The Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots were launched back in 2019 to provide immigrant caregivers an opportunity to apply for permanent residency in Canada. Home support workers take care of our families and elderly citizens while staying apart from their loved ones for extended periods.
The Canadian immigration department is looking to approve over 6,000 home support workers permanent worker applications by the end of the year, with about 2,900 caregivers becoming permanent residents together with their families in 2020.

Home support worker permit types

As a home support worker, you have access to different types of visas depending on how long you have stayed in the country, and the work experience gained plays a huge factor.
Temporary work visa permit : For home support workers who are foreign nationals coming to Canada for their first work-related residency, you must apply for a work permit when applying for your Canadian visa; This permits the worker to work for a limited period of six months as a temporary worker.
Openwork permit : It's given to foreign nationals looking to works as home support workers who may switch between different employers since, with the regular permit, you are only limited to the employer who invited you to Canada.

Postgraduate work permit : This focuses on international students who have completed a degree from a Canadian designated learning institute. They wish to extend their stay in Canada by working as a home support worker.
Permanent residency : As of May 6, 2021, Canada will accept 30,000 new permanent residents with one year of work experience for home child care providers and home support workers. Permanent residency is officially closed to new applicants.

Eligibility

For applicants to be allowed entry into Canada as a home support worker, you will be assessed against the fail and pass selection criteria set by the Canadian immigration department. The home support worker pilot program only provides permits to workers with a job offer in Canada and meet the following criteria:

• The Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) test results have to be at least five
• One year of Canadian post-secondary education or the foreign equivalent
• Admissible to Canada and willing to return to your home country once your permit expires.

Home support workers working in Canada on a work permit and meet the above criteria can apply for permanent residence through the home child support care provider and home support worker pilots.

Documents that you may need to apply for a home support worker permit

To apply for a Canadian work visa, you must submit the following support documents and application forms.

Other factors you need to know.

• The Canadian immigration department accepts around 2,500 permanent residency requests from home support workers every year. Only 516 have applied so far, which accounts for less than 20%
• For home support, workers applying for permanent residency with less than 24 months of work experience in Canada at the time of application will receive an occupation-specific open work permit valid for 36 months where the applicant must demonstrate to have worked for at least 24 months.
• For the job offer to be classified as full-time qualifying work, the job has to be a least 30 hours of paid work per week. An applicant must have obtained work experience in an eligible occupation listed in the National Occupation Classification (NOC) to boost your chances.