Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots (caregivers) - intake paused
Official name: Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot: Child Care and Home Care Worker Immigration Pilot: Home Support
Two pilots that give permanent residence to home child care providers and home support workers with a full-time job offer in home care outside Quebec. Intake is paused: IRCC announced on 19 Dec 2025 that it would pause intake until further notice and that the pilots would not reopen in March 2026. IRCC's pilot pages list both pilots, and both streams, as closed. Applications already received are still being processed. The older Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots also closed (last day to apply 17 Jun 2024).
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Who it’s for
Home child care providers and home support workers with a full-time home care job offer outside Quebec. Not accepting new applications.
Eligibility
Intake paused: not accepting new applications
Sign in to check this route against your profileIRCC has paused intake for the pilots until further notice, so new applications are not being accepted.
From 19 Dec 2025- Intake will not reopen in March 2026
- Applications received to date continue to be processed
- Processing follows the Immigration Levels Plan
- Pilot pages say the pilots are closed
Official wording
IRCC notice of 19 Dec 2025: IRCC will pause intake until further notice, the pilots' intake will not reopen in March 2026, and applications received to date will continue to be processed in line with the Immigration Levels Plan. The pilot pages say the pilots are closed while IRCC focuses on processing existing applications.
Job offer in home care
Sign in to check this route against your profileA full-time job offer as a home child care provider (Child Care pilot) or home support worker (Home Support pilot), with plans to live and work outside Quebec.
Language: CLB/NCLC 4
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- English (CLB)
- Level 4
- French (NCLC)
- Level 4
Official wording
A language test showing at least level 4 in all four skills, in English (CLB) or French (NCLC).
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Official sources
- IRCC notice: Pausing Home Care Worker Immigration pilots application intake (19 Dec 2025)
- IRCC: Home care workers (caregivers) (page date 2026-01-27)
- IRCC: Home Care Worker Immigration pilots
- IRCC: Home Care Worker Immigration pilots - eligibility
- IRCC: Ministerial Instructions MI86, MI87, MI88 and MI91
- IRCC: Fee list (page date 2026-09-21)
