Both the Home Support Worker Pilot and the Home Child Care Provider Pilot are five-year pilot programs that let qualified caretakers and their families to immigrate to Canada with the intention of settling here permanently.
This program will allow Home Child Care Providers to enter Canada on temporary work visas with the option of applying for permanent residency once they have sufficient work experience.
Your family members may come to Canada with you as well. They can apply for a work or study permit.
You may be eligible to apply for the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot, if you:
- have a genuine and valid job offer
- are able to do the job )past experience or training(
- meet the language level - minimum language skill is CLB 5 in English or NLCL 5 in French for all 4 language skills
- meet the education requirement- post-secondary education credential of at least 1 year
- are admissible to Canada
- plan to live outside the province of Quebec as a permanent resident
Home child care provider (NOC 44100)
- You must care for children in your own home or in your employer’s home
- The location can’t be an institutional setting such as a daycare
- You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
- Experience as a foster parent doesn’t count for this program.
Home support worker (NOC 44101)
- You must care for someone who needs help from a home support worker in your employer’s home
- The location can’t be an institutional setting such as a nursing home
- You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify
- Only home support workers are eligible under NOC 44101
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.
Depending on your situation and the volume of relevant job experience you have, the application procedure will vary.
The pilot caps reset on January 1, 2023
In 2023, IRCC accepted up to the following number of applications in each category:
- Gaining experience category: 1,650 applications
- Direct to permanent residence category: 1,100 applications
As of January 1, 2023, you were eligible to submit an application for the Home Support Worker Pilot and the Home Child Care Provider Pilot under the 2023 limits.
The Gaining experience category has, however, hit its entry cap for both online and alternate format submissions. In 2024, the online application period for this group will reopen.
