Enough money for self and family during the stay and to return home
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Currently available for Canada.Canadian intra-company transfer opportunity; questions about spouse, child and eventual PR.
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Mei: I'm Mei. I'm a senior manager with an international company based in Shanghai. My employer has operations in Canada, and we've been discussing a possible transfer. It's an exciting career opportunity, but I have a family to consider. Would I qualify for an intra-company transfer? Could my spouse work? What about my child's schooling? And if we eventually wanted to stay permanently, what options might we have?
Narrator: Global Compass helps professionals like Mei explore the immigration considerations surrounding an international assignment. It can assess potential work permit pathways, identify eligibility requirements, and examine longer-term permanent residence possibilities. Mei can also explore family immigration considerations, settlement planning, and questions that may require employer involvement or professional advice. Greenberg Hameed can review her assessment when she is ready to discuss the next steps.
Mei: A transfer could be a wonderful opportunity. I want to understand what it means for my whole family before we decide.
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Fictional inputs for a scenario dated 2026-10-26. Additional education, work, financial and test details are illustrative assumptions, not facts about a client. Dates remain fixed so the recording and report describe the same moment.
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Official sourceICT eligibility, spousal work permits and study conditions require individualized review.
You’re aiming for: Employer-specific work permit (work in Canada). We checked your answers against 14 requirements for your goal. Here’s what we found: 2 appear to be met, 11 need more information and 1 needs a lawyer to look closer.
This is a starting point, not a decision. It’s based on what you told us, before anyone has looked at your documents, and only the Government of Canada can approve an application.
We use Government of Canada and provincial or territorial government pages for immigration requirements and published figures. We calculate your estimates from your answers. Our own guides and Marketplace listings are labelled separately. We never use lawyers’, consultants’, forum or news sites as sources.
You’re aiming for: Employer-specific work permit (work in Canada).
Here are the paths your answers brought into view, with what supports each one and what still needs attention.
A lawyer needs to look closer at: Temporary intent: will leave Canada by the end of the authorized stay.
From what you told us, 0 of 2 requirements checked appear to be met. We still need to confirm: Enough money for self and family during the stay and to return home; Admissibility and prohibited employers.
From what you told us, 0 of 1 requirement checked appear to be met. We still need to confirm: Mandatory refusal grounds in IRPR 200(3).
From what you told us, 2 of 3 requirements checked appear to be met. We still need to confirm: At least 1 year of continuous full-time employment in a similar position in the previous 3 years.
From what you told us, 0 of 1 requirement checked appear to be met. We still need to confirm: Executive or managerial capacity (incl. manager of an essential function); 7-year cap.
Let’s take each path in four parts: can you apply, how are people chosen, what would you need, and what needs human judgment? Meeting one part doesn’t settle the others.
The requirements that decide whether this pathway is open to you.
No requirement of this kind came up for this pathway.
Meeting the entry requirements is one step. It is not an invitation or an approval.
The rules we hold don’t give us a score or quota to compare you against here. The decision-maker can still choose among people who meet the entry requirements.
Money to show, documents to gather, dates to meet and the steps to file.
No requirement of this kind came up for this pathway.
An officer decides these, or a lawyer has to weigh them with you. No calculation settles them.
1 needs a lawyer to look closer.
The requirements that decide whether this pathway is open to you.
Your answers suggest 0 of 1 requirement checked appear to be met; 1 needs more information.
Meeting the entry requirements is one step. It is not an invitation or an approval.
The rules we hold don’t give us a score or quota to compare you against here. The decision-maker can still choose among people who meet the entry requirements.
Money to show, documents to gather, dates to meet and the steps to file.
Your answers suggest 0 of 1 requirement checked appear to be met; 1 needs more information.
An officer decides these, or a lawyer has to weigh them with you. No calculation settles them.
No requirement of this kind came up for this pathway.
The requirements that decide whether this pathway is open to you.
