China, India, Mexico, Philippines.[1]
The system doesn't explicitly discriminate against "talented" countries, it just stacks the odds against highly populated countries since there is a per-country cap on the number of GCs issued.
The system doesn't explicitly discriminate against "talented" countries, it just stacks the odds against highly populated countries since there is a per-country cap on the number of GCs issued.
It stacks the odds against countries with a large number of qualified applicants in any category (since the caps are per category.) Population plays a role, but only because it influences representation in the category (which is a big factor for India and China), but so does interest level (which is a big factor for Mexico and the Phillipines, which are particularly impacted for family-based immigration as well as employment-based immigration categories.)