Canadian immigration policy luring tech workers should be a warning to U.S., lawyers say
Earlier this week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada opened up an application portal for immigrants in the United States who hold H1-B visas that allow them to work in the tech industry there.
"This [policy] was really directly targeted at our program and our failures at our program, and really giving an opportunity to H1-B workers who may not have that opportunity in the United States anymore." An H1-B holder in the U.S. who loses their job would have to leave the country within 60 days — unless they find new employment within that time period.
"At the very least, Canadians have brought to light the fact that there are other, smarter countries with better immigration policies that actually value science, technology, engineering and math," said immigration lawyer Ashwin Sharma of the Sharma Law Office in Jacksonville, Fla.Sharma also acknowledged that the open nature of the Canadian work permit, coupled with the higher salaries generally on offer in U.S.
He said his department would follow up on the application process over the next few months before deciding whether it would expand this policy or others — part of what he calls Canada's "digital nomad" strategy.
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