Canada Closes Immigration Pathways for Home Care Workers
Canada has closed two immigration pathways that previously allowed skilled home care workers to apply for permanent residence. The affected programs are the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot: Child Care and the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot: Home Support.
Both programs had two application streams: one for workers already employed in Canada and another for applicants from outside the country. The Child Care pilot targeted skilled workers providing home-based childcare services, while the Home Support pilot focused on personal support, elder care, and domestic assistance roles.
The closure of these pathways is not permanent, as stated by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, which indicated that the decision was necessary to process the volume of applications already submitted. The agency acknowledged the disappointment this news would bring to prospective applicants but did not provide a timeline for when the pathways might reopen.
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