Legal professionals and business leaders are calling on Canada to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s decision to raise the cost of a well-liked skilled worker visa program in the US. However, some warn that people considering a move to Canada might discover that the country’s immigration system presents unique challenges.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney appears to be addressing the need to recruit and retain skilled individuals who were left behind by the Trump administration’s adjustments to the H-1B visa.
He emphasised Canada’s domestic research and AI talent in a speech on Monday before the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City. Still, he added that “unfortunately, most of them go to the US.
Tech companies, which have traditionally depended on the program to hire foreign workers legally in the US, were taken aback when Trump said late last week that fresh H-1B applications would cost $100,000 (£74,000). This includes Canadians, who, according to US data, accounted for 1% of all H-1B applications in 2019.
Current H-1B holders in the US won’t be impacted, according to the White House, and the decision is probably going to be challenged in court. However, it is anticipated that the reforms, which took effect on Sunday, may limit the options available to highly educated foreigners seeking employment in the nation. According to experts, recent foreign graduates of US institutions who had hoped to stay and work for a long time will be the ones most affected.
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