Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot
The pilot caps reset on January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2023, you can apply under the 2023 caps for the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot.
There are changes to the 2023 application process Updated May 19, 2023
We made changes to these pilots on April 30, 2023. As part of these changes, you now need only 12 months of qualifying work experience instead of 24 months.
Some pages on our site haven’t been updated yet. We’ll update them with the details of these changes as soon as possible.
Read all the changes to these pilots before you apply. Make sure you follow our updated instructions.
The Home Support Worker Pilot is open to new applications
In 2023, we’ll accept up to the following number of applications in each category of the Home Support Worker Pilot:
- Gaining experience category: 1,650 applications
- Direct to permanent residence category: 1,100 applications
The Home Child Care Provider Pilot
Gaining experience category
All caps have been reached for the Gaining experience category
This means the Gaining experience category is closed to new applications for 2023.
- You won’t be able to start or submit an application for this category in our portal, and any paper applications will be returned.
- Online applications that you haven’t submitted will expire after about 30 days.
Applications for this category will reopen in 2024. You can also explore other immigration programs.
Direct to permanent residence category
The online application cap has been reached for the Direct to permanent residence category
- You won’t be able to start or submit an application for this category in our portal.
- Online applications that you haven’t submitted will expire after about 30 days.
Online applications for this category will reopen in 2024. You can also explore other immigration programs.
The alternate format cap for this category remains open to new applications.
2023 caps
In 2023, we’ll accept up to the following number of applications in each category of the Home Child Care Provider Pilot:
- Gaining experience category: 1,650 applications, including
- 1,500 online applications Closed as of January 1, 2023
- 150 alternate format applications Closed as of February 1, 2023
- Direct to permanent residence category: 1,100 applications, including
- 1,000 online applications Closed as of April 19, 2023
- 100 alternate format applications
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.
If you’ve been offered a job in Canada as a caregiver or have experience working in Canada as a caregiver, you may be able to apply for permanent residence through one of these pilots.
The application process will be different depending on your situation and how much qualifying work experience you have.
Qualifying work experience
Qualifying work experience means you’ve worked full-time in Canada in 1 of these National Occupational Classification (NOC) jobs:
- home child care provider - NOC 44100
- experience as a foster parent doesn’t count
or
- home support worker - NOC 44101
National Occupational Classification 2021
On November 16, 2022, we switched to the 2021 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC).
If you submitted an application before November 16, 2022, your job offer or qualifying work experience will still be assessed as per the NOC 2016 requirements.
- Home child care provider – NOC 4411 was replaced with NOC 44100
- Home support worker – NOC 4412 was replaced with NOC 44101
Transition to NOC 2021
If you are applying under NOC 2021 in the Gaining experience category, we will still accept NOC 2016 job offers during the transition period. Your job offer will be considered valid so long as it meets the listed eligibility criteria of the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot.
Tell us how much work experience you have to find out how to apply.
You have never worked full-time as a caregiver in Canada or have less than 12 months of work experience.
This includes if you
- are working full-time as a caregiver in Canada right now, or
- recently worked full-time as a caregiver in Canada
In the last 36 months, you’ve worked full-time as a caregiver in Canada for a total of 12 months or more.
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