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Zeynab Ziaie Moayyed
April 29, 2026 at 12:00pm EST
$90
3 hours
Attend Live Online and On-Demand Recording
This course provides an up-to-date and practical overview of Canada’s business immigration pathways for international entrepreneurs. Participants will learn how to assess and structure entrepreneur files, navigate temporary work permit options such as C11 Significant Benefit and Intra-Company Transfers (ICTs), and evaluate provincial entrepreneur programs and the Start-Up Visa. The session also covers client intake, documentation requirements, advisory team coordination, and common refusal risks. With insights into evolving IRCC and provincial policy trends, case examples, and recent jurisprudence, this course equips practitioners to build strong business immigration strategies from temporary entry to permanent residence.
● Overview of Canada’s Entrepreneur Immigration Landscape (federal vs provincial and TR vs PR)
● Structuring client intake and retainers
● Defining scope of work and timelines
● Building and managing the advisory team (lawyer, consultant, accountant, business planner)
● Aligning immigration and business strategies
● Assessing client readiness:
○ Management and ownership experience
○ Net worth and liquidity
○ Source of funds and documentation standards
● Overview of available temporary pathways
● C11 – Significant Benefit Work Permits
○ Eligibility, evidence, and evolving IRCC approach
○ Duration, renewals, and transition to PR
● Intra-Company Transfers (ICTs)
○ Requirements, compliance, and trade-agreement options
● 2025 policy trends and practical updates
● Demonstrating genuineness, significant benefits and maintaining operations
● Comparative overview of major PNP Entrepreneur streams
(BC, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Atlantic provinces)
● Key criteria: investment, experience, business type, job creation
● Expression of Interest (EOI) systems and scoring
● Performance agreements and post-landing obligations
● Navigating the province–IRCC interface
● Nominee approvals vs work permit refusals
● Demonstrating genuine business intent and maintaining credibility
● Case examples and recent updates
Strategic advice on choosing PNP vs federal pathways
● Legislative and regulatory framework (IRPA & IRPR)
● Core program requirements and documentation
● Letter of Support & Commitment Certificate – what they really mean
● Common pitfalls and returned files
● Genuineness and viability assessments
● Work permit issues for founders
● Ethical and retainer considerations in group representations
● Dealing with extreme delays and common issues/problems
● Common refusal reasons across programs
● Effective responses to procedural fairness letters
● Reconsideration requests and reapplications
● Judicial review overview and lessons learned
● Preventive steps to strengthen future files
● Key takeaways from recent PR and WP decisions
● Emerging patterns in IRCC and PNP reasoning
● Practical implications for business immigration practice
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Immigration Lawyer
My Visa Law
Zeynab has been assisting businesses and individuals with their immigration needs for over a decade. With a practice that merges business and immigration law, she advises clients in a wide range of immigration issues and provides strategic advice for short-term visa planning and long-term immigration purposes.
Zeynab advises multinational corporations, small and medium sized businesses and individuals with regards visa requirements for setting up business operations in Canada, planning for talent mobility and related immigration compliance obligations. Her practices involves assisting business owners and employees obtain work permits and authorizations such as intra-company transfers and Labour Market Impact Assessments (including under the Global Talent Stream). Zeynab is involved in Toronto’s tech community and regularly represents Canadian start-ups in bringing foreign talent to Canada as well as assisting start-up companies to come to Canada either through the start-up visa program.
Zeynab regularly represents clients before the Immigration Appeal Division and the Federal Court of Canada representing clients in residency obligation, sponsorship or removal appeals and applications for judicial review as well as other types of enforcement matters. She is an ardent advocate for use of using technology to better deliver legal services and increase access to justice. She regularly speaks and writes on the topic of immigration and citizenship law developments and policy.
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