Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot
Home Child Care Provider Pilot
We’ve received at least 2,750 applications under the Home Child Care Provider pilot. This means
- the pilot is closed to new applications for 2021
- we’ll return any other applications we receive and refund the fees
The pilot will reopen to new applications on January 1, 2022. You can also look into other options for caregivers in Canada. Caregivers who are already in Canada could also have the opportunity to apply for permanent residence through the recently announced temporary residence to permanent residence pathway for essential workers.
Home Support Worker Pilot
We’re not close to reaching the cap for the Home Support Worker Pilot. You can still apply under this pilot. We’ll update this page if and when we close this pilot to new applications for 2021.
If you already submitted an application
You don’t need to contact us about an application you submitted in 2020 or 2021 under either pilot. We’ll send you a notification letter as soon as possible to confirm we’ve received your application. It may take longer than usual for you to get this letter due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: Safety measures
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
Qualifying work experience means you’ve worked full-time in Canada in 1 of these National Occupational Classification (NOC) jobs:
- home child care provider - NOC 4411
- experience as a foster parent doesn’t count
or
- home support worker - NOC 4412
- experience as a housekeeper doesn’t count
Tell us how much work experience you have to find out how to apply.
You’ve never worked full-time as a caregiver in Canada.
You:
- are working full-time as a caregiver in Canada right now, or
- recently worked full-time as a caregiver in Canada
but you don’t have 24 months of experience yet
In the last 36 months, you’ve worked full-time as a caregiver in Canada for a total of 24 months or more.
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