Under the International Mobility Programme, foreign employers can use intra-company transfers, ICT to obtain work permits for their high executive employees without the need to undertake a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).
The latest guidance calls on immigration officers to ensure that foreign companies applying for ICT meet existing multinational corporation (MNC) requirements; meaning that the officers must verify that the companies have “revenue-generating operations in at least two countries before establishing operations in Canada.
The mentioned guidance does not include the foreign companies enjoying the following agreements:
- Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement;
- Canada–Korea Free Trade Agreement;
- Canada–Peru Free Trade Agreement;
- Canada–Colombia Free Trade Agreement;
- Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement;
- Canada–European Union: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement;
- Canada–United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement; and
- Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
In fact the new changes into ICT program is a part of the Minister of Immigration Mark Miller’s policies intending to reduce the share of temporary residents of the Canadian population from 6.5% to 5% over the next three years.
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