More Americans considering the possibility of moving to neighboring Canada to live in for the pandemic of coronavirus. The number of citizens of the United States to specialists has increased significantly after new outbreaks COVID-19 in the country. Lawyers on immigration issues on both sides of the U.S.-canadian border indicate that over the past two to four weeks, they observed significant increase in the number of Americans wishing to move to the North.
"They [the Americans] are concerned about the mortality rate, the increase in the number of positive cases across the country. They see Canada as a safe haven" – said in an interview with Global News, Len Saunders, an American lawyer from the city of blaine, Washington.
He noted that the first in line for a move lined up those Americans who have either have a spouse in Canada, or the groom, or a right to canadian citizenship through parents.
Canadian lawyer mark Belanger, in turn, noted that in recent weeks he’s watching "substantial surge" of interest in relocating among those Americans who have visited Canada before the pandemic and is now seeking permanent resident status or at least a work permit. He felt in the last month the number of queries "increased two or three times".
According to Global News, get an official comment on this matter, with full statistics from the US immigration service has failed. But according to canadian data, from April to July this year, the number of Americans entering the new status in Canada has increased by 60%. In April these travelers were 108 thousand, then in July it 172 thousand. And this despite the fact that Canada continues to keep the border with the United States "shut" because of the pandemic. Both lawyers are confident that Canada will not open the border until the end of the year.
"But even after it opens, I think that trend [of moving] will continue," said Saunders.
