Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that new immigration pilots for home care workers will open on March 31, 2025. These new pilots are referred to collectively by IRCC as Canada’s “Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots”.
These pilot programs will replace the previous permanent residence (PR) pathways for caregivers, which have expired.
Home care workers who are eligible will be able to receive permanent residence upon arrival through these new pathways.
Who is eligible through these new pathways?
To be eligible for these new enhanced care worker pilots, foreign nationals must
- Have official language ability equivalent to a level 4 based on the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) scale;
- Hold the equivalent of a Canadian high school diploma;
- Have recent and relevant work experience*; and
- Receive an offer of full-time employment for a home care job.
*As of June 16, 2024, candidates for previous home care worker immigration programs only required 6 months of eligible experience to qualify for permanent residence.
IRCC has yet to announce further details and eligibility requirements.
We will keep you posted once there is further update.