The crowd of students interested in moving to the United States is now heading towards Canada in a huge quantity. Consideringthis issue the immigration and policy experts informed the US lawmakers thatthis is because of the outdated H-1B visa policy.
The experts on Tuesday addressed the Congress to act uponthis matter as soon as possible as the Indian talent is moving from the US toCanada, which is mainly because of the per-country quota on providing a greencard or permanent residence which will be based on employment.
The executive director of the National Foundation forAmerican Policy Stuart Anderson stated, “Without Congressional action, thetotal backlog for all three employment-based categories for Indians would increase from an estimated 9,15,497 individuals currently to an estimated21,95,795 individuals by fiscal 2030.”
He also kept a testimony in front of the House JudiciaryCommittee-Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship in which it was stated, “Weshould let that number sink in: Within a decade, more than 2 million peoplewill be waiting in line for years or even decades for employment-based greencards."
He also testified in front of the panel that the outdatedImmigration Policies of the US are the reason behind the drowning of the highlyskilled foreign nationals, considering the international students from the USto Canada.
"This has happened in response to how difficult itis to work in the United States in H-1B status or gain permanent residence, andthe comparative ease of international students and foreign nationals working intemporary status and then acquiring permanent residence in Canada," he told.
Jennifer Young, CEO, Technology Councils of NorthAmerica mentioned another reason of students not choosing the US which is the a paper-based immigration system that causes a delay in the process ofapplication.
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Besides that, she also stated an example of a lady and herhusband, who studied in the US on a study visa but after 18 years they left forCanada as they realized that there is no possible chance of getting a Permanentresidency. They went to Toronto and have a house there; they are recruiting andhelping people to leave the United States and to come to Canada, and join themthere.
She also added that due to the rejection of more than1,00,000 H-1B cap submissions, the United States turned away millions of highly skilled and well-educated people.
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Mr. Parikh urged the lawmakers to increase the dualintent visas to contain foreign student visas so that the internationalcandidates might have the option of Permanent Residency and to make amendmentsin the post-graduation immigration law so as to ease the inflow of the skilledgraduates.
He further told Congress to continue to excuse highereducation and research institutions from the H-1B visa caps. “Someorganizations have recommended proposals to ‘staple a green card’ tointernational students graduating with a diploma in specific, targeted fieldsof study to meet U.S. demands,”