Mei: Prepare the next step

Shared consultation briefing · version 1

Shared 2026-10-26. Assessment released 2026-10-26. This saved version stays unchanged when your live assessment or saved opportunities change.

Sharing is for consultation preparation. It does not mean a lawyer has reviewed or accepted your matter.

Your goal

You’re aiming for: Employer-specific work permit (work in Canada).

You’re aiming for: Employer-specific work permit (work in Canada). We checked your answers against 14 requirements for your goal. Here’s what we found: 2 appear to be met, 11 need more information and 1 needs a lawyer to look closer.

Suggested pathways

• Temporary work permits: general requirements (IRPR s. 200): A lawyer needs to look closer at: Temporary intent: will leave Canada by the end of the authorized stay.
• Temporary work permits: general requirements: From what you told us, 0 of 2 requirements checked appear to be met. We still need to confirm: Enough money for self and family during the stay and to return home; Admissibility and prohibited employers.
• Temporary work permits: general requirements (IRPR s. 200(3)): From what you told us, 0 of 1 requirement checked appear to be met. We still need to confirm: Mandatory refusal grounds in IRPR 200(3).
• IMP: Intra-company transferees [R205(a) – C61, C62, C63; formerly C12]: From what you told us, 2 of 3 requirements checked appear to be met. We still need to confirm: At least 1 year of continuous full-time employment in a similar position in the previous 3 years.
• IMP: Intra-company transferees, executives and managers [R205(a) – C62]: From what you told us, 0 of 1 requirement checked appear to be met. We still need to confirm: Executive or managerial capacity (incl. manager of an essential function); 7-year cap.

Deadlines and missing information

• We need proof of your available funds, such as bank statements, to compare with your family size, the community where you will live and your work permit program; IRCC sets no fixed amount for work permits.
• We need to review any possible admissibility concern or past refusal, and confirm your employer is not on IRCC's non-compliant employers list or in a prohibited sector.
• We need to confirm you have never worked or studied without authorization or broken permit conditions, that your employer is eligible, and that your qualifications fit the job.
• We need your foreign employment dates and hours showing at least one continuous year of full-time work in a similar role in the last three years, and that you are still employed by the company.
• We need job descriptions and organization charts showing your authority over staff or an essential function, abroad and in Canada, plus any earlier transferee time in Canada.
• We need to confirm whether your job, or time spent in certain countries in the past year, requires an immigration medical exam with an IRCC panel physician.
• We need the offer of employment number from your employer's Employer Portal submission, showing the LMIA exemption code relied on, before you apply.
• We need the Employer Portal receipt for the CAD 230 employer compliance fee, or documents showing a fee exemption, before you apply.
• We need to confirm which exception lets you apply from inside Canada, such as a valid permit held by you, your spouse or a parent, or a pending spousal, partner or family-class permanent residence application.
• Before a port-of-entry application, we need to confirm you are visa-exempt or a U.S. permanent resident, whether you live in Canada, and that your LMIA, offer number or open-permit papers are ready.
• We need the date your status expired and confirmation you met your other permit conditions; restoration must reach IRCC within 90 days unless a provincial letter-of-support exception applies.

Your questions and corrections

Which missing evidence should I gather first, and which pathway needs further assessment?

This is a fictional example. No additional personal information supplied.

Selected opportunities and scenarios

Assumptions and limits

• We checked your answers as they stood on October 26, 2026, against the rules in force then. A change announced after that day isn’t included here.
• If we couldn’t tell whether a requirement applies to you, we kept it in view. That means 3 requirements here may turn out not to concern you.
• 5 answers you wrote in your own words were not read by the rules: they only read the questions with set answers. A lawyer reads what you wrote.
• Selected scenarios use the rules and sources available at the capture date. They are conditional comparisons, not predictions or legal advice.
• A saved listing is not a job offer, admission decision or work authorization. Corrections below are statements for discussion and do not change the assessment.