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CANADA ICT Program

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CANADA – INTRA COMPANY TRANSFER PROGRAM

Send Personnel for On-Site Work with Canadian ICT Visa

Canadian Intra Company Transfer or International Mobility initiative allows an enterprise to send its employees (skilled overseas nationals) to work in the country; provided it has a subsidiary, branch, affiliate or the parent organization in Canada. The ICT comes with an LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment) exemption. However, compliance with all Temporary Work requisites is mandated. One might need to acquire a Canadian Temporary Work Visa. 

Canadian ICT Visa Requirements

The issuance of the ICT permits demands the fulfilment of separate criteria for the employees and the enterprises. Refer to the details below:

For the Employees

  • Currently employed by an organization, applying for entry in Canada to work in the parent/ subsidiary/ affiliate/ branch of the same.
  • Employed by a Canadian enterprise with qualifying attributes as mentioned in the segment below.
  • A resource with specialized skills and knowledge (advanced expertise or proprietary knowledge), or promoted as a senior manager, executive, and likewise, and transferred to Canada.
  • Employed with the concerned organization for a minimum of 1 year as a full-time employee in the last three years.
  • Compliance with all necessary immigration regulations.

For the Businesses

  • Physical premises to take forward the organizational operations in Canada (conditions apply, not mandatory).
  • Furnish a rational plan for the execution of operations.
  • Furnish proof of funds to establish, conduct business activities, and pay the employees.
  • Demonstrate the ability to support management function (when transferring senior management).
  • Demonstrate plan of business generation, along with the assurance of management’s supervision (when transferring personnel with specialized knowledge and skills).

Documents Needed to Process ICT

Proof of employment by an organization, applying for entry in Canada to work in the parent/ subsidiary/ affiliate/ branch of the same.
Proof of continuous employment with the concerned organization for a minimum of 1 year as a full-time employee in the last three years.
Furnish proof of employee’s position as a senior executive or personnel with specialized skills and knowledge; outline the full scope of the job role.
Proof of required knowledge and skills for personnel with specialized knowledge.
Furnish documents as proof of the relationship between the organization and its Canadian counterpart.

ICT Processing Details

Takes about 2 – 10 weeks to process the documents for ICT.
Post-qualification, the Visa is processed within two weeks.

ICT Validity

The ICT work permit has a one-year validity (renewable with conditions apply).

For more details on the processes and documentation, feel free to reach out for a consultation at the Citizenship Xperts. 

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