Live-In Caregiver Canada’s Caregiver program is another great pathway to become a permanent resident of Canada. The program is for foreign nationals who have experience in either caring for children or caring for adults who need support in their home (disabled and elderly) and who have a job offer from a Canadian employer. After two years of experience with work permit in Canada, you are eligible to apply for permanent residence. You may be able to apply for permanent residence through the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot if you: meet the eligibility requirements, and have a job offer to work in one of these occupations Through these pilots, you’ll get an open work permit to come to Canada and work temporarily. This work permit: is occupation-restricted Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) is NOT required lets you get the work experience you need to be eligible for permanent residence Eligibility You may be eligible to apply for the Home Child Care Provider Pilot or Home Support Worker Pilot, if you: have enough work experience meet the language level meet the education requirement are admissible to Canada, plan to live outside the province of Quebec Work experience You must have at least 24 months of full-time work experience in Canada in the 36 months before you apply. Depending on which pilot you apply for, your work experience must be in 1 of these National Occupational Classification (NOC) jobs: Home child care provider (NOC 4411) You must care for children under the age of 18 in your own home or in your employer’s home You don’t need to live in your employer’s home to qualify Experience as a foster parent doesn’t count Home support worker (NOC 4412) You must have cared for someone who needs help from a home support worker either in your own home or in your employer’s home You don’t need to have lived in your employer’s home to qualify Only home support workers are eligible under NOC 4412 Experience as a housekeeper doesn’t count For this work experience: your qualifying work experience must be in 1 of these jobs. It cannot be a mix of both jobs you must show that your job matched the NOC job description and you must have done most of the main duties your 24 months of work experience must be gained in a 36 month period you don’t have to have worked 24 months in a row, just 24 months total full-time means at least 30 hours of paid work each week any work experience you had while you were a full-time student doesn’t count Language levels You need to take a language test to prove you meet the minimum language skills. To measure your English or French skills, we use: Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) for English Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadien (NCLC) for French The minimum language skill is CLB 5 in English or NLCL 5 in French for all 4 language skills: writing reading listening speaking Education You must have a completed post-secondary education credential of at least 1 year in Canada. If you don’t have a Canadian education credential, you need to get your foreign education credential assessed to show that it’s equal to a completed Canadian post-secondary education credential of at least 1 year.