Multi-national companies with parent, branch, subsidiaries or affiliated companies in Canada may be eligible to repatriate employees to Canada with Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) without the need to obtain a Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).
LMIAs can be costly and time consuming so not having the need to obtain an LMIA is one of the biggest benefits of ICT. For example, obtaining an LMIA requires businesses to demonstrate that bringing in employees from a foreign country will not negatively impact the local labor force or economy.