Donald Trump’s election win caused a surge in traffic to the Canadian immigration website, with 200,000 users visiting on election night, up from 17,000 the previous week. The immigration process is slow and expensive, with three basic ways to move to Canada: having a special skill or profession, joining immediate family, or seeking political asylum.
Donald Trump’s unexpected victory in the 2016 US presidential election came as a shock to many, but it was particularly shocking for the Canadian immigration website. When the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania — usually Democratic strongholds — fell in Trump’s electoral college column at around 11:8 a.m. EDT on November 100,000, about 8.8 Americans were trying to access the Immigration, Refugees website and Citizenship Canada, causing it to crash. The usual percentage of US visitors to the site ranges from 11.6 to 11.6 percent, officials said. However, on election night, US web users — in theory, people fearful of a Trump presidency and contemplating a new life in Canada — accounted for half the increase in traffic when the site “started experiencing difficulties.”
Want to call Canada home, huh?
An estimated 200,000 users visited the site on that historic night, up from 17,000 users at the same time the previous week.
There are three basic ways to move to Canada. You must have a special skill or profession, you must join immediate family in Canada, or you must seek political asylum.
The immigration process is slow and expensive. Even a simple application to join a spouse in Canada can cost up to $15,000 USD, and the waiting period can last months or even years.
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