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[Lord_Tony]

Yes! A lot of companies have bare bones presence in Australia --limited to sales when it comes to software engineering.
Besides, sitting in canada, I can work with folks in LA, SF, Seattle being in the same timezone. Can not say same about Australians. It increases remote opportunities.
If your company is based out of seattle, it is a day trip away. Or just 20 minutes of helicopter ride away. Helps immensely with business meetings.

I totally agree, same time zones EST,CST,PST...and simply being able to drive across the border are the biggest plus factors for IT workers in Canada. What pains me personally though is this has also become a gate way for poorer quality. Individuals who outsourcers ignored even for H1b are largely using this route now because of Canada's adoption of Lambda'ing strategy.

 

[TTBR]

Even those industries I doubt the need is real or huge. There is very few of such companies coming up new in Canada nor are existing ones expanding big. Most of those Canadian workers in such jobs don't have opportunity to to move to the USA unlike IT folks. Canada has a lot of these workers and thousands of locals graduate already in such streams. A very small group of naturalized Canadians move to middle east after getting a Canadian passport to enjoy better pay and savings. For the immigrants to come Canada pay in some of those engineering professions are not flashy, even lower than IT pay, most of such workers are well off in their own countries unless they live in war or crime zones.

Maybe it is not huge, but in my eyes the need is more than 500 invites for STEM, which makes not a lot of sense in creating a separate category with the biggest amount of NOCs in it. Maybe there will be a draw or two in the end of 2023...

 

[RSub]

Can you educate me on L1A visa a little bit? What factors matter on whether it is approved? Country of application, citizenship, company size, salary? Asking for a friend

Follow this: Find a company that has presence in US and Canada. Get a job in their Canadian branch for a Managerial role. Lobby within your organization for a move to US via L1A. You should have worked in the Canadian branch for at least 1 year before you are eligible for a L1A. I have seen folks at 30 moving to US on a L1A. You don't necessarily need to work in a large org, you can work in a start up too. There is no salary requirement unlike H1B. Once you move to US via L1A, then you will be eligible for EB1 GC and no matter where you are born, you will get your GC within a year or two.

 

[RSub]

Interesting. I'll need to look into the L1b

L1B is like H1B except that L1B is not lottery based. L1B has same wait period like H1B if you are from India because you will be applying for GC via EB2. Try L1A or just move to US via TN. No point in being in US on a L1B or H1B.

 

[RSub]

Tbh from what I've heard, even US Master's programs are full of Indians and Chinese and educational standards are lower than research programs. Most have never heard of plagiarism. 90% of Americans unless they got for a PhD don't pursue Master's

Every assignments we submit goes through a Plagiarism tool. So if we are found to have plagiarized something, we are done. One of my classmates got caught and he got a D (or F) grade. Since it will stay on his transcript he had to transfer to a shitty school in Houston just to remove that D from his transcript and re did his coursework from his 2nd semester because US only accepts 9 to 12 transfer credits for internationals which is one semester. He is doing well now.

 

[Lord_Tony]

Follow this: Find a company that has presence in US and Canada. Get a job in their Canadian branch for a Managerial role. Lobby within your organization for a move to US via L1A. You should have worked in the Canadian branch for at least 1 year before you are eligible for a L1A. I have seen folks at 30 moving to US on a L1A. You don't necessarily need to work in a large org, you can work in a start up too. There is no salary requirement unlike H1B. Once you move to US via L1A, then you will be eligible for EB1 GC and no matter where you are born, you will get your GC within a year or two.

thanks for your inputs. If I understood this right this Eb1 with the resulting speed of GC processing is key why all young folks want this?

 

[GandiBaat]

To get a E3 one needs to first have an employer to help you. From Australia it is not like driving from Canada and attending an interview and getting selected. E3 needs an LCA which means companies have publish they have recruited a foreign worker, companies need to work with immigration attorneys etc. These are not something small companies on limited budget or no immigration department prefer particularly without knowing the employee well, compared to TN which is supposedly easier.

