Home Childcare Provider Pilot 2019

[Geoche]

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/public-policies/caregivers-permanent-residence.html

 

[canada2000]

Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for caregivers who applied under the Home Child Care Provider Class or Home Support Worker Class in 2020
Background
Caregivers from abroad play an important role in supporting the care needs of Canadian families across the country. Caregivers have come to Canada for decades to provide in-home care and support to Canadians, and in response Canada has made available pathways to permanent residence for these workers.

The Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots opened for applications on June 18, 2019 and will run until June 17, 2024. The caregiver pilots are designed to provide a clear, direct pathway to permanent residence for foreign in-home caregivers. The skills, abilities, and experience of those working in these occupations are essential to Canada’s economic immigration objectives and will continue to support the country’s long-term economic recovery, growth, and prosperity.

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is committed to recognizing the significant contributions that caregivers make to Canadian families every day. To continue supporting these workers and the families who employ them, special measures are being introduced to ensure caregiver immigration returns to normal processing after significant disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public policy considerations
This public policy will facilitate the granting of permanent residence for caregivers who applied under the Home Child Care Provider Class or the Home Support Worker Class in 2020, but whose application was not entered into processing due to delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great disruption to life in Canada and around the world, including to application processing at IRCC. This has meant that most applications received in 2020 under these Pilots could not be processed during that year. In the absence of this public policy, significant negative impacts on future processing limits, and on clients would have resulted, including multiple year processing delays, and uncertainty for both caregivers and the families who employ them.

As such, I hereby establish that, pursuant to my authority under section 25.2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (the Act), there are sufficient public policy considerations that justify the granting of permanent resident status or an exemption from certain requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (the Regulations), to foreign nationals who meet the eligibility criteria and conditions listed below.

Conditions (eligibility requirements) applicable to principal applicants
Based on public policy considerations, delegated officers may grant permanent resident status to foreign nationals who meet the following conditions.

The foreign national:

Has submitted an application under the Home Child Care Provider Class or Home Support Worker Class that:
was received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in 2020; and,
was not reviewed in 2020 to ensure that the application met the requirements specified in section 10 of the Regulations and according to the application kit requirements in place at the time the application was received by the designated office;
Meets the eligibility criteria of the pilot class in which they had applied;
Is not inadmissible pursuant to the Act and the Regulations.
For the purpose of assessing (b), the date the application is made is deemed to be the date on which the application described in (a) was received by the designated office. This same date is also to be used as the lock-in date for the purpose of determining whether a child is a dependent child when assessing the eligibility of the family members below.

Conditions (eligibility requirements) applicable to family members in Canada:
In-Canada family members of a principal applicant under this public policy are eligible to be granted permanent residence pursuant to this public policy if they meet the following conditions:

the foreign national is in Canada;
the foreign national has been included as an accompanying family member in an application for permanent residence described in (a) which is being processed under this public policy;
the foreign national meets the definition of a “family member” in subsection 1(3) of the Regulations;
the foreign national is not inadmissible pursuant to the Act and the Regulations; and
a delegated officer has determined that the principal applicant meets all conditions (eligibility requirements) to receive permanent residence pursuant to this public policy.
Conditions (eligibility requirements) applicable to family members outside Canada:
Based on public policy considerations, when processing an application for a permanent resident visa, delegated officers may grant an exemption from the requirements of the Regulations identified below when a foreign national meets the following conditions:

the foreign national residing outside Canada has been included as an accompanying family member in an application described in (a) which is being processed under this public policy;
the foreign national meets the definition of family member in subsection 1(3) of the Regulations;
the foreign national is not otherwise inadmissible pursuant to the Act and the Regulations; and
a delegated officer has determined that the principal applicant meets all conditions (eligibility requirements) to receive permanent residence pursuant to this public policy.
Provisions of the Regulations for which an exemption may be granted to family member(s) outside Canada:
paragraph 10(2)(c) of the Regulations – the requirement to indicate the class prescribed by these Regulations for which the application is made;
paragraph 70(1)(a) of the Regulations – the requirement to apply for a permanent resident visa as a member of a class referred to in subsection 70(2) of the Regulations;
paragraph 70(1)(c) of the Regulations – the requirement to be a member of an immigration class; and
paragraph 70(1)(d) of the Regulations – the requirement to meet the selection criteria and other requirements applicable to that class.
Start and end dates
This public policy comes into effect upon signature.

