Super Visa

Under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), people in Canada are allowed to bring foreign workers into the country to work as caregivers through special, separate immigration programs:

• Home Child Care Provider Pilot Program (NOC 4411) & Home Support Worker Pilot Program (NOC 4411)
• The Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) (currently closed to new applicants)
• In-Home Caregiver Programs (currently closed to new applicants)
• Interim Pathway for Caregivers (currently closed to new applicants)

Both the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot offer permanent residence to caregivers who meet the following criteria:

• Have at least 24 months of full-time qualifying work experience in the 36 months before submitting your application.
• Language tests results showing a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) of 5;
• One year of Canadian post-secondary education or the foreign equivalent; and
• Pass an admissibility check (health, criminality, and security).

Qualifying work experience

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) outlines the following information on its work experience criteria for the pilots:

• You need to have at least 24 months of full-time work experience within the 36 months of applying to a pilot
• The work experience must fall under National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes 4411 or 4412
• Your work experience must be in one of these jobs, it cannot be a mix of both jobs
• You need to demonstrate your job matched the NOC job description and you completed most of the main duties
• Your work experience does not need to be 24 months in a row. It just needs to be 24 months total
• Full-time work is defined as at least 30 hours of paid work each week

Caregivers with work experience in NOC 4411 (excluding foster parents) may be eligible for permanent residence through the Home Child Care Provider Pilot:

• You must care for children below the age of 18 in your home or your employer’s home
• You do not need to live in your employer’s home to be eligible
• Work experience as a foster parent does not count

Caregivers with work experience in NOC 4412 (excluding housekeepers) may be eligible for permanent residence through the Home Support Worker Pilot:

• You must have taken care of someone who needs help from a home support worker. This can have taken place in your home or in your employer’s home
• You do not need to live in your employer’s home to be eligible
• Only home support workers can be eligible under NOC 4412
• Experience as a housekeeper does not count