There are pilot work permit programs dedicated to caregivers. The Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot offer permanent residence to caregivers who have eligible work experience for at least 12 months, language ability and eligible Canadian or foreign education.
The Home Care Provider Pilot requires that you care for a child below the age of 18 in your home or your employers, while the Home Support Worker Pilot requires you take care of someone who needs help from a home support worker, either in your home or your employer’s home.
IRCC sets out the following information about work experience criteria for the pilots:
Effective April 30, 2023, you need to have at least 12 months of full-time work experience within the 36 months of applying to a pilot
The work experience must fall under National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes 4411 or 4412
Your work experience must be in one of these jobs, it cannot be a mix of both jobs
You need to demonstrate your job matched the NOC job description and you completed most of the main duties
Your work experience does not need to be 12 months in a row. It just needs to be 12 months total
Full-time work is defined as at least 30 hours of paid work each week