For Ghainger Marie pitiful, becoming a permanent resident would finally call Canada his home forever.
“I feel that I am at home,” Toronto told CBC.
“I love staying here.”
The 49 -year -old woman moved here in 2022 with her husband and works as a home support worker for a last year student in Scarborough under a work permit. Sound, a nurse registered in the Philippines, now has two years of work experience in the sector.
On Monday, applications are opened for an immigration, refugees and citizenship of Canada (IRCC) that could give workers as the permanent residence of pitaise, a final objective that is generally a challenge for many due to broad requirements and long waiting.
“I really feel anxious because … I know that many are waiting for this opportunity,” said pitiful.
The immigration pilot of home care workers next week invites home care workers to run, however, it is running by order of arrival and has a limit of 2,750 places in each of its two currents, one for child care workers, the other for home support workers. According to the IRCC, the pilot closes as soon as those points are filled.
While Immigration experts in the GTA are welcoming the program, some say that the way in which it is administered is to create anxiety among applicants who concern technical problems or internet problems could get them out of the race for a dream for which they have been working for years.
The defenders say that they would like IRCC to allow everyone to request and then evaluate the applications in a system based on merit.
Ongoing preparations
Unleashed he says that he has his paperwork ready, but he is concerned that the competition is steep, especially because IRCC has reduced the requirements for those eligible last year, which was the last time this pilot was launched.
Applicants now only need to have at least six months of recent work experience or have completed six months of training, compared to last year, when two years of work experience were required. Language domain requirements are also lower, and all applicants must have a valid job offer of a private house or an eligible organization that hires household workers.
“This is a little more open to all,” said pitiful.
“It’s a gold ticket for everyone who expects this for a long time.”
Immigration experts, including Syed Hussan, executive director of the Alliance of Migrant Workers for Change, say that innumerable others throughout the country also have their eyes on that golden ticket, and tensions are high.
“Because the possibility is so high, the fear of getting lost is so high, which means that anxiety is so high,” said Hussan, who also said that some applicants have work permits that are expiring, which puts them at risk of being undocumented.
Hussan estimates that thousands will start session at the same time, fighting to obtain their application first. He and his team are installing a room in their Toronto office, where workers who contact them in advance can bring their computers and use their Internet connection to log in.
While welcoming the program that offers a permanent residence route, it questions how it is being managed, saying that those with faster internet or faster fingers will probably ensure a place.
“If your computer dies, if you can’t get free time at work, your internet does not work, or a large number of reasons why you cannot be one of the first 2,750 people, then it is excluded during the year,” said Hussan.
“They are literally hunger games.”
There is an option to send a request, however, the IRCC says that it is only assigning 275 points of the 2,750 for that format.
Because bets are so high, despair is being established for some potential applicants, who Hussan says they are becoming vulnerable to the scams of companies or consultants who request cash to ensure them a place.
“[They’re] promising the people who will present them and will be the first, but they will not be able to do it. “
Speed vs merit
The federal government told CBC Toronto that it will launch a separate transmission for applicants outside the country at a later date.
But Hussan asks why IRCC is limiting the amount of applications it can receive, instead of accepting them all and processing them over time.
In a statement, the IRCC said the pilot programs “are limited to the processing of up to 2,750 requests per pilot” under the immigration protection law and refugees.
When asked why he manages the pilot by order of arrival, an IRCC spokesman said that this approach “strives to provide equal opportunities to anyone who meets the qualifications.”
He added: “Applicants still need to demonstrate that they have relevant and recent work experience, whether acquired abroad or in Canada, or training related to occupation.”
Other experts also wonder why IRCC is not giving applicants more time, the full details for Monday opening were not published until March 21, and wonders why it is not implementing a system based on merit.
“At this time it is a kind of … speed on substance. Those who can submit their application on March 31, regardless of whether they have an experience of six months or five years of experience, all are on the same ship,” said Immigration Consultant Manan Gupta.
“There must be some criteria based on merit.”
Gupta said that while he also welcomes the program, he wonders if he really attracts the right people, since there is no requirement for the applicant to remain in his housing position.
But IRCC says that all permanent residents, regardless of the current, have “the right to work in any occupation or industry anywhere in the country.”
According to him Ontario ProvinceThere is the need for almost 51,000 new personal support workers (PSWS) by 2032, and those in the industry say that pilot programs like these are key.
It is a necessity that Katie Akhtar knows well, she is Manager of strategic associations and new settlement program with the Carepartners agency and helps to match newcomers with positions related to health care such as PSWS, nursing and rehabilitation.
Since March 21, he said he received more than 100 consultations from his workers, 80 of which are eligible to run.
“It would be a great relief for them to know that they are staying in Canada, that they have a brilliant future, not only for them, but for a future for their children,” Akhtar said.
For now, unfortunate clings to the optimism that you can get to the front of the line when you log in on Monday. Otherwise, the waiting game continues.
“I just hope to be able to be one of the lucky ones.”
