Thanks for the information. I am good at JIRA integrationWe are also looking for a techie guy to manage few tools integration with JIRA... Like selenium, UFT and all... we already have the framework...
this is funny. How would you keep coming back to US as a merit of moving to Canada?One negative of moving to Canada. If you have I140 approved then going to USA to work on TN visa will be a problem as TN visa does not allow any Immigration Intention.
Even if NAFTA goes away, US-Canada would work out something to allow mobility of professionals. I was really hoping that Jobs Classification will get updated in negotiations but it looks highly unlikely. Here is a relevant article:
Why do you feel it'd get better? Things related to immigration will get only worse in coming days.Even if NAFTA goes away, US-Canada would work out something to allow mobility of professionals. I was really hoping that Jobs Classification will get updated in negotiations but it looks highly unlikely. Here is a relevant article:
http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/tn-visa-and-immigration-take-a-back-seat-at-nafta-negotiations/
Did you notice that almost all the bad news regarding immigration is coming on H1/L1 front and no-one is bashing TN visa? Reason for that is cheap labor from South East Asia on H1/L1 is replacing Americans. On the other hand TN visa holders coming from Canada are just "supplementing" US workforce. Canadians are not going to move to USA to work at 50% of the salary that a US person gets. Do you agree?Why do you feel it'd get better? Things related to immigration will get only worse in coming days.
Native Canadians may not, but naturalized Canadians will. Even if they get the salary just matched in $ (80k USD = 80k CAD) as what they get in Canada, it would result in more savings because of significantly better home country conversion rates, lower taxes and lower cost of living in US. Imagine where someone draws 85k in Toronto, and if the same person gets 85k USD in a place like Indianapolis or Florida, why would they not want to move there? Housing cost in such places would be only one third of what is there in Toronto and 85k is a very easy salary to get in US.Did you notice that almost all the bad news regarding immigration is coming on H1/L1 front and no-one is bashing TN visa? Reason for that is cheap labor from South East Asia on H1/L1 is replacing Americans. On the other hand TN visa holders coming from Canada are just "supplementing" US workforce. Canadians are not going to move to USA to work at 50% of the salary that a US person gets. Do you agree?
I've heard talks from Canadians at work that they could revert to the TC visa which was used way before the TN visa. Not exactly sure of the details.Even if NAFTA goes away, US-Canada would work out something to allow mobility of professionals. I was really hoping that Jobs Classification will get updated in negotiations but it looks highly unlikely. Here is a relevant article:
http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/tn-visa-and-immigration-take-a-back-seat-at-nafta-negotiations/
One main difference between the visas that could explain the differences in perception is that the TN visa does not offer a path to permanent residency in the US, while the H1 does. So, TN visa holders are viewed as working in the US temporarily without any intention of staying on permanently.Did you notice that almost all the bad news regarding immigration is coming on H1/L1 front and no-one is bashing TN visa? Reason for that is cheap labor from South East Asia on H1/L1 is replacing Americans. On the other hand TN visa holders coming from Canada are just "supplementing" US workforce. Canadians are not going to move to USA to work at 50% of the salary that a US person gets. Do you agree?
MShaikh, you are insulting India and Indians by blurring the Indian flag in your profile picture. Change it or fix it.Just an FYI guys, - PD Jan 2013.
H1 is active and stamped until end of 2019.
Canada landing date sept 2014. I am moving to Canada next week. Don't have a job lined up.
Wish me luck !
Biggest hurdles in moving -
1. Low Canadian pay and smaller job market in IT (makes you a little worried)
2. Exporting car (man is that tough) and other stuff and uprooting everything in USA in general
3. My wife has to go through spousal sponsorship since she was already here on H4 EAD - this is not ideal
We'll see how it goes..