Made-up story · Step 05 of 05

Your own next step

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

Leila, an AI-generated fictional character

From the sample to a practical plan

What Leila 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.

Plan the visit, then the application

Confirm the invitation, host support and insurance evidence before making travel commitments. This plan concerns family visits.

See the current sample facts

I would like to arrive in March 2027 and leave in September 2027.
My son will pay for my stay, and I have my teacher’s pension.

Review the visit preparation steps

Check costs and expiry reminders

Obtain insurance and travel quotes, compare them with the visit budget, and note passport and policy expiry dates. The sample budget is not a quote for coverage or flights.

See the current sample facts

Stated visit budget: CAD 12,000.
Passport expiry in the current sample: 2030-05-14.

Check the passport and insurance requirements

A practical worked example · Fictional inputs

Plan the family visit, costs and reminders

Leila’s family visit

Montreal · 6 months · 1 adult. All household amounts below are fictional planning inputs, not price quotations or legal funds thresholds.

Illustrative household or visit subtotal
Item	Subtotal	Basis
Travel	$1,800	Fictional allowance; not an airfare quote.
Insurance policy allowance	$1,800	Fictional allowance for a policy meeting the applicable requirements; not an insurance quote. Policy duration and coverage must be verified.
Local transport and personal costs	$1,200	Fictional monthly allowance. Host accommodation is assumed; host income requirements are separate.
Total of stated inputs	$4,800	No income assumed; additional costs below.

Leila’s supplied visit budget is CAD 12000. The separate host income/support and insurance requirements still apply; a sufficient personal budget alone does not meet them.

Actual airfare and compliant insurance premiums need quotations; medical and government fees are separate.

Suggested personal reminders

Before booking travel

After confirming the actual visit dates

Check passport validity, visa/entry requirements, invitation and host support, and obtain an insurance quote meeting the current requirements.

Passport review

2030-02-13

Suggested personal reminder 90 days before the supplied 2030-05-14 passport expiry. This is not a legal filing deadline.

Policy expiry and each arrival

Policy dates not supplied

Record the actual policy start/end dates and review its coverage before travel. No policy is assumed purchased and no reminder has been scheduled.

Leila’s example is about a family visit. Employment or study opportunities are not added to it.

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 Leila’s free preview showed

We need more information

12 requirements checked from the quick check: 2 looked good, 7 needed more information, 3 need a lawyer’s judgment. About 24 more questions would follow in the full assessment.

Parent and grandparent super visaWe 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 Leila’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.

Start your free quick check

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.