Your answers suggest 0 of 1 requirement checked appear to be met; 1 needs more information.
Meeting the entry requirements is one step. It is not an invitation or an approval.
The rules we hold don’t give us a score or quota to compare you against here. The decision-maker can still choose among people who meet the entry requirements.
Money to show, documents to gather, dates to meet and the steps to file.
No requirement of this kind came up for this pathway.
An officer decides these, or a lawyer has to weigh them with you. No calculation settles them.
No requirement of this kind came up for this pathway.
The requirements that decide whether this pathway is open to you.
Your answers suggest 2 of 3 requirements checked appear to be met; 1 needs more information.
Meeting the entry requirements is one step. It is not an invitation or an approval.
The rules we hold don’t give us a score or quota to compare you against here. The decision-maker can still choose among people who meet the entry requirements.
Money to show, documents to gather, dates to meet and the steps to file.
No requirement of this kind came up for this pathway.
An officer decides these, or a lawyer has to weigh them with you. No calculation settles them.
No requirement of this kind came up for this pathway.
The requirements that decide whether this pathway is open to you.
Your answers suggest 0 of 1 requirement checked appear to be met; 1 needs more information.
Meeting the entry requirements is one step. It is not an invitation or an approval.
The rules we hold don’t give us a score or quota to compare you against here. The decision-maker can still choose among people who meet the entry requirements.
Money to show, documents to gather, dates to meet and the steps to file.
No requirement of this kind came up for this pathway.
An officer decides these, or a lawyer has to weigh them with you. No calculation settles them.
No requirement of this kind came up for this pathway.
Put the same questions beside each path to see what differs for you.
We checked each requirement against your answers. Here’s what we found, with the government page beside it.
We need proof of your available funds, such as bank statements, to compare with your family size, the community where you will live and your work permit program; IRCC sets no fixed amount for work permits.
Your answers: What's your marital status: Married · What do you expect the work permit to be based on: LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permit
Official source: Work permit: Applying from outside CanadaOur plain-language guide
We need to review any possible admissibility concern or past refusal, and confirm your employer is not on IRCC's non-compliant employers list or in a prohibited sector.
Your answers: Not yet answered.
Official source: Work permit: Applying from outside CanadaOur plain-language guide
We need to confirm whether your job, or time spent in certain countries in the past year, requires an immigration medical exam with an IRCC panel physician.
Your answers: Which country do you live in right now: China · Which country are you a citizen of? If you have more than one citizenship, pick them all.: China · Do you have a job offer in Canada: Yes
Official source: Medical exams for visitors, students and workersOur plain-language guide
We need to confirm you have never worked or studied without authorization or broken permit conditions, that your employer is eligible, and that your qualifications fit the job.
Your answers: What do you expect the work permit to be based on: LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permit
Official source: Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227), section 200Our plain-language guide
We need your foreign employment dates and hours showing at least one continuous year of full-time work in a similar role in the last three years, and that you are still employed by the company.
Your answers: Over the last 3 years, what were the worker's dates of employment abroad, hours per week, and any breaks or interruptions: Full-time employment from 1 October 2023 to 26 October 2026, ongoing. · Describe the worker's current job abroad: their duties, what decisions they can make, who they report to, and any staff or part of the business they manage.: Direct the department, control budgets and supervise professional managers. · Which of these work permit categories (ones that don't need an LMIA) is being considered: C12 intra-company transferee
Official source: Intra-company transferees (ICT) – [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63] – Canadian interests – International Mobility ProgramOur plain-language guide
The foreign and Canadian companies appear to have a qualifying parent, subsidiary, branch or affiliate relationship; before applying, confirm it with ownership documents.
Your answers: How are the company abroad and the Canadian company connected: Affiliate under common control · Which of these work permit categories (ones that don't need an LMIA) is being considered: C12 intra-company transferee · Thanks. What status or result are you hoping for in Canada? Pick the one that fits best.: Employer-specific work permit
Official source: Intra-company transferees (ICT) – [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63] – Canadian interests – International Mobility ProgramOur plain-language guide
Both the foreign and Canadian companies appear to be actively and regularly providing goods or services.
