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If you are a business owner with a company outside of Canada and are looking to transfer an employee to a Canadian branch or subsidiary, the Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) program may be an option. This program allows you to transfer an eligible employee from one entity...
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To transfer an employee to Canada, companies often use the ICT—the Intra-Company Transfer program. This Canadian immigration program is mainly for multinational companies.
By “multinational,” we mean companies that operate in at least two countries outside Canada, in addition to their Canadian operations. In total, they must have three different businesses in three countries.
As far as Canadian immigration law and the ICT program are concerned, those are considered ICTs: multinational companies.
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