As the United States considers implementing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, Canada may be poised to benefit from a shifting global talent landscape. Speaking recently on BNN Bloomberg, Bill MacGregor, a leader in Citizenship & Immigration Law and partner at Gowling WLG, shared insights into how these changes could steer high-skilled tech workers toward Canada.

MacGregor emphasized the impact of the proposed U.S. visa surcharge and highlighted Canada's more stable and accessible immigration system for foreign-trained professionals:

"Adding $100,000 to the H-1B application process — that's going to make some people, some organizations, not go that route. In many cases, that opens up opportunities for that talent to come to Canada."

"Canadian permanent resident programs are generally much better in terms of being predictable. That's very attractive to many of these applicants."

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