FSW WORLDWIDE

[Windsor37]

My tip to you, go seek an legal advice from an Asian or non-American attorney for filing your GC. There are tons in Seattle and SFO. Of course, read the reviews. They will get what you want. If you work with American-born attorney, then I am sure you will never get things done quickly. A simple mistake will restart the whole process. So make sure you do everything right at the first filing.

Question though if you're going to be company sponsored, wouldn't the company pick where you should get the legal advice from? I'm assuming they are already working with an immigration lawyer for the stuff on their end, why not just bring you in as well.

 

[Daren2023]

I am the opposite. I have a US GC and I am moving to Canada. As a global entrepreneur the “worldwide taxation” aspect of the US doesn’t appeal to me. Also, you don’t get anything for your taxes in the US, in Canada at least you get more benefits. The USA is too religious for my taste. And there are constant shootings. I wouldn’t feel safe sending my children to a school in the US. I enjoyed living there when I was young, very workaholic and felt bulletproof. But, now that I am just about to turn 40 I appreciate quality of life and my family more.

 

[Windsor37]

I am the opposite. I have a US GC and I am moving to Canada. As a global entrepreneur the “worldwide taxation” aspect of the US doesn’t appeal to me. Also, you don’t get anything for your taxes in the US, in Canada at least you get more benefits. The USA is too religious for my taste. And there are constant shootings. I wouldn’t feel safe sending my children to a school in the US. I enjoyed living there when I was young, very workaholic and felt bulletproof. But, now that I am just about to turn 40 I appreciate quality of life and my family more.

Also, I should qualify…I don’t plan to move full-time. I live in Europe now but I have a company and some business interests in the US and I plan to move that. I will probably spend 6 monts +1 day in Canada per year.

For reference though, Canada also have "worldwide taxation", the difference between the US is that US tax follows up wherever you take up residence.

I agree on the schools though, I feel that if your kids can get domestic tuition in Canada, Canadian schools offer better value for money. If I ever have a family in the US, I'll make sure that they're dual citizens so they can get domestic tuition in Canada.

Depends on where you live in Canada I guess, Canadian suburbs are phenomenal. But the cities, well let's just say I don't feel it oozing with "quality of life" - at least in Vancouver.

 

[Daren2023]

For reference though, Canada also have "worldwide taxation", the difference between the US is that US tax follows up wherever you take up residence.

I agree on the schools though, I feel that if your kids can get domestic tuition in Canada, Canadian schools offer better value for money. If I ever have a family in the US, I'll make sure that they're dual citizens so they can get domestic tuition in Canada.

Depends on where you live in Canada I guess, Canadian suburbs are phenomenal. But the cities, well let's just say I don't feel it oozing with "quality of life" - at least in Vancouver.

Yes every country has "Worldwide Taxation" while you are a resident.
Canadian cities might not be organized, but have you seen Harlem in NYC and the South End in Chicago? Parts of the USA are more dangerous than war-zones.... I don't think you will find something like this in Canada

"In Chicago’s 60624 ZIP code, the homicide rate for young men is more than 1,200 for every 100,000, and it’s not the only ZIP code with numbers like this. The average annual deaths per 100,000 for American soldiers who were heavily engaged in combat numbered at 395 in Afghanistan and 330 in Iraq."

 

[Arod]

I am the opposite. I have a US GC and I am moving to Canada. The USA is too religious for my taste. And there are constant shootings. I wouldn’t feel safe sending my children to a school in the US.

Nailed it. In addition to being a place where half the population believes in populists like Trump and nutjobs like Tucker Carlson, imagine being surrounded by so much ignorance.

 

[iSaidGoodDay]

Nailed it. In addition to being a place where half the population believes in populists like Trump and nutjobs like Tucker Carlson, imagine being surrounded by so much ignorance.

Personally, US is good for business, but not a good place to live.

 

[Daren2023]

Nailed it. In addition to being a place where half the population believes in populists like Trump and nutjobs like Tucker Carlson, imagine being surrounded by so much ignorance.

Yes, I forgot, TRUMP!! I would take Trudeau over Trump any day

@iSaidGoodDay yes it is good for business but I think all the chaos is going to catch up to them. Maybe it is better to say, the US WAS good for business. I think other countries, like Canada, Australia and NZ will be more prosperous in the figure, especially taking into consideration global warming. They say NZ is the best place to go to survive global warming .

 

[Windsor37]

Yes every country has "Worldwide Taxation" while you are a resident.
Canadian cities might not be organized, but have you seen Harlem in NYC and the South End in Chicago? Parts of the USA are more dangerous than war-zones.... I don't think you will find something like this in Canada

"In Chicago’s 60624 ZIP code, the homicide rate for young men is more than 1,200 for every 100,000, and it’s not the only ZIP code with numbers like this. The average annual deaths per 100,000 for American soldiers who were heavily engaged in combat numbered at 395 in Afghanistan and 330 in Iraq."

