Au-pair Visa Canada - Aupair Visa Rules For Canada

 

Au-pairing in Canada

 

Canada does not have an official Au-pair program. There are 3 possible routes for Au-pairs to work in Canada.

1. Caregiver Visa  (open to most nationals )
2. Working Holiday Visa 
3. Student Work Program 

1. Live in Caregiver Visa:

This is by far the most popular route for Au-pairs to work in Canada.  The Live-in Caregiver Program allows the Au-pair to do the following;

• Unsupervised child care
• Caring for the elderly
• Caring for the disabled. 

The purpose of the visa is to grant visas to caregiver when there are not enough Canadian to fill the available positions.
The visa can be extended to a permanent visa within two years

The Criteria

1. Must have a job offer.
2. Must obtain a written contract of employment; both the Au-pair and future employer must sign it.
3. The Au-pairs proposed employment must receive a positive report from the Labour Market opinion.
4. The Au-pair must have successfully completed the equivalent of a Canadian secondary school education.
5. The Au-pair must have completed at least six month training or at least one year of full-time paid work experience as a caregiver or in a related filed or occupation. This will include at minimum of six months employment with one employer  in the last three  years.
6. The Au-pair must have a good knowledge of English or French
   

We will now go into each of these criteria in details

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A. Positive Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from an employer in Canada

The first thing that an employer must do before hiring an Au-pair is to :

• apply to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada/Service Canada (HRSDC/SC) to have his or her suggested job offer reviewed; and
• receive a positive Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from HRSDC/SC.

HRSDC/SC will assess your employer’s job offer and the employment contract to be sure that it meets the requirements for wages and working conditions and the provincial labour and employment standards, and that there are not enough Canadians or permanent residents available to work as live-in caregivers in Canada. If HRSDC/SC finds the job offer acceptable, they will issue a positive LMO to your employer.

For further details about the Labour Market opinion click here

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A written contract with your future employer; signed by you and your employer

The Au-pair and future employer are legally required to sign a written contract of employment. This must be signed by each party and then submitted by your employer, along with your work permit application, to the HRSDC/SC .
The written employment contract will ensure there is a fair working arrangement between you and your employer.
The employment contract must demonstrate that the Live-in Caregiver Program requirements are met by including a description of:

• mandatory employer-paid benefits, including:

• transportation to Canada from your country of permanent residence or the country of habitual residence to the location of work in Canada
• medical insurance coverage provided from the date of your arrival until you are eligible for provincial health insurance
• workplace safety insurance coverage for the duration of the employment
• all recruitment fees, including any amount payable to a third-party recruiter or agents hired by the employer that would otherwise have been charged to you
• job duties
• hours of work
• wages
• accommodation arrangements (including room and board)
• holiday and sick leave entitlements
• termination and resignation terms

A contract template is provided below. Although the contract does not need to look exactly like the one below it must contain all the information and clauses indicated as mandatory.

• Live-in Caregiver Program: Contract Template

The proivience of Quebec has a different version of the contract. Please visit the minist¨re de Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (Quebec Immigration)website for details.

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Successful completion of the equivalent of a Canadian secondary school education

You must have successfully completed the equivalent of Canadian high school education (secondary school). Because of the differences in school systems across Canada, it is not possible to give a precise number of years. In most provinces, it takes 12 years of schooling to obtain a Canadian high school diploma. The immigration officer assessing your application will let you know what is needed.

At least six months’ training or at least one year of full-time paid work experience as a caregiver or in a related field or occupation (including six months with one employer) in the past three years. To claim work experience, you need to have worked for one year, including at least six months of continuous employment for the same employer. This work experience must be in a field or occupation specific to what you will do as a live-in caregiver. This experience must have been acquired within the three years immediately before the day on which you make an application for a work permit as a caregiver.
To claim training, it must have been full-time training in a classroom setting. Areas of study could be early childhood education, geriatric care, paediatric nursing or first aid.

Good knowledge of English or French

You must be able to speak, read and understand either English or French so that you can function on your own in your employer’s home. For example, you must be able to call emergency services if they are needed, and to understand labels on medication. You will be unsupervised for most of the day and may have to communicate with someone outside the home. You can also read and understand your rights and obligations if you can function in English or French.

