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Shoot! We can't have her start for 6 weeks! Because it took so long for her paperwork, we hired a temporary nanny, and in order to get a temporary person we had to promise we would employ them until at least June 30. So I can't have our new nanny start earlier than that. Why does the...

We just finished assisting someone who was a regular TFW living and working in Canada to get into the Live-In Caregiver Program. It is possible to switch into the LCP from inside Canada, but our experience was that it was quite complicated. Here is a link that tells you WHO can apply for the...

Our prospective nanny flagpoled today and got her new work permit. She is now in the LCP, rather than a regular TFW. However, we did not intend to have her start with us until July 1. So she was going to give her original/current employer 2 weeks notice on June 15. My question is - how risky...

;D She got her work permit!! It was a looong day. Took 12 hours to drive there and get it, so they are staying overnight on the road. They took her old work permit, which stressed her out a bit, since she is not giving notice to her current employer for another 3 weeks, and then she will...

Well, a friend of hers suddenly offered to drive her the 7 hours to the Coutts/Sweetgrass border with Montana, which is the big Alberta border crossing to the U.S. She took a ton of paperwork (including her approval letter from Buffalo, LMO, employment contract, copy of her application...

Thanks so much for the response. She suddenly had a friend volunteer to drive her the 7 hours to Coutts/Sweetgrass at the Montana border, so she left today at 4am to try and get the permit. I am nervous for her. She is so excited about finally being in the LCP program after 4 years here as a...

I don't know a lot about immigration stuff, but here's my understanding. Sometimes, there are certain immigration procedures that can only be done at a border crossing or "point of entry" into Canada. For instance, some work permits can only be obtained by going through a border crossing into...

So our prospective nanny got a letter today from Buffalo, advising that her application was approved, and telling her to present her letter at the border in order to get a permit. So I take it this means she must do a flagpole, given that she currently lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta...

Another update. Our prospective nanny got her approval letter today, along with her passport including a new visa for a two-year period. It took pretty much exactly 2 months from the date they would have received her original application. The letter is very short. It says nothing about the...

Definitely a scam. There is no Daniel Billard licensed to practice law in Quebec, where this person claims to be practicing law. The web-site looks off to me as well. I note that although he claims to be practicing law in Quebec, he then says he's a member of the "Law Society of Upper...

What is your "lawyer's" name? Where in Canada do they claim to practice law? It is very easy to confirm whether or not someone who claims to be a lawyer is one or not... I myself am a lawyer, so if you provide his name and the location in which he claims to practice law, I can confirm for you...

My (very limited) understanding is that an interview is typically the last step...

Time for another update, for anyone who is interested in how this type of application might progress. Our prospective nanny got an e-mail today from the Buffalo embassy. They have requested her original current passport. This is kind of annoying, since she sent it in with her application, and...

Here is an update. She received a letter from Buffalo, 3 weeks after submitting her application. They returned her passport to her. They also requested: (i) copy of her T4 for 2011; (ii) copy of her prospective employers' T4s for 2011; and (iii) copy of her 3 most recent pay stubs for her...

For work experience we submitted her resume (which includes 7 years elder care, plus her current nanny job which she has had for 1.5 years), and a reference letter from her current employer describing her current duties and how long she has worked for him. For language proficiency, her resume...

Oh, I agree it's possible! I certainly hope so anyway, since we have agreed to hire a lady who is in Canada, but NOT in the LCP program at present, and we remain hopeful that we will be able to get her into the program and have her come work for us. But I have come to understand that for MANY...

Well I am certainly no expert, but I am really fairly confident that in order to receive an LMO for a live-in caregiver, you MUST advertise as required by HRSDC. It does not matter if the nanny is already in Canada, or whether she is in the program or not. CIC has recently changed their...

Is the nanny already IN the live-in caregiver program, or is she just a regular TFW??

OK thanks. Will do so and then will re-post to let you all know what they say about this. Sure hope she didn't need to re-apply, or we made a mistake here!

OK thanks. The application requires "evidence" of language ability in French or English. The nanny we want to hire told me that her friend - in the same situation as her a year ago - hired an immigration lawyer when she was trying to get into the LCP, and that immigration lawyer told her that...