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Canadian tech companies are hiring skilled foreign workers, but they can’t find enough skilled immigrants in Canada to fill the jobs. The government should create a new visa for these workers.
This demand from the Council of Canadian Innovators for a new visa to allow high-skilled tech professionals to come to Canada without a job offer is in response to the labor shortages in the sector.
The CCI recently announced its Talent and Skills Strategy, including 13 essential policy suggestions to help policymakers support Canada’s expanding tech sector.
The proposed ” High Potential Tech Visa” will target in-demand sectors such as software developers and data scientists. Holders of this Visa would be able to work, switch jobs, and apply for permanent residency in Canada.
Most people seeking work visas in Canada must have a job offer to be qualified. According to the CCI’s Talent and Skills Strategy report, this requirement is a roadblock for highly skilled workers who wish to work in Canada. According to the analysis, allowing software engineers, data scientists, and other experts in high-demand occupations to enter Canada to look for work would increase their chances of finding a job.
Furthermore, the pandemic has increased the prevalence of remote work. As a result, CCI suggests the Canadian government should collaborate with the private sector on a trial program to allow highly skilled foreign workers to come to Canada without a job offer.
CCI’s suggestion for the new visa takes its inspiration from a program proposed in the United Kingdom to allow software developers, engineers, and data scientists to enter the nation without having a job offer.
The proposed tech visa would complement the current Global Skills Strategy, which aims to process work permit applications for in-demand jobs in as short a duration as two weeks. On the other hand, the CCI proposes a visa processing period of 48 hours for this scheme.
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