I heard that some agencies in Toronto can help you find live in nanny from China. The hiring families do not need to pay any fee for nannies' applications. However, some applicants may get visa easier than others. So the agencies are used to encourage them to apply earlier. And for those lucky ones, they also want to come here as earlier as possible even though their hiring families are not ready yet. So I gues that it might be the case for the originator of this topic thread. And the he/she just wants to do the live in nanny a favour to find any family else want to help before he/she needs. They benefit of those live in nannies from China is that they can apply for immigration visa after two years in Canada. So this also maybe the reason for them to be eager to come here earlier. Just my guess.:blink: