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Caregiver Permanent Residency Still in Limbo

Filipiniana News –   August 2018 By Maria Deanna P. Santos More than half a year had passed after the Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen assured that there will continue to be a "pathway for permanent residence" for temporary foreign caregivers in Canada.    Meanwhile, the clock continues to tick for many caregivers who are left in limbo and wondering whether they would still have a chance to obtain permanent residence for themselves and their families after the expiry of the Ministerial Instructions (which created the present caregiver pathways) in November 2019.   With the many unfulfilled promises in the past, caregivers and advocates cannot be blamed for worrying about the fate of caregivers in Canada who continue to be victimized in one way or another due to their vulnerable status in this country.    When will the caregivers' woes end? Under the previous live-in caregiver program (LCP), their vulnerability arose mainly from the mandatory live-