Home Support Worker & Home Child Care Program

Under the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot, if you have less than 24 months of eligible Canadian work experience at the time you apply, you will be assessed for permanent residence eligibility before you begin working in Canada. Once you have acquired 24 months of eligible work experience under an occupation-restricted work permit (within a 36 months period after the work permit was issued), you will have access to a direct pathway to become a permanent resident.

If you have already acquired at least 24 months of eligible work experience in Canada as a home child care provider or home support worker, within the last 36 months at the time of applying, you can apply for permanent residence without needing to acquire further work experience under these pilots.