Canada introduced a dedicated Express Entry draw for senior managers in March 2026. The first draw issued 250 invitations at a cut-off of 429 points. That number is significantly lower than the general draw cut-off, which was running between 507 and 511 at the same time. If you are a senior professional working in Canada, that gap probably caught your attention. Before you build a strategy around this category, there is a question worth answering first: does it actually apply

Where We Left Off In our first post, we examined why the C61 and C62 intra-company transferee pathway is harder to execute than it appears, and why the financial and structural requirements eliminate most of the applicants who pursue it. This post addresses what happens next for applicants who do make it through: the attempt to convert Canadian work experience into permanent residence through Express Entry, and specifically through the Canadian Experience Class. This is where

The C61 and C62 pathway exists. Finding your way through it is another matter. The Pattern We Keep Seeing In our practice, we regularly speak with entrepreneurs and senior managers who have identified the intra-company transferee (ICT) pathway as their route to Canada. The appeal is understandable. The C61 work permit allows a foreign national to enter Canada to establish a new business on behalf of their employer abroad, and the C62 work permit allows an executive or manager