To qualify for Home Child Care Provider Pilot stream, following is the requirement:

Education

The applicant must provide evidence that they have either of the following completed items:

• Canadian one-year post-secondary (or higher) educational credential
• foreign educational credential and an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) report issued by an organization designated by IRCC.

Language Requirements

• Eligible candidates will meet Canadian Language Benchmark level 5.

Qualifying work

•  30 hours of paid work per week. 
• Applicants must have required work experience as Home Child-Care Providers under NOC 4411.
• In-home care to children under 18, must be provided in applicant’s home, Employer home or the children home.
• It is to be noted that Foster parents can not claim any experience under the Home Child-Care Provider stream.

Qualifying Canadian work experience

• Applicants without 24 months of experience

  1. At the time of their application for permanent residence will receive an occupation-specific open work permit.

  2.Within 36 months of the issuing of the occupation-specific open work permit, the applicant must demonstrate that they have obtained at least 24 months of authorized full-time work experience.

• Applicants with 24 months of experience

  1. Applicants will submit their proof of qualifying work experience upfront in their application for permanent residence. 

* Households who hire in-home caregivers under this stream for children, do not require to pay application fee for LMIA, if their gross annual income is less than $150,000.