Seattle, WA In it vigor to stop illegal immigration to the United States, the U.S. government has stopped all legal immigration to America. Additionally, the work visa program has proved woefully inadequate to accommodate the numbers of qualified workers from throughout the world who want to live and work in America.

The United States immigration visa is titled the EB-3 visa or green card; and the work visa is known as the H-1B. The EB-3 program first stopped in 2005 when the phenomenon known as visa retrogression went into effect and stopped all immigration from India, Chine and the Philippines. Soon this visa problem literally shut down all of the world’s green card chances to enjoy a better life in America. The present anti legal and illegal immigration atmosphere in the U.S. congress, and the back log of immigrant visa applications, insures that most of the world will not have the opportunity to immigrate to America until 2010 or 2012.

Additionally, the United States H-1B work visa is capped at 75,000 issued per calendar year. That cap is reached the first day of the filing period for the entire year.

The international worker, visitor or student in America on a non-immigration visa such as the J-Visa; F or student visa, H or work visa, B1/B2 visitor or tourist visa, (as well as E Visa, L Visa and O Visa) holders who are undergraduate or graduate students, healthcare and IT professionals, skilled workers are all having to leave America when their visas expire.

Of maximum importance is that a person in the United States on a non-immigration visa does not overstay his/her visa ending date. If the visa is over stayed, they become illegal in the United States and the cost of the Canadian visa increased. Additionally, if a person overstays his or her non-immigration visa by more than 180 days, then they are barred from re-entering the U.S. for 3 years. If a person overstays his or her non-immigration visa by more than one year, then they are barred from re-entering the U.S. for 10 years. The United States knows of an individual’s entry and departure dates from the computer tracking of the individual’s passport number. Overstaying a visa ending date is not an option that should be considered.

However, there is an answer for the foreign born in America legally. This program is only operational from America, it does not operate if a candidate is physically located outside the United States. It does not operate if the candidate is located for example in India. That answer is to take a study or work visa in Canada. Canada has a substantial need for the very same workers that America is forcing to leave. To take advantage of this opportunity, many U.S. businesses such as Microsoft are outsourcing or opening branches in Canada. Foreign born nurses, IT, Pharmacists, Engineers of every description and skilled workers are in demand in all of Canada. After obtaining a study permit to Canada (that includes a work permit for the student and spouse) or work permit, the path is open for the foreign born to receive the Canadian permanent resident visa or landed immigrant visa status. After that Canadian citizenship status is open to the foreign born. This means a duel citizenship status with the Canadian immigrant’s birth country.

At anytime the foreign born in Canada on a student or work permit or permanent resident visa can return to the United States on the U.S. B1/B2 visitor ourist visa to visit. They can also take a U.S. job if the U.S. then has an adequate work or immigration visa program, without losing their Canadian permanent resident or Canadian citizenship status. After obtaining Canadian citizenship, the foreign born is eligible for the trade NAFTA or TN visa to work in America. The TN visa, is attached to the trade treaty between the United States and Canada and is independent of any visa or immigration program. The TN visa enables the foreign born to work in America, whether America has a visa program in place or not.

American recruiters and immigration consultants, The Icon Group of Silverdale, Washington, (a community near Seattle) have teamed with one of the oldest immigration law firms in Canada to provide this program to all of the foreign born that are in America legally. Individuals can relocate to Canada on the Icon program in as little as 2-weeks after the paperwork and fees are paid and not have to return to their country of citizenship.

The legal and application fees for the Canadian study or work permit program are surprisingly low at $15,000.00 usd and to add The Canadian immigration visa is another $15,000.00 usd. The moneys are paid directly to the Canadian law firm in U.S. funds. The fees may be made in payments, all due prior to the permit being issued.

Interested parties may contact The Icon Group at (360) 697-7880 or email at Canada@iconnetwork.org. Additionally, the initial document to be completed before substantive discussion can be started can be downloaded at http://www.iconnetwork.org/Canada01/.