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Everything You Need to Know About Canada's Caregiver Programs

What You Need To Know About Caregiver Program?

If you have experience as a caregiver you may qualify for one of the three Caregiver Programs in Canada. As a caregiver, you have several options to work temporarily or become a permanent resident of Canada. Select one of the programs below to find out which one is best for you and your work experience. If you need assistance in applying for one of the programs, book a consultation with our immigration consultants.

Eligibility for Caregiver Program

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Who is Eligible For the Live-in Caregiver Program?

To be eligible for the live-in caregiver program, applicants must:

Have a valid work permit, or have applied to extend your work permit, or have applied to restore your status as a worker in Canada.
Have work experience in Canada as either a Home Child Care provider or a Home Support Worker.
Have at least 1 year of full-time work experience since November 30, 2014 which can be cumulative rather than continuous but cannot include work experience while a student.
Have been working in a job that matches your NOC code’s listed duties.
Have tested language skills equivalent to Canadian Languages Benchmark (CLB) 5 or NLCL (French language) 5 in all four areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Have a minimum Canadian High School Diploma or a foreign diploma, certificate, or credential that’s equivalent.

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Canada’s two pilot immigration programs for caregivers

Canada’s two current pilot programs for caregivers are accepting applications. Foreign caregivers coming to work in Canada will no longer have to leave close family members behind and will have a more straightforward pathway to Canadian permanent residence, thanks to the programs: The Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots.
The pilot programs opened for applications in 2019, replacing the expired Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots, which have been criticized for keeping some workers stuck in abusive workplaces and apart from their families abroad. The Liberal government, which was not in office when those pilots were introduced in 2014, labeled them “ineffective”.
Processing times for the two new caregiver pathways have been slow to start. However, in 2021, the government announced a new initiative to process at least 6,000 caregiver applications by the end of the year.
The government states that it heard directly from caregivers and interested parties that the previous changes made in 2014 were not well understood. Many caregivers began working for families in Canada, only to find out later that they were not going to qualify for permanent residence under an existing program.
Caregivers will now only receive a work permit if they have a job offer in Canada and meet standard criteria for economic immigration programs. Once working in Canada, caregivers will be able to begin gaining the required two years of Canadian work experience to apply for permanent residence.

Caregivers in Canada: More details on changes

The Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs programs expired as of June 18, 2019, and will no longer accept new applications. Caregivers who had applied before this date will continue to have their applications processed through to a final decision.
Caregivers who have been working toward applying to the soon-to-be-expired pilots can now apply through either the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or the Home Support Worker Pilot.
The Interim Pathway for Caregivers closed to new applicants on October 8, 2019. This was a short-term pathway for caregivers who came to Canada as temporary foreign workers since 2014 but were unable to qualify for permanent residence through an existing program.
The new pilots, Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker, will each have a maximum of 2,750 principal applicants, for a total of 5,500 principal applicants per year, plus their immediate family.
Initial applications to the new pilots will have a 12-month processing service standard. A six-month processing standard will apply for finalizing an application after the caregiver submits proof that they have met the work experience requirement.

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