Home Support Worker permanent-residence pilot opened

Policy effect

From June 18, 2019, the Home Support Worker Class provided an economic permanent-residence route for eligible applicants intending to live outside Quebec in occupations covered by NOC 4412, excluding housekeepers. Applicants with less than 24 months of qualifying Canadian work experience needed a qualifying full-time job offer, language proficiency of at least benchmark 5 in all four skills, and at least one year of post-secondary education or assessed foreign equivalent. They then had to demonstrate 24 months of qualifying experience in the preceding 36 months, within 36 months of issuance of their initial home support work permit. Applicants already holding 24 months of qualifying experience in the preceding 36 months could apply under a separate route, still subject to the language and education requirements. Qualifying work had to be authorized and performed with temporary resident status; full-time study and self-employment periods did not count. The original instructions specified an application period ending June 17, 2024.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: From June 18, 2019, the Home Support Worker Class provided an economic permanent-residence route for eligible applicants intending to live outside Quebec in occupations covered by NOC 4412, excluding housekeepers.; Applicants with less than 24 months of qualifying Canadian work experience needed a qualifying full-time job offer, language proficiency of at least benchmark 5 in all four skills, and at least one year of post-secondary education or assessed foreign equivalent.; They then had to demonstrate 24 months of qualifying experience in the preceding 36 months, within 36 months of issuance of their initial home support work permit.; Applicants already holding 24 months of qualifying experience in the preceding 36 months could apply under a separate route, still subject to the language and education requirements.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… e fees that are payable for processing an application for a permanent resident visa under these Instructions are the fees set out in paragraphs 295(1)(c)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Regulations, as applicable. Period of application 4 These instructions apply from June 18, 2019 to June 17, 2024. DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT Ministerial Instructions Respecting the Home Support Worker Class The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, pursuant to section 14.1 footnote c of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act footnote d, gives the annexed Min … isterial Instructions Respecting the Home Support Worker Class. Ahmed D. Hussen Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Ministerial Instructions Respecting the Home Support Worker Class Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in these Instructions. Act means the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (Loi) Canadian educational credential has the same meaning as in subsection 73(1) of the Regulations. (diplôme canadien) eligible occupation means an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification under the unit group 4412, other than a housekeeper. (profession admissible) eq … (habileté langagière) Regulations mean the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. (Règlement) work has the same meaning as in subsection 73(2) of the Regulations. (travail) Home support worker class 2 (1) The home support worker class is established as part of the economic class referred to in subsection 12(2) of the Act and consists of foreign nationals who intend to reside in a province other than the province of Quebec, and who demonstrate, in accordance with these Instructions, that they meet the requirements of these Instructions. Economic class (2) For greater certainty, the hom … e support worker class is considered to be part of the class referred to in paragraph 70(2)(b) of the Regulations. Application for permanent residence – less than 24 months experience (3) An application for a permanent residence visa as member of the home support worker class for a foreign national who has acquired in Canada less than 24 months of full-time work experience in an eligible occupation during the 36 months preceding the date on which the application is made consists of the following two steps: (a) the foreign national demonstrates, on the date on which the application is made, tha … the job offer, and (v) they are able to perform the work and duties described for the eligible occupation in the National Occupational Classification, and; (b) within 36 months of the issuance of their initial home support work permit, they demonstrate that they have acquired, in Canada, at least 24 months of full-time work experience in an eligible occupation within the 36 months preceding the date of the demonstration. Application for permanent residence – at least 24 months experience (4) A foreign national who has acquired in Canada at least 24 months of full-time work experience in an eli … gible occupation may apply for a permanent residence visa as member of the home support worker class if they demonstrate, on the date on which the application is made, that they meet the following conditions: (a) their work experience was accumulated within the 36 months preceding the date on which the application is made; and (b) the conditions set out in subparagraphs (3)a)(i) and (ii). Work experience (5) The work experience referred to in paragraph (3)(b) and subsection (4) (a) must include the performance of the actions described in the lead statement for the eligible occupation in the Na … tional Occupational Classification, and the performance of a substantial number of the main duties of that occupation; (b) must only involve work that was authorized under a work permit; (c) must be acquired while the foreign national had temporary resident status; and (d) must not include any period during which the foreign national was engaged in full-time study or was self-employed. Processing fees 3 The fees that are payable for processing an application for a permanent resident visa under these Instructions are the fees set out in paragraphs 295(1)(c)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Regulations, … as applicable. Period of application 4 These instructions apply from June 18, 2019 to June 17, 2024. DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT New ministerial instructions regarding the processing of certain work permit applications Notice is hereby given under subsection 87.3(6) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (the Act) that the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has established the following ministerial instructions regarding the processing of certain work permit applications. Overview Authority for ministerial instructions is derive … t they meet the following conditions: (i) they have attained a level of proficiency of at least benchmark 5 in either official language of Canada for each of the four language skill areas, as set out in the Canadian Language Benchmarks or the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens, as demonstrated by the results of an evaluation designated by the Minister — that must be less than two years old on that date — by an organization or institution designated by the Minister for the purpose of evaluating language proficiency under subsection 74(3) of the Regulations, (ii) they hold (A) a Canadi …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other Canada changes operative in 2019

• 2019-03-04Interim Pathway for Caregivers Public Policy
• 2019-03-28Order Extending the Decision-Making Role of Citizenship Judges (SOR/2019-82)
• 2019-05-10Order Repealing Designated Countries of Origin Orders Under the IRPA
• 2019-06-03Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Administration) (SOR/2019-174)
• 2019-06-10Direct Removal Orders for Human/International Rights Violations (SOR/2019-200)
• 2019-06-17Clarification of Health Inadmissibility Excessive Demand Exemptions for Family Members
• 2019-06-17Mandatory Consideration of the Best Interests of the Child in Immigration Detention (SOR/2019-213)
• 2019-06-21Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1
• 2019-07-08Public Policy to Reinstate an Interim Pathway for Caregivers
• 2019-09-01Rural and Northern Community Immigration pilot class created
• 2019-09-09Public Policy Facilitating Immigration of Certain Sponsored Foreign Nationals Excluded under Paragraph 117(9)(d) or 125(1)(d)