ELIMINATION OF BACKLOG FOR LIVE-IN CAREGIVER PROGRAM (LCP)

NEWS FROM IRCC | TORONTO | DEC 03, 2017

Caregivers and their families will be reunited and the inventory of Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) applications will be largely eliminated by the end of 2018

As of October 1, 2017, there was a 63% reduction in the number of caregivers and their family members waiting for their permanent residence applications to be finalized since reaching its highest level in May 2014.

This fall, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) dedicated additional resources to process LCP applications and encourage caregivers and their family members to submit any documents that were missing from their applications. With this focus, IRCC is on track to finalize 5,000 more cases than originally planned by the end of 2017. This surge will allow IRCC to welcome 20,000 new permanent residents in the caregiver category in total this year, reaching the high end of the target range as set out in the 2017 levels plan.

Having taken these steps, IRCC is committing to:

• Finalizing a minimum of 80% of cases that were in LCP inventory as of Oct 01, 2017 by the end of 2018;
• Processing 80% of new, complete LCP applications submitted on or after October 1, 2017 within 12 months; and
• Admitting high numbers of LCP caregivers and their family members as permanent residents until the remaining cases are processed.