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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by ryanseys on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @08:42PM (#36780867)
As a Canadian, currently stuck in the US immigration process, I chuckle at this remark.

Also I-485's i.e. Green Cards, Permanent Residence status, in the US are based on where you are BORN not which citizenship(s) you have.

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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by howinteresting on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @08:46PM (#36780894)
Yes but the goal is not to move to the US permanently, it is to make a ton of money here and then retire in Canada.
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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by gloryjulio on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @08:55PM (#36780941)
If u have a ton money, it's cheaper to just live in US. Canada is very expensive for the plebs. The cost of living keeps rising and the politicians are very anti small businesses and pro oligarchy. They have a strangle hold on the country simliar to the Murdoch in Australia. Ironically, US is fairer in helping the small timers.
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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by flangola7 on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @01:28AM (#36782424)
> If u have a ton money, it's cheaper to just live in US.

Not if you have a chronic illness and have doctor appointments most weeks.

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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by gloryjulio on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @02:06AM (#36782641)
It was the saving grace, but I am not sure if that's the case now as the situation deteriorates. If I am already having the big tech insurance and I am gonna to fly to Mexico/India for some of the items anyway, why do I need it?

The politicians simply DO NOT care. They just let oligarchs keep eating the small palayers, and it will totally break the health system some day just like how they killed 3rd party internet providers. Telus is already making the play in the health sector.

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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by midoridensha on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @03:52AM (#36783261)
Basically, if you have valuable tech skills and are young and healthy, the US is a great place to make a lot of money.

Otherwise, not so much.

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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by ryanseys on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @09:05PM (#36781006)
As an H-1B holder, we are legally entitled (and required) to work for one specific employer and that's it. You cannot even think of starting a company, you cannot work a gig job, you can't work two "high-paying" tech jobs.

Everyone knows the "ton of money" doesn't come from working a salaried job, it's from creating something new / starting a company.

But only US green card holders or US citizens can even dream of considering that as an option they can pursue.

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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by jebarker on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @09:44PM (#36781229)
Ton of money is ill-defined, but it's quite possible to work a salaried job in tech in the US and achieve financial independence and an extremely high standard of living.
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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by renewiltord on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @02:05AM (#36782637)
You can found on a H-1B. My friend has.
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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by Wagthesam on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @08:50PM (#36780913)
that used to be desirable. But the canadian health care system has degraded, and cost of living is now super high with the housing boom

I say this as a canadian based in sf

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Re:Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up with U.S. I... by pkaye on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @05:15PM (#36793520)
The TN visa maybe enough for them once they become Canadian citizens.
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