Made-up story · Step 05 of 05

Your own next step

Carlos is made up. A real assessment starts from your own answers, and so does everything it finds.

Carlos, an AI-generated fictional character

From the sample to a practical plan

What Carlos can prepare next

Fictional scenario, with sample findings calculated November 1, 2026. Preparation is separate from government decisions and from any legal service you choose to arrange.

Prepare a practical family return

Build the return-to-Canada evidence alongside a household budget and housing plan. Employment supports preparation but does not replace sponsorship requirements.

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Barcelona, Spain; he plans to move back to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Married Lucía in Barcelona in 2025; they have lived together for 12 months or more, and no children are included.

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Separate employability and permission

Carlos is already a Canadian citizen. Check civil-engineering licensing and career preparation separately from Lucía’s immigration application.

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A civil engineer (NOC 21300) designing road and bridge projects for an engineering firm in Barcelona.

Check engineering recognition in Nova Scotia

Budget for the move

Use the planned destination and household size to compare housing, travel and other arrival costs. Keep the assumptions visible.

Plan the family return budget

A practical worked example · Fictional inputs

Plan a practical return to Halifax

Carlos is already Canadian; Lucía’s immigration application is separate from either person’s employment or professional recognition. Housing and career plans can support the practical move without replacing the sponsorship evidence.

Civil engineering in Nova Scotia

We have not checked whether this work needs a licence here. Before anything else, check with the regulator for this province whether this occupation is licensed there. We have not checked it, and nothing below answers that question.

Review the occupation’s provincial requirements

Published catalogue checked date not supplied; confirm with the regulator.

Carlos and Lucía’s return

Halifax · 3 months · 2 adults. All household amounts below are fictional planning inputs, not price quotations or legal funds thresholds.

Illustrative household or visit subtotal
Item	Subtotal	Basis
Housing	$6,600	Fictional household input, not market rent.
Food, transport and essentials	$4,500	Fictional household input.
Travel	$2,400	Fictional allowance.
Household setup	$1,800	Fictional allowance.
Total of stated inputs	$15,300	No income assumed; additional costs below.

Government and professional fees, insurance, childcare and any licensing costs are additional; confirm applicable amounts.

Build a budget with your own household assumptions

Global Compass Individuals

What you get, and when

The quick check and free preview

Free

A few questions that decide the outlook for your goal.
The outlook, the paths that came up and the kinds of barrier; for Express Entry, where your estimated score falls in IRCC’s pool.
Prepared automatically, not reviewed by a lawyer, and not legal advice.

What Carlos’s free preview showed

We need more information

10 requirements checked from the quick check: 0 looked good, 9 needed more information, 1 needs a lawyer’s judgment. About 22 more questions would follow in the full assessment.

Family sponsorshipWe need a bit more info

The Preliminary Assessment

$50, one time

In Canadian dollars, after the free preview and before the rest of the questions.

The rest of the questions; your quick check answers are kept, so you never repeat them.
Every requirement with the reasons, your exact scores where they apply, and the official page behind each.
Your action plan and next steps, like Carlos’s sample report.
Built on rules our lawyers approve; a lawyer reviews anything unusual before it’s released.

Going through it with a lawyer is a consultation: a separate service, with its own fee explained before you book.

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Every case is different. Results are never guaranteed, and only the government decides.

A preliminary assessment isn’t a full legal opinion, and there’s no lawyer and client relationship unless you sign a written agreement.