Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot

The pilot caps reset on January 1, 2023

As of January 1, 2023, you can apply under the 2023 caps for the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot.

There are changes for the 2023 application process

Read all the changes to these pilots before you apply. Make sure you follow our updated instructions.

The Home Support Worker Pilot is open to new applications

In 2023, we’ll accept up to the following number of applications in each category:

  • Gaining experience category: 1,650 applications
  • Direct to permanent residence category: 1,100 applications

The Home Child Care Provider Pilot

The online and alternate format application caps have been reached for the Gaining experience category

We’ve reached the cap for both online and alternate format applications for this pilot’s Gaining experience category. This means the Gaining experience category is closed to new applications for 2023. You won’t be able to start or submit an application for this category in our portal, and any paper applications will be returned. Online applications that weren’t submitted will expire from the portal after about 30 days.

Online applications for this category will reopen in 2024. You can also explore other immigration programs.

We’ll update you again when other caps have been reached.

2023 caps

In 2023, we’ll accept up to the following number of applications in each category:

  • Gaining experience category: 1,650 applications, including
    • 1,500 online applications Closed as of January 1st, 2023
    • 150 alternate format applications Closed as of February 1, 2023
  • Direct to permanent residence category: 1,100 applications, including
    • 1,000 online applications
    • 100 alternate format applications

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:

National Occupational Classification 2021

On November 16, 2022, we switched to the 2021 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC).

If you submitted an application before November 16, 2022, your job offer or qualifying work experience will still be assessed as per the NOC 2016 requirements.

  • Home child care provider – NOC 4411 was replaced with NOC 44100
  • Home support worker – NOC 4412 was replaced with NOC 44101

Transition to NOC 2021

If you are applying under NOC 2021 in the Gaining experience category, we will still accept NOC 2016 job offers during the transition period. Your job offer will be considered valid so long as it meets the listed eligibility criteria of the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot.

Tell us how much work experience you have to find out how to apply.

You have never worked full-time as a caregiver in Canada or have less than 24 months of work experience.

This includes if you

  • are working full-time as a caregiver in Canada right now, or
  • recently worked full-time as a caregiver in Canada

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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