Project Description

Home Child Care Provider & Home Support Worker

The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot are 5-year pilot programs that let qualified caregivers and their family members come to Canada with the goal of becoming permanent residents.
If you’ve been offered a job in Canada as a caregiver or have experience working in Canada as a caregiver, you may be able to apply for permanent residence through one of these pilots.

The application process will be different depending on your situation and how much qualifying work experience you have.

Qualifying work experience

If you don’t have any qualifying work experience, you can apply for permanent residence through the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or the Home Support Worker Pilot as long as you meet the other eligibility requirements.

How the process works:

  1. You apply to either the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or the Home Support Worker Pilot, depending on which occupation you plan to work in.
  2. You submit a work permit application together with your permanent residence application.
  3. If you meet the requirements, you get a work permit to work in Canada temporarily.
  4. The work permit you get is an occupation-restricted open work permit and lets you work as a caregiver for any employer.
  5. Get at least 24 months of work experience to qualify for permanent residence.
  6. You send us proof of your work experience once you have enough.
  7. We make a final decision on your application for permanent residence.

Family members

Your family members are also eligible to come with you to Canada. If they want to work or study while in Canada, you can include their work or study permit applications with your application.

Eligibility

  • You must Have a genuine Job Offer
  • Are able to do the job
  • Meet the language level (CLB 5)
  • One year of Canadian post secondary education or foreign equivalent
  • Are admissible to Canada
  • Do not plan to settle in Quebec

Home child care provider

You must care for children under the age of 18 in your own home or in your employer’s home

  • You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
  • Experience as a foster parent doesn’t count

Home support worker

You must care for someone who needs help from a home support worker either in your own home or in your employer’s home

  • You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
  • Experience as a housekeeper doesn’t count

Ability to do the work

We use any past experience or training you have to decide if you’re able to do the work described in the NOC job description (lead statement).

Language levels

You need to take a language test to prove you meet the minimum language skills.
The minimum language skill is CLB 5 in English or NLCL 5 in French for all 4 language skills:

  • writing
  • reading
  • listening
  • speaking

To see if you are eligible for our Caregiver Program, please complete our Free Assessment