Home Child Care Provider Pilot is now closed to new applications for 2021but will reopen to new applications on January 1, 2022.
Home Support Worker Pilot is not closed and you can still apply in 2021 under this pilot.
More information on the website of IRCC.
The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot are 5-year pilot programs that let qualified caregivers and their family members come to Canada with the goal of becoming permanent residents.
The cap for 2021 has been reached and the program is closed for 2021. New applications will not be processed. The pilot will reopen to new applications on January 1, 2022. Caregivers who are already in Canada could also have the opportunity to apply for permanent residence through the recently announced temporary residence to permanent residence pathway for essential workers. The Home Support Worker Pilot has not reached its cap for 2021 and is still open.
The two new pilots: Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots will open for applications on June 18, 2019, replacing the expiring Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots.
Important improvements are: occupation-specific work permits, rather than employer-specific and open work permits and/or study permits for the caregivers’ immediate family, to help families come to Canada together. More details will follow soon. The news update on the IRCC website can be found here.
Caregivers will soon have access to 2 new 5-year caregiver immigration pilots that will replace the expiring pilot programs: Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots. The new pilots will allow caregivers to come to Canada together with their family and provide a pathway to permanent residence. Caregivers will also soon have greater flexibility to change jobs quickly. More information on the website of IRCC.
