If you already have 12 months of work experience in Canada, you and your family members may be eligible to apply for permanent residency through the Home Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot.

Eligibility Requirements

To participate in the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot program, you must meet a number of criteria.

Work Experience

You must have at least 12 months' experience in the last 36 before applying. It's also worth bearing in mind that:

• experience doesn't have to be continuous. You can work for a year, then take a few months off and then work for another year. The main thing is to get within 36 months;
• experience must be in NOC 44100 or 44101. You cannot combine experience in two occupations;
• must prove that the duties you perform are consistent with the duties in NOC 44100 or 44101;
• you must have worked full-time, i.e., at least 30 hours per week;
• experience gained while a full-time student will not be counted.

There are also additional requirements depending on the NOC code.

Home child care provider (NOC 44100)

• you must care for children under 18 in your own home, or in your employer's home;
• you may live permanently in the employer's home, but it is not a requirement;
• the foster carer's experience does not count.

Home support worker (NOC 44101)

• you must care for someone who needs the help of a domestic worker. You can work either in your home or at your employer's home;
• you can live permanently in the employer's home, but this is not a requirement;
• only Home support workers are eligible;
• experience as a housekeeper is not counted.

Home support workers differ from housekeepers in that the former are required to provide care for a person in addition to domestic work: help with mobility, dressing, undressing, personal hygiene, etc.

How to understand whether or not NOC is right for you

Follow the instructions below.

• Go to the official website of NOC.
• Click on Search by NOC code tab and enter 44100 or 44101.

3. On the page that opens, you will see a suitable list of Example titles and Main duties.
For your job to fit the selected NOC code, your duties must overlap with these.

Language Knowledge

To qualify, you will need to pass one of the language tests. The program requirement is 5 CLB or higher.
The most common choices are IELTS for English and TEF Canada for French.
Test results are valid for 2 years.

Education

Post-secondary education is required and has been completed with at least 1 year of schooling.
Education will need to be validated - go through an evaluation process. This is most often done through WES.

Canada Immigration Program Fees for Caregivers and Nannies

How to apply

Follow the 4 steps to apply for Home Child Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot.

1. Prepare an application packet.

To do this, download and fill out the IMM 5981 form at this link, and then include it in the packet of all documents. It lists:

• all required documents;
• all forms that need to be filled out.

All documents that are not in English or French will need to be translated.

2. Fill out the forms.

Download them from the official website at this link. There will also be a detailed guide on how to fill them in below.
Once you fill the forms, you need to sign and date them.


3- Pay the fees.

The payment is done online in 2 steps. First, fees are required to be paid for:

• application processing for you and PR family members;
• right of Permanent Residence;
• biometrics for all family members.

To do so, follow this link. Click Answer questions to get fees and take a short quiz.
You will then see a list of all the fees you must pay and a payment button.

After paying each portion of the fees, you must print a bar-coded receipt and make 2 copies. One copy should be included in the application packet and the second copy should be kept.

4. Submit the application.

Mail the entire application package to the program:

• Home Children Care Provider Pilot to the address:

Case Processing Centre in Edmonton
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada
c/o PR (HCCP Stage 1), Station 806
9700 Jasper Avenue NW, Suite 55
Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3

• Home Support Worker Pilot to the address:

Case Processing Centre in Edmonton
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada
c/o PR (HSW Stage 1), Station 808
9700 Jasper Avenue NW, Suite 55
Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3

Some time after you pay the fees and submit the application, you and your family members will be required to undergo biometrics.
You will be sent a letter with instructions. You will need to take it with you when you go to take your biometrics.

To find out if you are required to undergo biometrics and therefore pay the fees, please see this link.

You will also receive instructions for medical examinations for you and your family members after you apply. Relevant even for those who are not traveling with you. If you don't get screened, you won't be able to sponsor them in the future.