Your answers: Are both companies, the one abroad and the one in Canada, actively and regularly providing goods or services: Yes · Which of these work permit categories (ones that don't need an LMIA) is being considered: C12 intra-company transferee
Official source: Intra-company transferees (ICT) – [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63] – Canadian interests – International Mobility ProgramOur plain-language guide
We need job descriptions and organization charts showing your authority over staff or an essential function, abroad and in Canada, plus any earlier transferee time in Canada.
Your answers: For this transfer within the company, what kind of role is planned in Canada: Senior manager · Describe the worker's current job abroad: their duties, what decisions they can make, who they report to, and any staff or part of the business they manage.: Direct the department, control budgets and supervise professional managers. · Now describe the planned job in Canada: the duties, what decisions they'll make, who they'll report to, and any staff or part of the business they'll manage.: Direct the Canadian department, control budgets and supervise professional managers. · and 2 more answers
Official source: Intra-company transferees (ICT) – [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63] – Canadian interests – International Mobility ProgramOur plain-language guide
We need the offer of employment number from your employer's Employer Portal submission, showing the LMIA exemption code relied on, before you apply.
Your answers: What do you expect the work permit to be based on: LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permit · Which of these work permit categories (ones that don't need an LMIA) is being considered: C12 intra-company transferee
Official source: How to hire a worker through the International Mobility ProgramOur plain-language guide
We need the Employer Portal receipt for the CAD 230 employer compliance fee, or documents showing a fee exemption, before you apply.
Your answers: What do you expect the work permit to be based on: LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permit · Which of these work permit categories (ones that don't need an LMIA) is being considered: C12 intra-company transferee
Official source: Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227), section 303.1Our plain-language guide
We need to confirm which exception lets you apply from inside Canada, such as a valid permit held by you, your spouse or a parent, or a pending spousal, partner or family-class permanent residence application.
Your answers: What is your immigration status in Canada right now, if you have one: Outside Canada: no current Canadian status · Which country do you live in right now: China · What do you expect the work permit to be based on: LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permit · and 1 more answers
Official source: Work permit: Applying from inside CanadaOur plain-language guide
Before a port-of-entry application, we need to confirm you are visa-exempt or a U.S. permanent resident, whether you live in Canada, and that your LMIA, offer number or open-permit papers are ready.
Your answers: Which country are you a citizen of? If you have more than one citizenship, pick them all.: China · Which country do you live in right now: China · What is your immigration status in Canada right now, if you have one: Outside Canada: no current Canadian status · and 2 more answers
Official source: Work permit: Applying at a port of entry (POE)Our plain-language guide
We need the date your status expired and confirmation you met your other permit conditions; restoration must reach IRCC within 90 days unless a provincial letter-of-support exception applies.
Your answers: What is your immigration status in Canada right now, if you have one: Outside Canada: no current Canadian status · What do you expect the work permit to be based on: LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permit
Official source: Restore your status and get a work permitOur plain-language guide
An officer must be satisfied you will leave Canada when your authorized stay ends; a lawyer needs to weigh your ties abroad, immigration history and any permanent residence plans, which dual intent allows.
Your answers: What do you expect the work permit to be based on: LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permit · What is your immigration status in Canada right now, if you have one: Outside Canada: no current Canadian status · Which country do you live in right now: China
Official source: Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227), section 200Our plain-language guide
Here’s what the rules say, based on your answers.
Please confirm, for Temporary work permits: general requirements: Enough money for self and family during the stay and to return home.
Please confirm, for Temporary work permits: general requirements: Admissibility and prohibited employers.
Please confirm, for Temporary work permits: general requirements (IRPR s. 200(3)): Mandatory refusal grounds in IRPR 200(3).
