Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot: Gaining experience category

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 Gaining experience category was for applicants who never worked full-time as a caregiver or didn’t have enough work experience to qualify directly for permanent residence. Here’s how it worked:

• You applied for a work permit application with your permanent residence application.
• If you met the requirements, we gave you a work permit to work as a caregiver.
• Once you had enough work experience, you could send us proof and we’d make a final decision on your permanent residence application.

As of June 16, 2024, you now only need 6 months of eligible work experience from within or outside Canada to qualify for permanent residence. New

If you already applied and now have enough experience, send us proof.