International student Yuran Zhang hopes she can stay in the US after graduating college. Trump's H-1B visa fee may push her to seek work in Canada.

Canada is seizing on the new $100,000 U.S. H-1B visa fee, pitching itself as a more affordable hub for AI talent as British Columbia and Ottawa look to keep skilled workers from heading south to Seattle and Silicon Valley.

As the Trump administration moves to limit some skilled workers from entering the U.S. on a specialized visa, the Canadian tech sector is champing at the bit — hoping the new restriction will lure talent up north.

US President Donald Trump’s decision to revise the H-1B visa regulations, imposing a sweeping $100,000 fee, is likely to benefit three major countries, with Canada being the primary beneficiary. Interestingly, the two other countries that could benefit from Trump’s decision are India and China, according to experts.

Canada had no such caps. The software maker, a longtime proponent of making more visas available for skilled foreigners because of a talent shortage stateside, said at the time that the Vancouver facility would “allow the company to continue to recruit and retain highly skilled people affected by the immigration issues in the U.

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