Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots

AI summary

Petitioners say the Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots (Child Care and Home Support), launched March 31, 2025, were intended as a faster “one-step” pathway to permanent residence but that published processing times now exceed six years, which they describe as unreasonable and contrary to the program’s objectives. They report many applicants still lack acknowledgments of receipt 14 months after launch and allege denials of work-permit extensions or bridging open work permits (BOWPs) have caused loss of status, employment, financial hardship and homelessness; the petition asks the Minister to allow applicants to maintain status and continue working, create BOWP or similar eligibility for pilot applicants, and expedite AOR issuance and processing timelines — no government response is included in the petition.

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Official petition

Petition to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship The Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots (Child Care and Home Support), launched on March 31, 2025, were introduced to reduce delays as a faster and smoother “one-step” PR pathway and replace previous caregiver programs with approximately 26-month processing times; The current published processing time of 6+ years under these pilots is unreasonable and contrary to the program’s stated objectives and promises; Most applicants are still waiting for AORs, 14 months after the program’s launch on March 31, 2025 , and despite repeated inquiries through IRCC, webforms, and Members of Parliament, receive only generic responses; meanwhile, even applicants with AORs are reportedly being denied Work Permit extensions or BOWP, causing loss of status, employment, and severe financial hardship and homelessness for caregivers and their dependents; and Currently there is no clear provision for these Pilots for extending Work Permits or obtaining BOWP while PR applications remain under processing, forcing many applicants and dependents out of status, out of employment, or out of Canada. We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to: 1. Establish a clear policy allowing Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots-2025 applicants to maintain legal status and continue working while their PR applications are processed; 2. Create eligibility for BOWPs or similar temporary work permit for eligible applicants under the Pilots; and 3. Expedite issuance of AORs, reduce excessive processing delays, and restore timelines consistent with the program’s stated goal of faster and smoother PR processing.

Government response

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