info@dhunnaimmigration.ca