Canada has launched 2 new PR Visa pathways for Caregivers that will help them to arrive in the nation and settle permanently. The Home Support Worker and Home Child Care Provider pilots are now accepting applications from 18 June 2019. These have also replaced the Caring for People with High Medical Needs and Caring for Children pilots that have expired.
Caregivers will
now get the Canada Work Visa only if they have a job offer. They must also
fulfil the standard requirements for
economic immigration programs. After working in Canada, they will be in a
position to gain the needed 2 years of work experience in Canada. This will
qualify Caregivers to apply for a PR Visa, as quoted by the CIC News.
The new pilots
will also benefit Caregivers in the following ways:
• Occupation-specific Canada Work Visas and not employer-specific. This will permit a
quick change of employers if required.
• Study
Visas and/or Open Work Visas for family members of the Caregivers to assist
in families uniting in Canada
• A clear switch from provisional to
permanent status in Canada. This is to ensure that Caregivers can quickly get
the PR Visa once they fulfil the work experience requirement.
The new pilot
programs offer overseas Caregivers and their family members a direct and clear pathway to Canada PR
Visa. Canada is dedicated to the betterment of life of immigrants and
supporting employment for the middle class.
The pilots that have expired have stopped accepting
fresh applications from 18 June 2019. Caregivers
who have applied already prior to this date will have their applications
continued to be processed. This is through to a final decision.
Caregivers who
have been preparing to file applications to the pilots that have expired can
apply through the 2 new pilots. This is either through the Home Support Worker
Pilot or the Home Child Care Provider Pilot.
The Interim Pathway for Caregivers is the
short-term route for Caregivers who arrived in Canada as provisional overseas
workers after 2014. These were however ineligible for PR Visa through any
current program. This program will be
extended reopening on 8 July 2019 and will be open to applications for 3
months.
The new pilots
the Home Support Worker and the Home Child Care Provider will have individually
maximum of 2, 750 principal applicants. This adds to 5, 500 principal applicants annually along with their immediate
family members.
Initially, the
applications for the 2 new pilots will have a processing service standard of 12
months. A processing standard of 6 months will be applicable after the
application is finalized. This is after the Caregiver offers evidence that they
fulfil the requirement for work experience.
Employers are no
longer required to obtain a Labour
Market Impact Assessment - LMIA prior to hiring an overseas Caregiver. This
is because the Work Visas offered under the Home Support Worker and the Home
Child Care Provider pilots are occupation-specific.
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