As with all public policies, this public policy may be revoked by the Minister, without prior notice.

Marco Mendicino
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Dated at Ottawa, May 3 , 2021

Date modified: 2021-05-06

I'm sorry but I didn't get it. Can you please explain, in short, what it means for us?

 

[canada2000]

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/public-policies/caregivers-permanent-residence.html

Thanks ..

 

[Geoche]

I'm sorry but I didn't get it. Can you please explain, in short, what it means for us?

It's unclear to me as well, I think instead of open work permit, applicants under new pilot who have not received progress since they submitted applications in 2020 will be given PR?? Since there were applicants from 2019 new pilot they must be included to this since no decision made to their applications up to now???

 

[yadav]

Yes since they could not process the files for these pilots n it’s taken them almost two years now. They might simply grant PR, this is what it sounds like. But let’s wait for more detailed information update on the same. We applied in July 2019 n have no update.

 

[ProudNanny]

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/public-policies/caregivers-permanent-residence.html

What I understand about the policy is this, IRCC: “hey, we got your application last 2020, I’m sorry if we didn’t process it right away due to covid. But now, we are into it. All is good, don’t worry. So see you next year!”.
that is how I interpret the news. They will just FACILITATE the processing of PR. It means, they will still do their normal job. But I really hope someone will PROVE ME WRONG. I am inside Canada with few months experience under the old caregiver program, but when I submitted my HCCP pilot application, without work experience yet.

 

[canada2000]

It's unclear to me as well, I think instead of open work permit, applicants under new pilot who have not received progress since they submitted applications in 2020 will be given PR?? Since there were applicants from 2019 new pilot they must be included to this since no decision made to their applications up to now???

Thank you.

 

[canada2000]

Thanks everyone. let's wait and see.

 

[canada2000]

This public policy will facilitate the granting of permanent residence for caregivers who applied under the Home Child Care Provider Class or the Home Support Worker Class in 2020, but whose application was not entered into processing due to delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

what about those whose status are "in process"?

 

[ProudNanny]

This public policy will facilitate the granting of permanent residence for caregivers who applied under the Home Child Care Provider Class or the Home Support Worker Class in 2020, but whose application was not entered into processing due to delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

what about those whose status are "in process"?

So I guess, it just means that you’re still in process. But those 2020 applicants will be in process too. Maybe that’s it. Nothing special. The word is FACILITATE or process. It doesn’t mean that NOW YOU WILL HAVE PR.

 

[canada2000]

Thank you!

 

[canada2000]

1 week since policy in effect, but no updates.. Hopefully in coming weeks..

 

[quami]

I feel like the public policy is just for those inside Canada. Since they won't grant you PR if you're outside unless you complete the 2 years caregiver experience in Canada, right?

 

[ProudNanny]

I feel like the public policy is just for those inside Canada. Since they won't grant you PR if you're outside unless you complete the 2 years caregiver experience in Canada, right?

I guess so. Because they mentioned before that there were applicants who completed their work experience already but because of Covid it was delayed. So I am not rejoicing yet, even if I am inside Canada. Because technically, you should be here in Canada for that public policy. And they used the word FACILITATE. If they didn’t use it and just say “we will GRANT PR to all the applicants”, then maybe it’s another story.

 

[Twinkleberry]

It's unclear to me as well, I think instead of open work permit, applicants under new pilot who have not received progress since they submitted applications in 2020 will be given PR?? Since there were applicants from 2019 new pilot they must be included to this since no decision made to their applications up to now???

I think the main issue here are applicants from 2020 who were not processed at all, no aor till 2021
Many 2019 applicants got aor, biometrics and even medicals passed.