Canada job-offer points checklist: Nov 3, 2026
A checklist for mobility teams to match the role, update the profile, and keep the offer letter audit-ready before Nov 3, 2026.
Global Mobility
Moving employees between countries and offices.
The Pre-Move Checklist That Keeps EU Secondments Compliant
Approve the move only after the prior-affiliation screen, certificate request, and cap check are in the file.
Your Active Germany Cases After Germany's Russian Visa Controls: Re-Baseline Lead Times and Evidence
The filing window remains open, but the safe standard is earlier, better documented, and case-by-case.
File eligible Singapore support roles now, reset APAC budget before 2027 floors
Use the new support-role opening, then rebuild APAC transfer costs against the coming salary floors.
Recompute your 2026 Canada transfer calendar after LMIA waits rose
Pull forward LMIA filings and extension work for Canada transfers when stream waits move the filing date.
Keep Sweden dependents on current maintenance rule: file extensions by Oct 1, 2027
Assignees in Sweden can preserve existing maintenance levels for dependents already permitted before the rule change by filing extensions before the cutoff.
Your Canada mobility filing calendar: 2026-2028 caps, LMIA limits, and PR windows
Compare IMP, LMIA-dependent TFWP, and PR conversion against Canada's published mobility targets.
Re-Engaging Paused Immigrant Visa Cases: Aug. 21 and Aug. 28
A practical re-engagement checklist for pending consular green card and DV-2026 cases after the Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 orders.
Keep TN Admissions and Extensions Moving: The USMCA Review Checklist
Keep TN filings on the normal track while the USMCA review runs, and watch only the published triggers that can change the path.
Track the 90-day LMIA/CAQ deadline to keep in-Canada TFWP renewals authorized
Calendar 90 days from IRCC receipt, confirm the three LMIA hold triggers, and prepare a stop-work plan before maintained status ends.
EBT audit map that prevents extended-traveler audit findings
An audit map helps HR and counsel prove where extended business travelers worked, for how long, and who checked compliance.
H-4 EAD Work Status: Eligibility, Renewal Clock, Agenda Watch
Current H-4 EAD eligibility remains while the agenda item has no proposed-rule date, so the renewal window is the live compliance risk.
F-1 and J-1 hires after Sept. 15: fixed I-94, grace, OPT
A dated F/J fixed-admission checklist: I-94 admit-until date, program end, four-year cap, 30-day grace, OPT window, form editions, and reentry.
2026 U.S. business trips: $40.27 ESTA, denial, 72-hour rule
Set a business-travel budget for waiver entry, denial exposure, and fallback timing.
Build a mobility trust scorecard for the next deal
A mobility trust scorecard lets HR, mobility, and counsel show executives how trust protects deals, budgets, and deployment speed.
UK Research Relocations: Global Talent vs Skilled Worker
The named-grant test decides the route; the evidence file must match the visa category before filing.
Use the 2026 Visa-Attrition Benchmark to Decide Where to Move Roles
Compare retention, relocation, and nearshoring before the next filing cycle.
The EU Work Permit That Failed Once and Got Rebuilt
The EU's flagship work permit for skilled non-EU talent struggled for over a decade before a 2021 rebuild changed the rules, though not every member state joined.
How Canada Tests the Labour Market Before a Foreign Hire
Canada's high-wage LMIA stream runs on three overlapping clocks: a mandatory advertising window, a filing runway, and wage thresholds that move on their own schedule.
The Five-Year Shape of a UK Skilled Worker Visa
A UK Skilled Worker visa runs on a five-year cycle with its own application window and settlement threshold, and treating it as a single filing misses most of the shape.
Two Rule Changes Reshaping Who Pays for a UK Sponsorship
A UK sponsor licence now bars charging fees to the worker, and a tougher English threshold applies to new applicants from January 2026.
Where a Business Trip Turns Into Unauthorized Work
US business visitor status covers meetings and negotiations, not hands-on work, and the family and work-authorization rules around it surprise more travelers than expected.
The Visa Interview That Happens at the Border, Not a Consulate
A Canadian or Mexican citizen in a qualifying profession can be admitted to work in the US at a land border, no consulate visit and no petition required first.
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