BENEFITS/ADVANTAGES

Applicant can migrate with family.

Primary applicant will travel with a closed work permit while dependent spouse will travel with an open work permit.

Get two years job offer from provincial authority as personal care attendant.

Spouse on open work permit can work in any field.

Primary applicant can change to open work permit after two years

Children have the right to free education

Right to healthcare and every other benefit of a Canada PR holder.

Become a citizen within 3 years of arriving in Canada.

Payment of tuition fee in up to 3 instalments

PROGRAMME IN BRIEF

Canada is looking for personal care assistant (healthcare) workers to fill the gap and care for the ageing population. To work as a caregiver in Canada, applicants have to be trained and licensed by a Canadian approved institution/training provider (DLI approved and fully accredited). For this reason, all applicants must go through a compulsory diploma in personal care assistant course.

PROGRAMM INFORMATION

Course Name: Personal Health Care Attendant

It is an International Personal Care Attendant Diploma and it is supervised by the Centre for Nursing Studies (CNS), the organization that provides the DLI number for the program. That makes the program eligible for Provincial Nomination without postgraduate work permit, thereby making it possible for applicants to secure Permanent Resident before they travel to Canada. The program is a 45-weeks diploma study program. There are two pathways to the diploma program, namely;

1. STUDY PATHWAY

2. STUDY AND WORK/PROVINCIAL NOMINATION/WORK PERMIT/PERMANENT RESIDENCY PATHWAY. – We recommend that applicants should apply for this because of the PR and other multiple benefits.

For both pathways, the tuition is the same, and it’s CAD$18,000. The tuition of CAD$18,000 is spread out over 5-6months, depending on when you apply and when classes start. The applications fee, resume review cost and English language entrance test fee (PELMO) is a total of CAD$457.

The English Language test and interview is on PELMO platform. It’s a 70-minute online test testing your speaking, reading, listening and writing skills in English. It’s a relatively easier test than IELTS. Students can take it at the comfort of their home and we have students who have scores between 70 – 96% in the test. Every applicant who has studied up to at least high/secondary school level will easily excel in this exam with flying color.

TUITION FEE PAYMENT STRUCTURE

The tuition of CAD$18,000 is paid in instalments as follows:

CAD$6,000 paid before Letter of Acceptance (LOA) is offered.

CAD$6,000 paid in one month before the start of the lecture.

CAD$6,000 paid in five months after the start of the lecture. (The college may be a bit flexible with this part with reason).

The provincial government will award a graduation bursary of CAD$5,000. This is available to January May 2025 applicants and it is given after graduation. There is no information about bursary yet for September and January 2026 applicants.

Kindly find the information regarding the 2 pathways to the program below:

A. WORK/PROVINCIAL NOMINATION/WORK PERMIT/PERMANENT RESIDENCY ROUTE:

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum of 6 months paid healthcare work experience (This must be supported by a reference letter from the employer). – We provide adequate support and guide to make it possible for applicants to get this. You may let us know if you have no experience in this field, we will consider your background and possibly give you a waiver. Kindly let us know if you are facing any difficulty in getting this, we will be glad to help.

• Ages 21 – 59 years
• High/secondary school transcript
• Two letters of reference.
• CV (Resume)
• A letter from an organization you have volunteered for at least 40hours. – we will provide you with a guide on how to easily get this.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE/CALENDAR:

30 weeks online program, followed by 15 weeks in-person, clinicals, and preceptorship. (You can come into Canada anytime your resident permit is approved regardless of the program schedule, meaning if your permit is approved before the end of the first 30 weeks of online study, then Canada allows you to come in).

Note that permanent residence takes longer processing time unlike study and visit visa.

B. STUDY ROUTE:

REQUIREMENTS

• Applicant must be minimum 19 years old
• Biodata page of International Passport
• High school transcript
• 20 hours of volunteer work experience (this could be at any organization- we will guide you on how to get this if you do not have).
• Two letters of reference.
• Resume

Program Calendar: 15 weeks online program, followed by 30 weeks in-person classes, clinicals, and preceptorship. (You can come into Canada anytime your study permit is approved regardless of the program schedule, meaning if your study permit is approved before the end of the 15 weeks of online study then Canada may allow you to come in).

Basically, the major difference between the two pathways is the 6 months minimum experience required for the WORK pathway, which leads to permanent residence via a conditional offer of employment from the provincial health authority. This employment offer comes between 6-8 weeks of starting classes. This was the case for those who enrolled in May 2024 who are now expecting their work permit approval.

The pathway also allows you to add all members of your immediate family to the application via work permit for spouse, study permit for children about 6 years and above, and permanent residency for all of them.

The primary applicant will get a closed work permit with a two years contract with the provincial health board, while the dependent will get an open work permit. Once the two years expires, the primary applicant will be free to take up any job and can move to any province of choice.

Our RCIC, who has handled hundreds of provincial nominations, work permits, permanent residency, spousal sponsorship, and study permits successfully, can assist with your temporary and permanent visa applications.

The September 2025 intake/class is almost full. If you qualify for the work pathway and that is what you are looking at, you have to expedite action.

If you only qualify for the study pathway, we can only accept you for September 2025.

If you would like to proceed, then, take a look at the next steps.

NEXT STEPS

• Respond to us with your intention to proceed with the Study or Work route
• Send your CV and Academic Transcript
• We will send you the application form
• We will send you an invoice to make the payment
• After the payment, we will register PELMO test for you.
• Submit all Documents

BREAKDOWN OF FEE (CAD$)

STUDY FEE IN CANADIAN DOLLAR (CAD$) (TO BE PAID TO THE SCHOOL)

TUITION (can be paid in 3 Instalments as indicated under “TUITION FEE PAYMENT STRUCTURE” above.

IMMIGRATION

PNP+WORK PERMIT +PR (IRCC)

WORK PERMIT (Including Biometrics)

Permanent Residency Fee

TOTAL (IMMIGRATION APPLICATION FEE)

ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR FAMILY

DEPENDANT/FAMILY FEES (IN CANADIAN DOLLAR $CAD) – Estimated for a family of 3 – Namely; Primary Applicant + Spouse + 1 child.

SPOUSE PR + WORK PERMIT (IRCC)

DEPENDENT PR + STUDY/VISITOR VISA (IRCC)

GOVERNMENT FEES (IN CANADIAN DOLLAR $CAD)

SPOUSE WORK PERMIT (Including Biometrics)

SPOUSE PR FEES

CHILD STUDY PERMIT/VISITOR’S RECORD (AGES 0-5YRS) – 150/100

CHILD PR

TOTAL IMMIGRATION APPLICATION

KEY:

PNP = PROVINCIAL NOMINATION PROGRAM

PR = PERMANENT RESIDENCY