Global Mobility & Intra-Company Transfer Lawyers
Corporate immigration strategy for multinationals and growing businesses moving executives, specialists and project personnel into Australia for short-term assignments, sponsored roles and long-term leadership positions.
The visa is one component of a commercial deployment.
Intra-company transfers often involve institutional knowledge, client commitments, project deadlines and executive responsibilities that do not fit a simple ‘labour shortage’ narrative. We map the most defensible visa pathway to the assignment and intended duration.
Executive mobility
C-suite, senior managers and key leaders relocating to establish, manage or expand Australian operations.
Specialist transfers
Technical, product, consulting and proprietary-knowledge specialists deployed from overseas group entities.
Short-term assignments
Time-sensitive work requiring analysis of Subclass 400, business visitor or longer-term sponsored pathways.
Coordinate the assignment, the visa and the long-term plan.
A corporate mobility strategy should account for timing, employing entity, work scope, project duration, family, future residence and what happens if the assignment changes.
What we handle
- Intra-company transfer pathway analysis
- Subclass 400 versus 482 strategy
- Overseas business sponsorship
- Executive and specialist mobility
- Business visitor versus work-right analysis
- Family-member coordination
- Permanent residence and retention planning
- Mobility policy review
- Coordination with employment, tax and relocation advisers
- Processing-priority and timing strategy
Key risk points
- Using a short-stay visa for work that is not genuinely short-term
- Assuming an intra-company transfer has a dedicated Australian visa category
- Mismatch between the employing entity and sponsor
- Project timing that ignores current processing priorities
- Scope creep after arrival
- No PR or succession plan for key personnel
Built for business decisions.
We integrate migration analysis with the timing, workforce and compliance questions your business actually needs answered.
Assignment brief
Who is moving, from which entity, for what work and for how long?
Pathway matrix
Compare visitor, 400, 482 and other options against the real assignment.
Execution
Coordinate sponsor, nomination and visa evidence with corporate stakeholders.
Lifecycle
Plan renewals, family, role changes, permanent residence and exit.
Have a role, worker or deadline already in play?
Send us the business, proposed worker, position, location and target commencement date. We can use the first strategy call to identify the viable pathway, immediate evidence requirements and legal risks.
Corporate employers · HR teams · recruiters · founders · in-house counsel
Global mobility questions for employers.
General information only. Specific advice depends on the business, sponsored workforce, decision or proposed transaction.
Is there an Australian intra-company transfer visa?
Can we send a specialist on a business visitor visa to work?
Can an overseas group company sponsor a worker?
Can we plan permanent residence from the start?
Legal review: 25 September 2026. Current employer sponsorship and work visa settings should be checked against Home Affairs employer guidance.
Move critical people with a plan beyond the arrival date.
We help HR and leadership teams choose the right mobility pathway, manage timing risk and plan retention for key personnel.
