Right now the caregiver pathway is closed for this year and even next year will not be open to those outside Canada. Go on the IRCC homecare pilot site and read the requirments. So once they are PR and living in Canada they will set up a business number and show income to support a FT caregiver. Look for someone within Canada to start with who meets the requirements for the program. Post the job to job sites.
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Are you sure he will pass the medical? Assume you are aware that if he ends up in long term care during the first 20 years (10 years in QC) you have to pay the monthly bed fee of around 2.5k/month. Hiring someone to care for him at home will cost around $25/hr or more and at this point you’ll need to hire someone who is already able to work in Canada unless you live in QC. You will also have to pay for any medical devices he needs at home like a hospital bed for an example. These are significant expenses if he is able to pass the medical.
Processing time can also take years and it is very difficult to secure a spot so something to consider as well. Realistically hiring someone already in Canada will have to be the plan for the first few years. No matter what this will be very expensive.
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Hi Kubeir, many are now receiving refusal for Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots that was first launched on March 31, 2025. Most of these refusals are those applicants who applied under Alternate Format Applications. Looks like these applicants took this advantage after the March 31st CAP has reached and now receiving refusals. Can you please educate everyone here who is eligible to use this Alternate Format? Because people are so confused why there is an alternate format for this, and they read that this format is for applicants who cannot apply online due to disabilities or other reasons. They're questioning how these applicants can even work as Caregiver if they themselves are having "disabilities"? So, how is someone going to be qualified to use the Alternate Format and what kind of "disabilities" or "reason" they should have to use this? Everyone is confused.....Thanks...
Who is Kubeir? Seems like people didn't meet the online cap and then applied under alternate formats because they missed quota and were not eligible. For what reason did people apply under alternate formats? They didn't have a computer? Why can't people with disabilities be a caregiver that would be discrimination under the human rights code.
If they just applied through an alternate formats because they didn't get their application in online before the program was closed, then their application should be refused. They tried to bypass the system.
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Not surprising and somewhat puzzling why people weren’t anticipating the refusals if people didn’t have a disability. They are actually lucky if only received a refusal and not a more significant repercussion given they claimed to be disabled when they weren’t. Disabilities could range from things like dyslexia, having a visual impairment, etc. They likely received accommodations throughout school including post-secondary education and would have a very long list of evidence of their disability.
