Can caring for own children count in work experience?

[R Thiara]

As mentioned on Canadian official website, under qualifying work experience ,applicant can add the experience of having cared for his/her own children. In that case ,What can one submit as proof ?
Kindly guide @Naturgrl

 

[Naturgrl]

Can you provide link and for what program? Are you working in Canada as a caregiver now for qualifying work experience?

There is no program for caregivers as it was closed in June 2024. No new program has been announced with requirements.

 

[R Thiara]

Hi dear .. I was talking about new HCCP that is going to open soon in 2025 ..I’ve still to apply in it..so I was asking if caring for own children can be proved anyway towards work experience..and what documents will be neeed in that case..

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/caregivers/child-care-home-support-worker.html
Kindly check under qualifying work exp of HCCP..

 

[scylla]

Hi dear .. I was talking about new HCCP that is going to open soon in 2025 ..I’ve still to apply in it..so I was asking if caring for own children can be proved anyway towards work experience..and what documents will be neeed in that case..

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/caregivers/child-care-home-support-worker.html
Kindly check under qualifying work exp of HCCP..

Where does it say that caring for your own children counts? Can you quote that exact section?

 

[scylla]

Hi dear .. I was talking about new HCCP that is going to open soon in 2025 ..I’ve still to apply in it..so I was asking if caring for own children can be proved anyway towards work experience..and what documents will be neeed in that case..

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/caregivers/child-care-home-support-worker.html
Kindly check under qualifying work exp of HCCP..

If you are referring to the statement below, this does not mean caring for your own children. This means being paid to take care of other people's children out of your own home.

- You must have cared for children in your own home or in your employer’s private home.

 

[Naturgrl]

Hi dear .. I was talking about new HCCP that is going to open soon in 2025 ..I’ve still to apply in it..so I was asking if caring for own children can be proved anyway towards work experience..and what documents will be neeed in that case..

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/caregivers/child-care-home-support-worker.html
Kindly check under qualifying work exp of HCCP..

There is no program that has been announced to open in January. It was just a press release to say that there is a change in requirements. Caring for own children is not counted as experience. The link refers to you taking care of other people’s children in your home.

 

[asadakhan]

There is no program that has been announced to open in January. It was just a press release to say that there is a change in requirements. Caring for own children is not counted as experience. The link refers to you taking care of other people’s children in your home.

Do you have any idea how much time they give between announcing the program and the applications historically? Many consultants are saying that they will take applications on 1st Jan 2025

 

[Naturgrl]

Do you have any idea how much time they give between announcing the program and the applications historically? Many consultants are saying that they will take applications on 1st Jan 2025

Don’t know. There has been no announcement about the opening of the program.

 

[forevermore76]

This is truly amazing "caring for own children as work experience"... And people wonder how Canada got to where it is today. Lol

In OP's defense, I would read caring at home as caring for own children too.

 

[R Thiara]

Haha…yeah the words are a bit misleading though…
But thanks for the clarification guys..