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Important Questions Pertaining to Families Like Yours.

Last updated November 20, 2011

For Prospective Employer:
Employing foreign, live-in caregivers in Canada can be very important for a family in need of care for their children, an elderly or disabled person. Before you apply to hire a foreign live-in caregiver please note that the live-in caregiver must: The live-in caregiver must:
• Work for you in a private home
• Live with you, the employer, or in the household where care is to be provided
• Have a private, furnished room within your home
• Be employed on a full-time basis
• Meet the requirements set by Citizenship and Immigration Canada for the Live-in Caregiver Program

Eligibility
As an employer, you must meet certain requirements before you can hire a foreign live-in caregiver. To hire a live-in caregiver, you must: • have made a sufficient effort to first fill your position with a Canadian, a permanent resident or a foreign worker already in Canada;
• have sufficient income to pay a live-in caregiver;
• provide acceptable accommodation in your home;
• make a job offer that has primary caregiving duties for a child or an elderly or disabled person (a job offer with the primary duties of a housecleaner, for example, is not acceptable under the Live-in Caregiver Program, but could be appropriate under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program); and
• submit an application for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) with the employment contract to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada/Service Canada (HRSDC/SC).

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