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Keep the programme visible. Keep the person supported.

IKAN coordinates immigration, housing, schools, moving and settling-in around one India move plan, one named lead and the reporting your programme needs. Inbound assignees and senior hires moving within India follow the same plan.

Scope an India movePlanning a cohort?
Mobility leaders and an IKAN adviser in conversation above an Indian city
011996India relocation roots
0212published service lines
03Since 2015EuRA GQS qualified-member listing
044.8 / 5501 public reviews at check date

What shapes an India move

Five things can change the plan before anyone travels.

Selecting a city is only the start. Immigration status, family needs, timing and policy shape what can happen next and what must be checked.

  1. Destination

    Where work and life need to meet

    City, office and commute anchors change the right housing areas, schools and daily-life trade-offs.

    City and commute plan
  2. Immigration

    What the rules allow

    Nationality, visa category, dependants and duration can change the document and registration sequence.

    Specialist-reviewed compliance plan
  3. Household

    Who is moving

    Partner, children, pets and accessibility needs change what must be solved before travel.

    Household priorities summary
  4. Timing

    When the move needs to happen

    School cycles, property availability, filing windows and travel dates do not move at the same speed.

    Sequence and key dates
  5. Policy

    What the programme includes

    Eligibility, benefits, reporting and exception ownership define the service scope.

    Agreed service brief

What changes with IKAN

Clarity before confidence.

Authorities, schools, landlords and current property availability control their own outcomes. IKAN confirms what it can own only after the programme and real moves are reviewed.

01

The whole move in view

Immigration, housing, family, schools and settling-in are planned together.

02

Authority limits made explicit

Specialists coordinate the process without promising a visa outcome, filing date or government decision.

03

Capacity checked before a cohort

Group and surge moves are planned city by city against the actual move dates and available resources.

04

Updates that fit your programme

Milestones, exceptions and evidence are agreed with the programme owner instead of buried in generic claims.

What happens

Five decision gates, sequenced around the real move.

The order adapts to the case. Authority windows, school decisions, property availability and household choices determine actual dates.

  1. 0101 · Confirm

    Name the owner and immediate needs

    Confirm the named lead, temporary address, airport handoff, connectivity and other in-scope first needs.

  2. 0202 · Compare

    Turn the brief into viable choices

    Compare areas, current homes and school routes once household priorities and live availability are understood.

  3. 0303 · Decide

    Progress school and home decisions

    Keep applications, visits, negotiations and open decisions visible while schools and landlords control their outcomes.

  4. 0404 · Comply

    Complete each applicable authority step

    Review filings and registrations against the live case, current requirements and real authority windows.

  5. 0505 · Close

    Return one joined status

    Record what is complete, still open, blocked or outside scope for the household and programme owner.

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Example mobility artifact

Turn a relocation into a useful programme view.

A mobility team needs the dependency, accountable person and next decision, not a vague green status. Actual fields and cadence are agreed for the engagement.

Review an assignment or programme
IKAN relocation recordAssignment readiness update

Decision required

Current milestone
Home shortlist review
Dependency
School and work anchors
Named owner
Destination consultant
Next action
Confirm area trade-off
  • Household priority
  • Programme dependency
  • Decision owner
  • Next review
Example redacted format · not client data · deliverables agreed by scope

Questions worth asking

Before the plan becomes a promise.

IKAN scopes cohorts city by city, including immigration, housing and family requirements, before confirming local capacity and sequence.

Next useful

Make the programme specific.

The useful next move is to connect the India model to its city, service dependencies and live programme boundary.

  1. 01Inspect the public recordClaims, sources and review dates sit together in one register.
  2. 02Follow the operating modelSee ownership, handoffs and what changes when a dependency moves.
  3. 03See GCC and expansionPlan the programme around the city, household and delivery dependencies.

Give every India move a plan the programme and person can both understand.

Scope an India movePlanning a cohort?

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