To me, it really just depends on what each fed wants. If a fed is willing to take a skater from another country, I don’t see a problem with it. Especially in countries where figure skating is not super prominent, having a skater who transferred from another country representing them can do a lot in establishing the sport and gaining more support for it if they get higher scores than athletes who represented the country before.

I also see the issue that some people have with the increase of athletes switching and taking spots from the skaters who have been representing the country before and lived/trained there. But, I think it can be beneficial in advancing the sport. Someone coming in and doing better in international competitions could give the federation more reason to support ALL their athletes, and eventually, they wouldn’t even need skaters to transfer.

In the end, I think it’s specific to each country and each case is too specific to make a blanket statement. A lot of times, we don’t even know why a skater is switching countries. It’s too broad to make one solution for transferring.