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As someone that came through Canada's equivalent of the H1-B system, I think the Canadian system gets it mostly right: - A points system based on a combination
by hackerboos 10y ago
As someone that came through Canada's equivalent of the H1-B system, I think the Canadian system gets it mostly right:
- A points system based on a combination of industry requirement, education, experience and English/French language ability
- Permanent resident from day one
- No restrictions on moving employer or province
- Health insurance coverage after 90 days (Ontario)
- Citizenship after 3 years (once Bill C-24 is repealed)
http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/immigrate/skilled/index.asp http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/immigrate/skilled/index.asp
- flamedoge 10y agoThat's very generous
- whenwillitstop 10y agoThat is horrendous, Trump 2016!
- Manishearth 10y agoI have Indian friends in Canada who were hired for an American company but are currently in a Canada office since the company plans to L1 them (which is much easier since getting an H1B as an Indian citizen is hard). I have been (unsuccessfully) trying to convince them stay and avoid the tons of issues that US immigration has. Well, one of them wants to stay in Canada, but I think he wanted to from the start since he was aware of these things too. I myself was considering Canada for my current job, but chose against it due to a number of reasons specific to my case. Fortunately they all work for a good company, which probably won't abuse its power over them once they're in the U.S.