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I used to sponsor a teenager who was from the same City in west Russia as where my daughter was adopted from and have kept in touch with her. She is employed at a gold mine there and now 23 years old. I want her to come visit us in Canada for 2 weeks but fear her visa would be rejected as she...

How do I calculate vacation pay for my live-in caregiver? I looked at the provincial labour website but confused. I gave her 10 paid days vacation a year as per the contract. Do I still need to give her 4% of her annual salary as extra vacation pay?

Unfortunatley I don't have enough hours for my Live-In Caregiver as my kids will be in school full time and will need to lay her off by the summer( with 3 months advance notice). If for some reason, she can't find a job, would she be entitled to EI?

Hi all, My caregiver's passport from her native country expires in October, does she need a new work permit/visa? Would I have to do the LMO all over again? Her work permit was issued Feb 2012, so it's not very old, but just issued in her passport that will expire.Thanks!

In ONtario it says en employer can deduct $85.25 a week for live-in caregivers room and board. But why are all advertisements saying $369.42? For 4 weeks, $85.25 a week is $342.

I know that the program says that you need 3900 hours or 24 months of full time employment to apply for the PR. Is 30 hours a week for 2 years considered full time? I want to hire someone for 30 hours a week, but they are worried it's not enough to fufill the 24 months full time. I think that 30...

When you apply for your OWP and PR, are the criminal checks from your home country you used to enter Canada 2-3 years earlier ok to use with your application or do you need new ones?

Can one leave Canada for a holiday while their OWP/PR is in process? Or do they need to a valid work permit still while away??????

If my candidate only has experience working as a caregiver/babysitter in her own country and references from these families, is this enough to satisfy the CIC officers? She doesn't have a relevant education, but took care of kids for a couple years in various families. I am worried that CIC...

Can I have 2 LMO's at the same time? If I have an employee now who will work until November and a new employee who will start in December, can I apply for an LMO/visa now for the new one but then the visa issue date and LMO start date will just say "Effective December 2011" for my new...

Can an employer ( Ontario) still deduct the $369 room and board per month from a live-in caregiver who only works the minumum 30 hours a week??

How long is it it taking to process the open work permits now? ( PR application sent in at same time as Open work permit under Live-In caregiver program). Is it taking longer then 7 months as it says on the CIC site? Once you get the Open permit can you go get any job you want while you still...

Hi there, I am wondering if in my contract I am writing for a caregiver if I need to follow provincial labour laws in regards to termination of a job (specifically the amount of time to give notice). In Ontario, by the labour act, you need to provide 2 weeks written notice to the employee and...

When applying for a live-in caregiver LMO, do I also need to send a copy of the signed contract to Service Canada with application?

I am an employer of a live-in caregiver. She has been here less then a year and I am considering terminating her employment due to finanical reasons. She is going back to Japan for 4 weeks this summer and I may need to terminate while she is on holiday ( just timing). Would she be able to get...