A work permit before you enter Canada

If your application is successful, you will receive a letter of introduction from the Canadian visa office responsible for your area. You will need to present this letter to the Border Services Officer upon arrival in Canada in order to obtain your work permit.
For more information on this please go to the official Canadian immigration web site

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As an employer, you must apply for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) before you can hire a foreign worker or get pre-approval to hire a large number of workers.
A positive Labour Market Opinion will show that there is a need for the foreign worker to fill the job you offer and that there is no Canadian worker available to do the job.
You can find more information about LMOs and application forms on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program website.
Learn about:

• The basics of a Labour Market Opinion (LMO)
• Pre-approval to hire foreign workers

The basics of a Labour Market Opinion (LMO)

When applying for an LMO, you must show:

• The efforts you made to recruit and/or train willing and available Canadian citizens/permanent residents;
• The wages you offer are consistent with the prevailing wage rate paid to Canadians in the same occupation in the region;
• The working conditions for the occupation meet the current provincial labour market standards; and
• Any potential benefits that hiring a foreign worker might bring to the Canadian labour market, such as the creation of new jobs or the transfer of skills and knowledge.

If you get a positive Labour Market Opinion, you will need to send a copy to the foreign worker you wish to hire. The foreign worker will submit the LMO with his or her application for a work permit. click here for more information .

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2. Working Holiday Visa:

International Experience Canada

This programme is designed for people between the ages of 18 and 35.

They can legally work anywhere in Canada for up to one year to enable them to gain  gain valuable international work experience or to finally take that trip of a lifetime.
The Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada negotiated the agreements with several countries and has partnered up with various organizations.
Through these agreements and partnerships, international youth can easily obtain a temporary work permit and gain professional and personal experience in Canada

 

The participating countries are

territory	Working Holiday	Young Professionals	International Co-op
Australia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Austria		Yes
Belgium	Yes
Chile	Yes	Yes	Yes
Czech Republic	Yes	Yes	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Estonia	Yes	Yes	Yes
France	Yes	Yes	Yes
Germany	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hong Kong	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Japan	Yes
Korea, Rep.	Yes
Latvia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lithuania	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mexico	Yes	Yes	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Netherlands	Yes	Yes
Norway	Yes	Yes	Yes
Poland	Yes	Yes	Yes
Slovenia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sweden	Yes	Yes	Yes
Switzerland		Yes	Yes
Taiwan	Yes	Yes	Yes
United Kingdom

 

For more information on the above click here

 

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3. Study

 

Canada has a variety of Study programmes  available. 

The right to work off campus is granted to student.

Work permits for students:

Working on campus
You may work on campus at the institution where you study without a work permit if:

• you are a full-time student at:
• a public post-secondary institution, such as a college or university, or a collège d’enseignement général et professionnel (CEGEP) in Quebec
• a private post-secondary institution that operates under the same rules and regulations as a public institution, and receives at least 50 percent of its financing for its overall operations from government grants (currently only private college-level educational institutions in Quebec qualify) or
• a Canadian private institution authorized by provincial statute to confer degrees and
• you have a valid study permit.

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Working off campus
You want to work off campus while you study in Canada, you must be registered as a full-time student at an eligible post-secondary educational institution participating in the Off-Campus Work Permit Program.
To be eligible for an Off-Campus Work Permit, you must:

• have a valid study permit
• study at a participating institution (for a list of participating institutions in the Off-Campus Work Permit Program, see the Related Links section at the bottom of this page)
• have been a full-time student for at least six of the 12 months preceding the date of your work permit application
• be in satisfactory academic standing (find out more about satisfactory academic standing in the Related Links section at the bottom of this page) and
• sign a form authorizing the institution, the province, and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to share your personal information (to confirm that you are continuing to study full time and that you are in satisfactory academic standing).

You are not eligible to apply for an Off-Campus Work Permit if you are:

• participating in a Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program funded by Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
• participating in a Government of Canada Awards Program funded by DFAIT
• receiving funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• participating in the Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program, Canada-Chile
• participating in the Canada-China Scholars Exchanges Program
• participating in the Organization of American States Fellowships Program
• attending a participating institution and registered in either an English as a Second Language or French as a Second Language program or
• a visiting or exchange student.

Click here for more details

 

For more information on studying in Canada please visit Canada International Gateway

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