Please confirm, for IMP: Intra-company transferees [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63; formerly C12]: At least 1 year of continuous full-time employment in a similar position in the previous 3 years.
Please confirm, for IMP: Intra-company transferees, executives and managers [R205(a) – C62]: Executive or managerial capacity (incl. manager of an essential function); 7-year cap.
Please confirm, for Temporary work permits: medical examination: Immigration medical exam where required.
Please confirm, for International Mobility Program (IMP): LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permits: Employer submits offer of employment in the Employer Portal.
Please confirm, for International Mobility Program: employer compliance fee (IRPR s. 303.1): Employer compliance fee of CAD 230 paid before the worker applies.
Please confirm, for Temporary work permits: where to apply: Who may apply from inside Canada.
Please confirm, for Temporary work permits: where to apply: Applying at a port of entry (POE).
Please confirm, for Restoration of temporary resident status (worker): Restoration within 90 days of losing status.
Go through this with a lawyer, for Temporary work permits: general requirements (IRPR s. 200): Temporary intent: will leave Canada by the end of the authorized stay.
Let’s take the open requirements one at a time: what your answers tell us, what you can work on, and what to check before spending time or money. Missing information comes first; it may need confirming rather than fixing.
We need proof of your available funds, such as bank statements, to compare with your family size, the community where you will live and your work permit program; IRCC sets no fixed amount for work permits.
Confirm this first
The answers behind this finding: What's your marital status: Married; What do you expect the work permit to be based on: LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permit.
For Temporary work permits: general requirements, this is an unanswered question, not a confirmed shortfall. Settle it before spending time or money trying to fix it.
How to take this forwardBefore you commit. Showing funds is different from paying a fee or making an investment. Do not move or commit money until you understand which this requirement asks for and what evidence it accepts.
We need to confirm you have never worked or studied without authorization or broken permit conditions, that your employer is eligible, and that your qualifications fit the job.
Confirm this first
The answers behind this finding: What do you expect the work permit to be based on: LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permit.
For Temporary work permits: general requirements (IRPR s. 200(3)), this is an unanswered question, not a confirmed shortfall. Settle it before spending time or money trying to fix it.
How to take this forwardBefore you commit. Past experience cannot be changed. Additional experience takes time, and the work must qualify; a job title alone does not settle that.
We need your foreign employment dates and hours showing at least one continuous year of full-time work in a similar role in the last three years, and that you are still employed by the company.
Confirm this first
The answers behind this finding: Over the last 3 years, what were the worker's dates of employment abroad, hours per week, and any breaks or interruptions: Full-time employment from 1 October 2023 to 26 October 2026, ongoing.; Describe the worker's current job abroad: their duties, what decisions they can make, who they report to, and any staff or part of the business they manage.: Direct the department, control budgets and supervise professional managers.; Which of these work permit categories (ones that don't need an LMIA) is being considered: C12 intra-company transferee.
For IMP: Intra-company transferees [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63; formerly C12], this is an unanswered question, not a confirmed shortfall. Settle it before spending time or money trying to fix it.
How to take this forwardBefore you commit. Past experience cannot be changed. Additional experience takes time, and the work must qualify; a job title alone does not settle that.
Doing any of these does not mean a path would open. Each one changes a single requirement; the others still apply, and a lawyer can tell you which are worth the effort in your case.
Read back your answers and correct anything that isn’t right.
Fill in what we still need to know above, so we can check those requirements.
Go through the requirements that need a lawyer’s judgment together, then discuss your options and timing.
What this assessment took as given. If any of it is wrong, change your answer and we’ll prepare a fresh one.
Every requirement behind this report, as it stood the day we prepared it.
