A12 April 2015
MetroVanIndependent.com
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Changes to Live-in Caregiver Program
IMMIGRATION HUB
By Lalaine Austero
Do you know the details entailing the
changes to the Live-In Caregiver Program?
Here are some fine points on the latest
developments implemented in November
2014.
The program name has changed to
In-Home Caregivers.
Living in is no longer a mandator y
requirement:
• The caregiver can now liveout depending on employer
requirement
• Caregivers currently in the Live-in
Caregiver Program (L CP) may
choose to live out. To do so, they
would need to apply for a regular
work permit to replace their LCPspecific work permit.
• Employers who requires the
employee to live-in cannot charge
the employee for accommodations
•
Advertising must be proven whether hiring
a foreign worker that is already in Canada
•
There is no longer a specific caregiver
wage, but must now follow the Job Bank
prevailing median wage for the specific NOC in the province/location of
employment.
• Home Support Worker 4412/6471 –
i.e. $18.00 in Vancouver Island and
Coast Region
• H o m e C h i l d Ca r e Pr ov i d e r
4 411/6 474 – i.e . $10. 5 0 i n
Vancouver Island and Coast
Region
There are new pathways to permanent
residence:
• 5,500 applicants for permanent
r e s i d e n c e p e r ye a r ( 2,75 0
applicants per pathway) plus their
family members will be accepted
Applications will have a service
standard processing time of six
months
If your application has already
been submitted and prefer one of
the new pathways, your may be
eligible to apply
The two pathways for permanent residence
are:
1. Caring for Children Pathway.
2. Caring for People with High
Medical Needs Pathway.
If you are currently a Live-in Caregiver
applicant, how has applied on a Labour
Market Impact Assessment before
November 30th, you will be assessed
under the old LCP criteria, if you wish.
Reference:
• www.cic.gc.ca
• www.esdc.gc.ca
Lalaine Austero is a Registered Canadian
Immigration Consultant helping her global
clients achieve practical solutions to their
immigration dreams and providing ethical advice. She has 17 years of extensive
hands-on experience in facilitating immigration applications from clients all over
the world. She successfully completed
the Immigration Practitioner Program
at Humber College with Honors and a
registered member of the Immigration
Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council.
Her membership registration can be found
at www.iccrc-crcic.ca.
Caring for People with High Medical
Needs Pathway:
Caring for Children Pathway:
The Circulo Cagayano Association of British Columbia
The Circulo Cagayano Association
of British Columbia is a non-profit, nonpolitical and non-sectarian association
founded by the late Engineer Tomas
Pagalilauan and wife Tomasa in 1991.
Based in Vancouver, B.C., it was registered
in Victoria B.C. since 1994.
Now on its 24th year, it has grown into
one of the biggest Filipino Association
in B.C. Their main mission is to execute
activities that will enhance the image of the
Filipinos, particularly the Cagayanos in B.C.
as well help fellow kababayan in integrating
them into the mainstream Canadian culture.
They also have projects that benefit fellow
Cagayanos in the Philippines.
Circulo Cagayano Association of British Columbia Officers.
Note d accomplishments of the
association include teaching Filipino
language and culture to 19 kids of Filipino
ancestry but born and raised in Canada;
fundraising to help out in typhoon relief
operations; and awarding scholarship
to a select number of graduating highschool students from the town of Solana,
Enrile and Tuguegarao in the province of
Cagayan.