As a caregiver, you have options to come to Canada as a permanent resident or to work temporarily.
Become a Caregiver in Canada
Deeplink Immigration Services will help you apply for one of the following:
Caregiver already in Canada:
- Permanent Resident Pathways:
- Home Childcare Provider Pilot (June 18, 2019)
- Home Support Worker Pilot (June18 ,2019)
- Interim Pathways for Caregivers
- Caring for Children Pathway
- Caring for People with High Medical Needs Pathway
- Live-in Caregiver Program
- Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)
- Caring for Children Pathway
- Caring for People with High Medical Needs Pathway
- Live-in Caregiver Program
Caregiver outside Canada:
- Permanent Resident Pathways:
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- Home Child Care Provider Pilot (June 18, 2019)
- Home Support Worker Pilot (June 18, 2019)
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- Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)
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- Only for employers in the province of Quebec
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History of Canada’s Caregiver Programs
Canada Wide Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP)
1992 – Nov 30, 2014
- Caregivers apply to Canada as a TFW
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- Language skills minimal
- Canadian high school equivalence required
- Minimum one year related work experience required
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- Caregivers must live in the Canadian employer’s home
- Caregivers to work 24 months or 3900 hours in Canada
- After completion of Canadian work experience, eligible to apply for PR
Dec 1, 2014 to Nov 30, 2019
Minister Jason Kenney introduced the new In-home Caregiver Pathways, a pilot project of Canada
- 2 pathways: Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs
- Must complete 24 months of work in one pathway
- Worker starts off applying to Canada as a TFW (same requirements as LCP)
- After completion of Canadian work experience, eligible to apply for PR under one pathway
- These pilots introduced a higher level of language requirements and a higher level of educational attainment, both needed when applying for PR
June 18, 2019; Another New Five Year Pilot Project
Minister Ahmed Hussen introduced Canada’s new pilot project for Caregivers
- 2 pathways: Home Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot
- Occupation-specific work permits instead of employer-specific work permits, to allow candidates to change jobs quickly.
- Open work permits and/or study permits for immediate family members.
- Guaranteed permanent residence. Once 24 months of Canadian work experience is accumulated and demonstrated to IRCC, PR will be granted.
- Initial applications to the new pilots have a target processing time of 12 months. Applications for PR after accumulating 24 months of experience have a target processing time of 6 months.
- Caregivers who are working towards applying to the expiring pilots can now apply through either of the new pilots.
- Those who applied for an LMIA through the old system before June 18, 2019 will have their applications processed through to a final decision, under the old system.
- With the move to occupation-specific work permits, employers no longer need a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) before hiring a caregiver from overseas.
- These new pilots do not apply for workers applying in the province of Quebec. Workers for Quebec still need an LMIA, and CAQ, and will continue to apply as a temporary worker.
We will guide you through the necessary steps to become a caregiver in Canada.
We may even help place you through our trusted network of employers.
Please contact us for more information.