Live-In Caregiver

5. Work in Canada7. Federal Immigration ProgramsCaring for Children PathwayHome Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker PilotWork Permit

Extend or Change Your Live-In Caregiver Program Work Permit

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.

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5. Work in Canada7. Federal Immigration ProgramsCaring for Children PathwayHome Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker PilotWork Permit

Hire an In-Home Caregiver – Wages, Working Conditions and Occupations

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)

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