I’m kind of in a strange boat right now where I’m really comfortable in Canada yet I can’t shake this feeling I need to get over to the US of A in order to take advantage of that strong USD. I, like many Canadians, work for an American firm and have a TN visa. Recently, my employer offered to sponsor me for a green card, if I ever choose to relocate to the USA. I can live pretty much anywhere I want as I’m a remote employee, but I do travel to the USA for client work.
It’s a tough decision to make. While I consider it, I thought I’d ask the community. So, say you good lemmings?
I would get the green card and figure out where I want to live later. Nothing about getting it would preclude you eventually settling back down in Canada. But it opens up living in Hawaii or Florida or Texas or New Orleans - very different cultural and climatic environments to anything we have in Canada.
Yeah that’s my thought too. It’ll take roughly 2 years to get my green card I’d imagine. 2 years is still 2 years though.
My bro required about 11 years for his green card. This is important:
at the time, you needed to have a visa that allowed you to be working and living in America.
each h1b is 4 years. You get 2.
there was no grift for queue-jumping back then
I’m not sure you can do it on a TN, nor from outside. H1, J1, etc, may be your only hope.
I appreciate the info. My lawyer said they can do it from a TN and the company will sponsor me.