H-1B visa: Canada’s program to poach Silicon Valley off to a booming start
Canada’s consul general in San Francisco, Rana Sarkar, told this news organization last month that he believed the majority of work permits would go to H-1B holders from Silicon Valley. “This is where the talent is,” Sarkar said. “This is where we’re coming to attract talent.”
Silicon Valley tech companies employ tens of thousands of H-1B workers, but many of them, particularly those from India, face long waits for green cards, along with uncertainty over their long-term ability to remain in the U.S. Canada’s efforts to leverage those workers’ dissatisfaction and lure them northward dates back a decade to when the Canadian governmentin the region’s tech industry likely contributed to the large number of applications for the Canadian work permit by H-1B holders who lost their jobs or fear losing them, Randolph said. “If you’re on the H-1B your visa is tied to your employer,” Randolph said. “So they need to find a new employer quickly or else they have to go home.
Sarkar said last month that Canada wants “catalytic talent” to “spawn future growth for existing companies and a set of future companies.”
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