Whether it's due to a demanding career, a heavy workload or a challenging household, extra help is often needed, and therefore the demand for live-in caregivers in Canada is growing.
EB-3 Visa for Caregivers The EB-3 (Other Worker) visa is a permanent US visa that allows the caregiver to live and work in America permanently. The EB-3 visa does not require any specific skills, credentials, or experience on the caregiver's behalf in order for you to be given the visa to work in the United States.
Federal Minimum Necessary Income for Sponsorship Size of Family UnitMinimum Income 2023Minimum Income 2021 2 persons $44,530 $32,898 3 persons $54,743 $40,444 4 persons $66,466 $49,106 5 persons $75,384 $55,6943 more rows
Caregivers will receive the decision on their work permit applications in around 10-12 months while their PR applications will be held until they complete their 2 years of work experience with the Canadian employer(s).
Canada Caregiver Visa Requirements Work Experience: You must have work experience as a caregiver. For the Home Child Care Provider Pilot, you should have experience caring for children, and for the Home Support Worker Pilot, you should have experience caring for seniors or people with disabilities.
The processing time for obtaining Canadian Permanent Residency (PR) through the caregiver program can vary depending on several factors. In one of our cases, the application for Canadian PR through the caregiver program took approximately 19 months. In another application it took 9 months only.
Advanced National Caregiver Certification Course (ANCCC) – Accepted in Canada and USA – $300. ANCCC includes all materials in the National Caregiver Certification course (NCCC), but it is a more comprehensive course in that it includes several additional topics and goes into greater depth.
To be eligible for any of the three caregiver benefits, you must be able to show that: your regular weekly earnings from work have decreased by more than 40%; and. you have accumulated 600 insured hours of work in the last 52 weeks, or since the start of your last claim (this period is called the qualifying period)