Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and digital nomads

Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by joshlemer on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:45AM (#36516784)

I've seen first hand refugees come to Canada from Ukraine, realize that this country is in their words "not a country where you can have an easy life" and within 6 months figure out a way to get to the states.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by peanuty1 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:57AM (#36516870)

I could've been making a great salary in Canada as a new grad but it just didn't make sense to stay when I could make 1.5x more in the US (and in USD!).

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by wesapien on Thursday June 29, 2023 @03:03AM (#36517318)

Good on you! I wish I could do the same leave Canada.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by f6v on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:58AM (#36516874)

> I've seen first hand refugees come to Canada from Ukraine

Software developers are used to paying sub-10% income tax there (or no tax at all).

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by joshlemer on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:00AM (#36516891)

Yeah, that was a big shock for them.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by risyachka on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:37AM (#36517145)

It wasn’t.

Software developers are not allowed to leave Ukraine.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by m00x on Thursday June 29, 2023 @03:24AM (#36517454)

I know plenty who have, and there are plenty who were here before.

Why wouldn't they be able to leave?

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by bjord on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:09AM (#36518107)

Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds to me like this person is assuming all software developers are (military age) men. I'm not aware of other restrictions on people being able to leave Ukraine.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by rat9988 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @06:26AM (#36518620)

Military age men are big chunk of ukranian software devs. It's not a small restriction that we can just ignore.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by MichaelZuo on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:33AM (#36520141)

Quite a lot of folks in Ukraine aren't exactly known for strictly complying with every regulation. There's undoubtedly a huge number of military age men that left regardless, especially among software devs.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by f6v on Friday June 30, 2023 @02:49PM (#36540216)

Well you can’t just walk up to border guards and bribe them. You’ve got to have connections, not everyone does.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by badpun on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:16AM (#36518163)

Even if they aren't, Ukraine is very corrupt, so getting through the border will just cost you a couple thousand euros at most.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by lisasays on Thursday June 29, 2023 @11:11AM (#36521461)

Not the best choice of language.

They meant to say "Men of conscription age, hence most software developers ..."

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by lordnacho on Thursday June 29, 2023 @06:05AM (#36518474)

Is it much different in the states?

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by grugagag on Thursday June 29, 2023 @10:15AM (#36520636)

That’s what I’ve been thinking about. Probably there are many people who take the opposite route, states first then Canada. I only know a few cases though.

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Re:Canada announces open work-permit for tech workers and di... by joshlemer on Thursday June 29, 2023 @11:20AM (#36521606)

Yes, home prices are drastically lower in most of the states than in Canada. Taxes are also lower, and pay is higher.

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