With friendlier and more compatible immigration policies being mooted by Canada, the number of Indians wanting to migrate is expected to increase, a top official of the World Wide Immigration and Consultancy Services said.
"People from India in general and Chennai in particular have been successful in migrating to Canada as over 9,500 people from the metro have so far migrated to the country in the last 10 years," Lt Col (Retd) B S Sandhu, Chairman and Managing Director of WWICS said in a statement in Chennai.
"Changes mooted in Canadian law and fresh provisions in easing of work permit conditions for international students studying in Canada are proving to be immense advantage to Indian immigrants interested to work and settle abroad," he said.
On the recent 'Post Graduate Work Permit Programme' introduced by Canada, Sandhu said with the recently incorporated provisions in the immigration policy, international students in Canada would now be able to get a work permit for up to three years without even a job offer available to them.
"IT professionals from Chennai stand a much better chance of getting visas along with a two year work permit" he said, adding a shorter span of 4-5 months of visa procedure was enough to take them to their destination.
"The conditions (in Canada) have also been considerably favourable for investors and businessmen who can invest a capital up to Rs 50 lakh (Rs 5 million) in any venture in that country," he said.
