As of 11 December 2011 Live-in Caregivers will get open work permits immediately upon filing completed applications for permanent residence. This is very good news because previously it took about 18 months to obtain an open work permit.

The Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) allows Canadian families to hire workers from abroad to provide care to a child, an elderly person or an adult with disabilities. After working two years or 3,900 hours they are eligible to file an application for permanent residence and an application for an open work permit. As of December 11, 2011, all live-in caregivers who made an application for permanent residence and filed an application for an open work permit with no missing information are being issued open work permits. This underscores the need to file complete and accurate applications in order to benefit from this program.

- Dennis McCrea

We are very pleased to welcome Chi-Young Lee (“Chi”) to our team at McCrea & Associates. Chi has recently been called to the Bar of B.C., and has travelled and worked around the world. We are very excited to have her join our team! You can view Chi’s Profile here.