Intra-company transfer

Separate settlement route required: This Canadian work-permit route grants temporary permission. Express Entry, a qualifying provincial nomination or another separate PR category must be assessed, operating or transferring to a business does not guarantee PR.

The Canadian entity documents its relationship to the foreign employer, the proposed role and genuine operations, and completes the employer compliance steps. The transferee applies for the appropriate work permit with employment history and role evidence. A new Canadian office must satisfy the additional establishment criteria.

Normally at least one continuous year of equivalent full-time employment with the foreign enterprise during the preceding three years, the companies must have a qualifying relationship and genuine operations.

Corporate ownership and multinational-operation records, employment history, role and specialised-knowledge evidence where relevant, Canadian business plans and the employer’s compliance submission. New offices have additional establishment tests, treaty-based transfers may follow different rules.

An employer-specific, LMIA-exempt work permit for the approved Canadian assignment.