Canada aims to welcome over 10 lakh immigrants over the next three years, up to 2022. This spells good news for skilled Indians, especially those in the technology sector.
Given the challenges thrown up by the US immigration policies, Canada has emerged as an attractive alternate destination.
According to a press release by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the government agency that oversees immigration, the target is to admit up to 3.41 lakh permanent residents in 2020, increase it to 3.51 lakh in 2021 and 3.61 lakh in 2022.
Motivated by more restrictive immigration policies under the Trump administration and the difficulty of obtaining green cards in the United States, the number of Indians obtaining permanent residence in Canada has more than doubled since 2016.
In 2006, 39705 Indians admitted as permanent resident to Canada which increased to 80,685 in 2019. Reason behind this increase is that Canada is benefiting from a diversion of young Indian tech workers from U.S. destinations, largely because of the challenges of obtaining and renewing H-1B visas and finding a reliable route to U.S. permanent residence.
Another factor in the rise of Indian immigrants in Canada is the ability of Canadian universities to attract international students at record levels.
Number of Indian International students in Canada have been increased from 76,075 in 2006 to 1,72,625 in 2018.
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