P.s- I forgot to mention earlier I work for a IT outsourcer with a global presence they don't do E3 prefer H1b if the employee has old ones where 6 years is not expired or the employee has immigrant approvals etc... or do L1s because of the uniformity they have implemented in their Internal systems with HR and immigration. They seem to have learnt their lesson some where that E3 is not a good one to use for their employees

Wow! I did not know that E-3 needed LCA. That makes TN markedly more valuable. For me this is not really a factor but sure! It makes Canadian passport generally more valuable. Though E-3 also allows an open work auth for spouse so it kind of sort of compensates to a small extent.

 

[GandiBaat]

Every assignments we submit goes through a Plagiarism tool. So if we are found to have plagiarized something, we are done. One of my classmates got caught and he got a D (or F) grade. Since it will stay on his transcript he had to transfer to a shitty school in Houston just to remove that D from his transcript and re did his coursework from his 2nd semester because US only accepts 9 to 12 transfer credits for internationals which is one semester. He is doing well now.

Indeed! Even in my college (IIT-D) this was a thing back in 0Xs. Getting caught for plagiarism will get you a one way ticket to DISCO -- a kangaroo court of professors who were too keen at making your life hard apart from your academic report.

 

[GandiBaat]

Follow this: Find a company that has presence in US and Canada. Get a job in their Canadian branch for a Managerial role. Lobby within your organization for a move to US via L1A. You should have worked in the Canadian branch for at least 1 year before you are eligible for a L1A. I have seen folks at 30 moving to US on a L1A. You don't necessarily need to work in a large org, you can work in a start up too. There is no salary requirement unlike H1B. Once you move to US via L1A, then you will be eligible for EB1 GC and no matter where you are born, you will get your GC within a year or two.

And hire a Gujju or a Chinese immigration lawyer too...

BTW, these days EB1s are also trailing by 6.5-7 years for Indians .... https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-october-2023.html

 

[GandiBaat]

I totally agree, same time zones EST,CST,PST...and simply being able to drive across the border are the biggest plus factors for IT workers in Canada. What pains me personally though is this has also become a gate way for poorer quality. Individuals who outsourcers ignored even for H1b are largely using this route now because of Canada's adoption of Lambda'ing strategy.

Once it becomes a news, someone from republicans will harp that TN should also need a LCA or something else. Thankfully most Lambdas are diploma holders in something useless.

 

[RSub]

And hire a Gujju or a Chinese immigration lawyer too...

BTW, these days EB1s are also trailing by 6.5-7 years for Indians .... https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-october-2023.html

Indians have found a way to get into EB1 without PhD's and L1A's. But, it will get back to normal soon.

 

[Impatient Dankaroo]

L1B is like H1B except that L1B is not lottery based. L1B has same wait period like H1B if you are from India because you will be applying for GC via EB2. Try L1A or just move to US via TN. No point in being in US on a L1B or H1B.

What if you are not Indian? Is L1B worth it? I am not Managerial level. Have <3 years of exp at this point but my company is US headquartered and we operate in a North America model. 75% of people I interact with are US based

 

[RSub]

What if you are not Indian? Is L1B worth it? I am not Managerial level. Have <3 years of exp at this point but my company is US headquartered and we operate in a North America model. 75% of people I interact with are US based

Yes. It is.

Check here:

https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/visa-availability-priority-dates/when-to-file-your-adjustment-of-status-application-for-family-sponsored-or-employment-based-94

 

[seadrag0n]

yes if the immigrants end goal is to move the USA and there is either no family or they are also supportive of the move lol. My kids will lynch me if I ask them to move once more unless IRCC screw us real bad.

Cost of living is already screwing us, there is no need for IRCC to do anything. It's unbelievable how bad things have become, everything is expensive for no reason. I doubt any sane people would want to stay long term.

 

[iSaidGoodDay]

Cost of living is already screwing us, there is no need for IRCC to do anything. It's unbelievable how bad things have become, everything is expensive for no reason. I doubt any sane people would want to stay long term.

Just for context, isn't this cost of living a problem only from the last 2-3 years?