Ontario attracts
highly skilled immigrants from all over the world... but if they have to meet a requirement for Canadian experience, they are in a very difficult position; they can't get a job without Canadian experience and they can't get experience without a job.
This does not, however, in itself argue against welcoming
highly skilled immigrants and their ideas.
The Obama document goes on to note that «while
highly skilled immigrants make strong contributions to our domestic technology industry, there are Americans who could be filling those positions given appropriate opportunities for training.»
In keeping with «the Administration's continuing commitment to attract and retain
highly skilled immigrants,» says a DHS statement, one of the rule changes would allow H - 4 dependent spouses of H - 1B visa holders who are in process of applying for permanent residency to obtain work authorization.
Highly skilled immigrants are a significant share of the work force in medicine, in academia, in engineering and in other technology industries, all of which involve jobs disproportionately located in large urban areas.
When the bulk of our immigration laws were revised in the early 1990s, the intention was to accommodate more
highly skilled immigrants who worked in large, conventionally structured businesses.
The H1B
highly skilled immigrant visa is limited to 65,000, with an additional 20,000 for holders of advanced degrees — not much when you consider that U.S. universities pump out 1 science graduate for every five China does.
Not exact matches
Harvard and Duke University professor Vivek Wadwha, himself an
immigrant entrepreneur from India, warned in a Congressional hearing, «The U.S. is giving an unintentional gift to China and India by causing
highly educated and
skilled workers, frustrated by long waits for visas, to return home.»
More than 50 per cent of Canada's current
immigrants are
highly educated and
skilled.
Many of their jobs were transferred to
immigrants on temporary visas for
highly skilled technical workers, who were brought in by an outsourcing firm based in India.
Wadhwa and Arora echoed that argument: Increasing the number of
highly skilled foreign
immigrants with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, they each said, would boost America's economy by helping to meet U.S. employers» workforce needs and stimulating the creation of new companies, and hence new jobs for Americans.
Introduction of
Immigrant investment programmes by the Department of Justice and Equality is a very positive step as it was designed to attract
highly skills individuals, investors and companies with innovative approach to Ireland.
Simply distinguishing between
highly skilled foreign migrants and unskilled or low -
skilled immigrants would help pave the way for legislation that protects the employment prospects of local workers without restricting access to the talent that is needed to pull economies further out of recession.
From oil fields in North Dakota, to strong cultural diversity in New Mexico, to the
highly skilled and government
immigrants in Virginia, these three states are brimming with global opportunities.