B Visas: Workers and Dozen Clients

b visas: And it's not just refugees or workers from those seven countries who might want to pack up shop, according to Huffington Post Canada. Immigration rules up in the air Currently, the U.S. allows 85,000 workers to cross its borders every year through H-1B visas, a lottery-based temporary foreign workers permit for employees with specialized skills. Trump's order bars refugees, as well as immigrants from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen all Muslim-majority countries, from entering the U.S. A Vancouver immigration lawyer told The Globe and Mail that on the weekend Trump signed the order, he met with a dozen clients, including engineers and PhD students, who were interested in moving to Canada. Immigrants are a big part of the tech industry companies including Tesla, Microsoft, Google, eBay, Yahoo and Apple were either founded by or are currently run by newcomers to the U.S. This week, a draft of a proposed executive order to revamp the visa program was leaked from the White House. All the unknowns are making Canada look like an attractive alternative. If approved, the order could revoke the right of current workers to remain in the U.S. or prevent more workers from entering the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.