As Trump Snubs High-Tech Visas, Trudeau's Program Takes Off
- Canada brings in 2,000 skilled workers in 3-1/2 months
- ‘This is two thousand of the best and brightest,’ lawyer says.
Trudeau's Fast-Track Visa Program Takes Off
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ThinkData Works Inc., a big-data processing firm, just hired a software engineer from Brazil through Canada’s new fast-track visa program for high-skilled workers.
“The process was bang on,” Bryan Smith, chief executive officer of the Toronto-based company, said. It took less than the government’s target of 10 business days to process the recruit’s application. Previously it could take several months. “If the government says two weeks and it actually is, that will create a whole new process around it.”