Two new immigration programs that will start next year

Part 1
From January 2024, two new immigration routes to Canada will begin accepting applications for permanent residence from new applicants with a limited number.

These routes offer permanent residence (PR) for applicants who have special conditions, and a limited number of them is set every year. These programs are:

Caregivers Pilot Programs

Home Support Caregiver Pilot Home Support Caregiver Pilot Program and Home Childcare Provider Pilot Program

These two highly anticipated programs accept a limited number of permanent residence applications each year. These limited numbers will be filled quickly after the program opens to receive new applications. Both pilot programs had a cap of 5,500 applications in different categories in 2023.

In addition, Immigration Canada has reduced the eligibility requirement from 24 months of experience to 12 months of experience for Canadian caregiver pilot programs.

Agri-Food Pilot Program

The annual cap for another attractive but limited immigration program, the Food Agriculture Pilot Program, will be set on January 1, 2024.

The Immigration Department processes up to 2,750 applications for permanent residence each year under the pilot agriculture-food program

This pilot program will be extended with new changes on May 18, 2023 to May 14, 2025.

In addition, the family members of the applicants who have received the confirmation of receipt of the application are eligible to apply for an open work permit.

Part 2
The Food Agriculture Pilot Program provides a path to permanent residency for individuals with at least 1 year of full-time farming experience in one or more of the occupations listed below.

▪️ 63201 NOC retail and wholesale butchery

▪️ 65202 NOC: Retail and wholesale meat and fish cutting

▪️ 65202 NOC: Cutting meat and fish sellers, retail and wholesale

▪️ 94141 NOC: Industrial butchers and meat cutters, chicken suppliers and related workers

▪️ 82030 NOC: Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors

▪️ 84120 NOC: livestock specialist workers and farm machinery operators

▪️ 95106 NOC: Workers in food and beverage processing

▪️ 82030 NOC: Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors

▪️ 84120 NOC: livestock specialist workers and farm machinery operators

▪️ 85101 NOC: Harvest workers

▪️ 82030 NOC: Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors

▪️ 84120 NOC: livestock specialist workers and farm machinery operators

▪️ 85100 NOC: livestock workers