I've been to NYC, and yeah the cities don't really inspire "Quality of Life" either. Don't get me wrong, for sure the US has probably worse cities than say Vancouver or Toronto, what I'm saying is if you want to maximize that "Quality of Life" in Canada, the suburbs is the place you defnitely want to look at, and not inside the major cities. You'd want to look at the outskirts of the metropolitan areas.

 

[mandarkashikar1]

Call them up on phone. Are you inside Canada? If not consider getting options which will allow you to call ircc cheap.

Is this something that other users have faced in the past?

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

For my L1 the company said they'll get me a lawyer so you're right. But I think subzero was talking about the NIW case so you get your own lawyer.

Congrats on getting wheels turning ) Just FYI, it will take 6-8 months to get L1 approved. I have engaged lawyers as well and that's what they told me. The USA experiences major backlogs with visas.

I just came back from Houston. You will enjoy the states ) Just do your best to get GC.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

Hey guys,

I received a additional document request but the PDF letter does not say which document is required. The bullet point under "we need the following document" is just blank. Also, when I look at the document center on my profile, there is no field to add any new document. The last time I had an ADR, I had an option to add a new document here. Any idea what I should do? I sent CIC a web form but I guess they don't respond to that.

Any help will be appreciated. I have been in this process for 2 years now. Thanks.

Call them OR upload a letter of explanation with the original letter being attached and saying that you have no idea what is expected out of you as there is a glitch.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/03/17/canada-extends-international-students-work-permits-for-18-months.html

Canada extends international students’ work permits for 18 months. ‘We’re seeing that the same crisis is repeating over and over,’ critics say
Under a new measure, international graduates with expired postgraduate work permit in 2022 and 2023 will be able to extend their work authorization for another 18 months.


AOR to PPR under 3 weeks, 5 year PGWP after Lambda degree, this country is a joke.

Or we need more PhD uber drivers but I'm just not aware.

What a joke of a country and system. I don't even want to say anything else.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

Most company's have tie ups with law firms and they tend work with them only. But, you can ask if they will allow you to work with other firms. Also, in my friend's case, the HR in the company kept f**king up, and one point the GC process got delayed by an year. In my brother's case, his GC process got delayed due to tax related mistake that attorney's failed to identify at early stage. Americans suck at due diligence. Their mind works one way only. Most of them don't know what multi tasking is.

That's true. Fragomen, I am looking at you.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/rents-are-soaring-in-canada-as-surge-of-people-goes-undercounted

Canada’s explosive population growth from immigration is causing rents to surge in its biggest cities. And there’s another problem: The country isn’t even properly counting the number of people who need homes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government plans to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents this year, and increase the annual target to half a million by 2025. But those often-cited numbers understate the pressure on the country’s limited supply of housing —because they don’t include a wave of foreign students, temporary workers and others with non-permanent visas.

So what we all suspected is finally starting to come out in the open. They don't count the number temporary residents when setting the already low new housing construction targets. Wow.

When I was talking about those issues, members here were telling me that I whine and complain. Welp, financialpost said the exact same thing. It's crazy what is happening in ON right now. If a place in Elmira costed 400K back in 2017, it costs 600K-800K now. ELMIRA!!!! It's literally a town with farms. No life, no decent restaurants.

Btw, those who are coming to CA. Don't bother with family doctor. It will take 3-4 years to get anyone in ON. 5+ if you are in Toronto. Doctors are so backed that it's almost impossible to force a family doctor to send you to a specialist for a check-up. Happened to my cousin, unfortunately. He has a lump on his back and he cannot get to a doctor to see if it's cancerous or not. The whole journey is him going to his family doctor, getting some medicine (over the counter) and coming back 1 month later to get another medicine. He ended up going to Russia to check it. Ended up being cancerous.

 

[GandiBaat]

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/rents-are-soaring-in-canada-as-surge-of-people-goes-undercounted

Canada’s explosive population growth from immigration is causing rents to surge in its biggest cities. And there’s another problem: The country isn’t even properly counting the number of people who need homes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government plans to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents this year, and increase the annual target to half a million by 2025. But those often-cited numbers understate the pressure on the country’s limited supply of housing —because they don’t include a wave of foreign students, temporary workers and others with non-permanent visas.

So what we all suspected is finally starting to come out in the open. They don't count the number temporary residents when setting the already low new housing construction targets. Wow.

Oh Canada!

They will get lots of doctors and will not let them practice.
They have massive amount of land but they will not let people build homes.