
November 10, 2013
Qualifying as a Live in Caregiver
To take advantage of the Canadian Live-in Caregiver Program, you must have the following: The equivalent of a Canadian high school education. This requirement is intended to increase the likelihood that participants, who later become permanent residents, will be able to find employment. successfully completed [...]

November 7, 2013
Basic info on Federal Skilled Worker Program
The much speculated Federal Skilled Worker program, which was previously placed on hold, is up and running again. This program, which previously experienced a backlog of approximately 280 000 applications, has been revamped to now take on new applications as per the revised criteria. The [...]

November 17, 2013
Documents to Include When Sponsoring
Documents to Include When attempting to sponsor your wife or Common Law Partner there are some key documents that you will need to also provide in order to satisfy an officer that you both meet the necessary requirements and that you are in a genuine [...]

November 10, 2013
Becoming a Live in Caregiver in Canada
In Canada, there is a shortage of Live-in Caregivers. To address this problem, the federal government has introduced a program to enable private households to hire caregivers from abroad. This program is called the 'Live-in Caregiver Program', and it allows suitably qualified people from other [...]

November 10, 2013
Rights as a Live in Caregiver
As a live-in caregiver, you have legal rights to fair working conditions and fair treatment under labour laws in most provinces and territories. Nothing in your contract or working conditions can change this. You also have the right to leave an unsatisfactory employer. Regulation 185 [...]

November 10, 2013
Hiring a Live in Caregiver
You must first try to hire a Canadian citizen or permanent resident for the available job. When you apply to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada for approval; to hire a foreign national, you will be asked to show what efforts you made in this [...]

