Today, February 26, 2025, the Canadian government quietly announced some information for undocumented care workers. This update was included in an announcement about the Home Caregiver Pilot Program, which will start on March 31, 2025.
More details will be announced by the federal government soon! If you are undocumented, sign up here to get free and reliable information as soon as it’s available. Remember that bad consultants will spread wrong information, so fill out this form and share it with undocumented people you know.
IMPORTANT: This program will likely be very small and exclude most undocumented people – that’s not fair! Don’t give up hope. Keep demanding status for ALL without exclusions.
What Was Announced?
The Home Caregiver Pilot Program is for temporary foreign workers to get permanent residency (PR) after working in home care.
For over 40 years, care workers have fought to include undocumented workers in this program.
Today, the government announced that some undocumented care workers will be allowed to apply for PR through this program which will open on March 31, 2025.
What You Need to Know
(1) Only a few undocumented people will be able to apply
- The government has not said how many or which undocumented people will be able to apply. For example, refused refugee claimants may be excluded or there may only be a few spots.
- This program is for documented and undocumented care workers – and the program itself is very small. So the number of undocumented people that can apply will be small too.
(2) There are additional requirement which will apply to everyone including undocumented care workers:
- You must be in Canada (not in Quebec).
- You must pass a language test (CLB Level 4).
- You must have your education assessed as equal to a Canadian high school diploma.
- You must have a full-time job offer in home care (outside Quebec). Your job offer must be from one of these places:
- organizations that directly hire full-time workers to provide short-term or occasional home care for those who are semi-independent or recovering from an injury or illness, for example
- home health care service providers
- home care support service providers
- direct care agencies
- personal care services in residential settings
- pediatric home health care service providers
- IMPORTANT: A job offer letter from a recruitment, placement or a temporary agency will not be accepted.
- organizations that directly hire full-time workers to provide short-term or occasional home care for those who are semi-independent or recovering from an injury or illness, for example
Fill out the form on this page to get information as soon as its available.