Scroll the table sideways for the dates and the official source.
| Requirement | Version | Applies | Checked | Official source |
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| Qualifying relationship between foreign and Canadian enterprisesIMP: Intra-company transferees [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63; formerly C12] · WORK-ICT-001 | 2 | No start or end date | October 20, 2026 | Intra-company transferees (ICT) – [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63] – Canadian interests – International Mobility Program |
| Enterprises must be doing businessIMP: Intra-company transferees [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63; formerly C12] · WORK-ICT-002 | 1 | No start or end date | October 18, 2026 | Intra-company transferees (ICT) – [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63] – Canadian interests – International Mobility Program |
| At least 1 year of continuous full-time employment in a similar position in the previous 3 yearsIMP: Intra-company transferees [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63; formerly C12] · WORK-ICT-003 | 4 | No start or end date | October 20, 2026 | Intra-company transferees (ICT) – [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63] – Canadian interests – International Mobility Program |
| Executive or managerial capacity (incl. manager of an essential function); 7-year capIMP: Intra-company transferees, executives and managers [R205(a) – C62] · WORK-ICT-004 | 2 | No start or end date | October 20, 2026 | Intra-company transferees (ICT) – [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63] – Canadian interests – International Mobility Program |
| Employer submits offer of employment in the Employer PortalInternational Mobility Program (IMP): LMIA-exempt employer-specific work permits · WORK-IMP-001 | 2 | No start or end date | October 20, 2026 | How to hire a worker through the International Mobility Program |
| Employer compliance fee of CAD 230 paid before the worker appliesInternational Mobility Program: employer compliance fee (IRPR s. 303.1) · WORK-IMP-002 | 2 | No start or end date | October 18, 2026 | Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227), section 303.1 |
| Work permit, open work permit holder, restoration and biometrics feesIRCC fees: work permits · WORK-FEE-001 | 2 | No start or end date | October 20, 2026 | Fee list (IRCC) |
| Restoration within 90 days of losing statusRestoration of temporary resident status (worker) · WORK-STAT-004 | 1 | No start or end date | October 18, 2026 | Restore your status and get a work permit |
| Enough money for self and family during the stay and to return homeTemporary work permits: general requirements · WORK-GEN-002 | 2 | No start or end date | October 18, 2026 | Work permit: Applying from outside Canada |
| Admissibility and prohibited employersTemporary work permits: general requirements · WORK-GEN-003 | 1 | No start or end date | October 18, 2026 | Work permit: Applying from outside Canada |
| Mandatory refusal grounds in IRPR 200(3)Temporary work permits: general requirements (IRPR s. 200(3)) · WORK-GEN-005 | 3 | No start or end date | October 20, 2026 | Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227), section 200 |
| Temporary intent: will leave Canada by the end of the authorized stayTemporary work permits: general requirements (IRPR s. 200) · WORK-GEN-001 | 1 | No start or end date | October 18, 2026 | Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227), section 200 |
| Immigration medical exam where requiredTemporary work permits: medical examination · WORK-GEN-004 | 2 | No start or end date | October 20, 2026 | Medical exams for visitors, students and workers |
| Who may apply from inside CanadaTemporary work permits: where to apply · WORK-LOC-001 | 2 | No start or end date | October 18, 2026 | Work permit: Applying from inside Canada |
| Applying at a port of entry (POE)Temporary work permits: where to apply · WORK-LOC-002 | 1 | No start or end date | October 18, 2026 | Work permit: Applying at a port of entry (POE) |
15 requirements, each as it stood on the day this assessment was prepared, by rules-engine 2026-10-25.2. A rule can change after that; the dates above say what applied.
Confirm the multinational relationship, ongoing business activity, foreign employment and Canadian assignment.
Explore transfer requirements →Spousal work authorization and child schooling depend on their own conditions. They are not automatic benefits of a transfer.
Explore family settlement →A temporary assignment is not a promise of permanent residence. Compare longer-term options separately.
Read the sample assessment →Start with your own information. When you need professional guidance, you can discuss your plan with Greenberg Hameed and choose which assessment information to share.
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