Canada is attracting IT professionals- It’s the best time to apply for Canadian PR visa

Canada’s New Tech Talent Strategy

As part of its new Tech Talent Strategy, Canada is developing new programs and improving existing ones to attract and invite significant number of IT professionals from across the Globe.

New Programs being introduced to lure Tech Professionals

Find below the new programs Canada is introducing:

• Work permits for H-1B visa holders from 16 July 2023

Canada planning to offer foreign tech talent the opportunity to live and work in North America. Canada’s new Open Work Permit will allow current H-1B visa holders with speciality occupations to:

• work for almost any company in Canada for 3 years
• bring their immediate family with them

This temporary program will last for 1 year, or until Canada receive 10,000 applications.

• An Innovation Stream for IMP upcoming in 2023

The International Mobility Program (IMP) lets Canadian employers recruit foreign workers without a labour market impact assessment (LMIA). Later this year, IRCC will introduce a new Innovation Stream to bring talented workers to Canada to help build innovative businesses.

Programs Canada is improving

Find below the list of programs being improved:

• Open work permit for start-up visa

The start-up visa (SUV) offers PR visa to entrepreneurs looking to bring innovative business ideas and employment to Canada. The IRCC is improving SUV program by:

• Tripling last year’s target by admitting 3,500 people in 2023
• prioritizing applications from start-ups with committed capital
• inviting all start-up members to apply for an open work permit of up to 3 years

• Two-week processing for Global Skills Strategy

The Global Skills Strategy (GSS) helps employers in Canada recruit highly skilled workers without an LMIA. In the next 2 weeks, IRCC  is returning to 2-week processing for complete GSS applications, which was in place before the pandemic.

• Promoting Canada to Digital Nomads

Digital nomads working remotely for a company outside of Canada can live and work in Canada for up to 6 months at a time. They don’t require a work permit. All they need is visitor status.

With such multiple options and immigration pathways open for the Tech Professionals, it is an ideal time to apply for Canadian PR Visa.

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- Rajneesh Kumar