job_seeker said:
But how is full time employment measured?
look at this scenario:
Scenario 4:
I arrived in Canada with a work permit under the Live-in Caregiver Program on May 1, 2006. By the time my work permit under the Program expired on May 1, 2009, I had completed a total of 23 months of authorized full-time employment as a live-in caregiver. Since I did not meet the employment requirement under the Program at that time, I did not apply for permanent residence.
I decided to start again and submitted an application to a visa office outside Canada for a new work permit under the Live-in Caregiver Program. My application was approved, and I received a new work permit and entered Canada under the Live-in Caregiver Program again on January 5, 2010. My current work permit indicates that I have until January 5, 2013 to complete the employment requirement to be eligible for permanent residence under the Live-in Caregiver Program.
Can I benefit from the new 4-year period to complete the employment requirement and now apply for permanent residence under the Program?
Answer:
Yes.
To be eligible for permanent residence under the Live-in Caregiver Program, you will need to submit an application for permanent residence and provide proof that you completed at least 24 months or a total of 3,900 hours of authorized full-time employment as a live-in caregiver within the four year period of May 1, 2006 to May 1, 2010.
You can count the 23 months of full-time authorized employment as a live-in caregiver you completed within the three year period of May 1, 2006 to May 1, 2009 in addition to one month of full-time authorized employment as a live-in caregiver you completed between January 5, 2010 and May 1, 2010. Together, these two periods of employment count towards meeting the employment requirement to be eligible for permanent residence under the Live-in Caregiver Program.