Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot
Closed
We’re no longer accepting new applications
The pilots ended on June 17, 2024. We’ll continue to process applications we received on or before this date.
The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot were 5-year pilot programs that let qualified caregivers and their family members come to Canada with the goal of becoming permanent residents.
The application process varied based on how much qualifying work experience you had.
Qualifying work experience
Qualifying work experience means you had worked full-time in 1 of these National Occupational Classification (NOC) jobs:
Home child care provider (NOC 44100)
- You must have cared for children in your own home or in your employer’s private home.
- The location couldn’t be an institutional setting such as a daycare.
- You didn’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify.
- Experience as a foster parent didn’t count.
Home support worker (NOC 44101)
- You must have cared for someone who needs help from a home support worker in your employer’s private home.
- The location couldn’t be an institutional setting such as a nursing home.
- You didn’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify.
If you applied before November 2022
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
There were 2 application categories
As of June 16, 2024, you now only need 6 months of eligible work experience to qualify for permanent residence. New
If you applied to the Gaining experience category
We’ll accept 6 months of eligible work experience from within or outside Canada. The experience must be gained
- no earlier than 3 years before you submitted your permanent residence application
- no later than the date you send us proof of work experience
- Send us proof of work experience within 3 years of getting your occupation-restricted open work permit.
If you applied to the Gaining experience category and now have enough eligible work experience, send us proof.
If you applied to the Direct to permanent residence category
You don’t need to do anything. We’ll automatically assess your application for 6 months of eligible work experience.
This category let you gain enough work experience as a caregiver to qualify for permanent residence.
This category let you receive permanent residence directly if you already had enough work experience as a caregiver.
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