2021年4月15日加拿大移民部长宣布：到2021年底，将优先处理6000份护理人员的移民申请。
来自国外的护理人员在需要寻找帮手来照料家人的加拿大家庭中扮演着重要角色。全球疫情已经严重破坏了加拿大和世界各地的生活，包括对IRCC的申请处理。 许多在加拿大工作的护理人员都在焦急地等待与亲人团聚，因此移民局需要处理他们的申请才能实现。因此，IRCC宣布了2021年的处理计划，主要内容如下：
- 截止到2021年12月31日，IRCC将完成审理6000份已经完成加拿大境内工作经验的caregiver与他们的直系家庭成员的PR申请
- 截止到2021年6月30日，IRCC将至少完成1500份Home Child Care Provider和Home Support Worker第一阶段的审理
- 优先为已经获得有效工作offer的住家护理人员颁发更多工作许可
- 增加护理移民项目的数字化申请
- 确保申请人最晚在2021年5月31日能收到acknowledgemeng of receipt
Minister Mendicino launches plan to accelerate caregiver application processing
From: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
News release
Six thousand caregiver applications will be prioritized by the end of 2021; 1,500 by June 30, 2021
April 15, 2021—Ottawa— Caregivers from abroad play an important role in supporting Canadian families who are unable to find the care they need for a family member in Canada. The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused great disruption to life in Canada and around the world, including to application processing at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). We recognize that many caregivers working in Canada are waiting anxiously to be reunited with their loved ones, and they need their applications to be processed for that to happen.
That is why IRCC is working to overcome the pandemic-related roadblocks that have interfered with processing applications from caregivers and their families by announcing a processing plan for 2021.
As part of this plan, IRCC will
- finalize permanent residence applications for up to 6,000 caregivers who have completed their in-Canada work experience and their immediate family members, by December 31, 2021
- make at least 1,500 first-stage decisions on applications for the Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots by June 30, 2021
- Prioritization of these decisions will allow more caregiver work permits to be issued for those who have valid job offers to work for families in Canada.
- increase the digitization of caregiver applications
- ensure applicants receive acknowledgement of receipt letters by May 31, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges for application processing, particularly for paper-based applications. With reduced capacity and office closures resulting in more employees working remotely, in 2020 IRCC only entered as many mailed-in applications as was possible into our case management system. As a result, a new public policy is being issued so that IRCC can process applications in 2021 that were received in 2020.
The Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots were launched in 2019. They feature a clear transition for caregivers from temporary to permanent status, as well as occupation-specific, rather than employer-specific, work permits. They also provide the opportunity for caregivers and their families to move to Canada as they gain work experience. The response to these pilots suggests these features are attractive to caregivers and the Canadian families who need in-home care for a family member.
