Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday announced that the country will soon introduce proposals to welcome foreign workers who are now facing challenges due to the $100,000 H-1B visa application fee in the United States.
Carney said, “Not as many H-1B visa holders will get visas in the US. These people are skilled, and this is an opportunity for Canada… We will soon bring a proposal on this.” He added that many of these workers are enterprising and willing to move to Canada for better opportunities.
Indians are the largest group of immigrants to Canada. Between April 2022 and March 2023, around 15,000 of the 32,000 tech workers who moved to Canada were from India.
In 2024, about 87,000 Indians became Canadian citizens, making them the biggest group of new citizens. In 2022