Caring for Children Pathway
Learn how to apply for certification as an Early Childhood Educator (ECE) in B.C. if you completed an early childhood education training program in another Canadian province or territory.
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Learn how to apply for certification as an Early Childhood Educator (ECE) in B.C. if you completed an early childhood education training program outside of Canada.
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Learn how to apply for certification as an Early Childhood Educator (ECE) if you completed an early childhood education training program not recognized by the British Columbia ECE Registry.
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Learn about the types of Early Childhood Educator (ECE) certificates and which one you may qualify for.
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To be certified in B.C. as an Early Childhood Educator (ECE) requires successful completion of an early childhood education training program that is recognized by the ECE Registry, or a program that is deemed equivalent.
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Presenter: Darcy Bromley, an outreach officer with immigration refugees and citizenship canada I am darcy brownlee from ircc to share
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Ottawa – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is pleased to release details on the Government of Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan for 2023-2025. Canada aims to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025.
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Caregivers from abroad play an important role in supporting the care needs of Canadian families across the country.
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That is why IRCC is working to overcome the pandemic-related roadblocks that have interfered with processing applications from caregivers and their families by announcing a processing plan for 2021.
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Extend or change your Live-In Caregiver Program work permit
The date your work permit expires is on the work permit. This is also the date that your temporary status in Canada expires. If your status expires, you must leave Canada. You should apply to extend or change the conditions of your current work permit at least 30 days before the expiry date.
If you are submitting an LMIA application on or after June 18, 2019 with the intention of hiring a caregiver from outside of Canada for a position located outside Quebec, please be advised that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will not issue a work permit to the foreign national allowing them to work for you.
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Families can hire a foreign caregiver to provide care, in a private residence, to children, seniors or persons with certified medical needs, when Canadians and permanent residents are not available.
Under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), families can hire foreign caregivers. However, the caregivers must:
provide care on a full-time basis (minimum 30 hours per week)
work in the private household where the care is being provided
meet the requirements set Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)/Service Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Processing fee Employers must pay $1,000 for each position requested to cover the cost of processing a Labour Market Impact
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