Article: Effect of immigration policies
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Impact of immigration policies on software companies and industry
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Immigration policies of individual countries directly affect the availability of skilled professionals within that country.
Relevance to software business
Immigration policies have an important impact on the availability of skilled professionals to software businesses, especially technical professionals. Some firms claim that inadequate quotas for immigrants forces them to outsource some of their development activities. It is true that some countries are experiencing a decline in interest in the software professions among their native populations.