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> will find their wages stagnate as well. I think the passport makes a pretty huge difference. The barriers to moving from North Carolina to California – while
by ketzo 5y ago
> will find their wages stagnate as well.
I think the passport makes a pretty huge difference. The barriers to moving from North Carolina to California – while high – are nothing compared to the process of immigrating to the United States (at least from everything I've ever read about that process).
- __turbobrew__ 5y agoCanadian citizens can pretty trivially acquire a TN visa to work as a software engineer in the US. Your living situation is less secure on a TN visa compared to permanent residency however.
- dleslie 5y agoThe passport really isn't an issue, at all. I know a great deal of people who have moved south and have only heard of trivial issues related to border crossings, and never issues with residency and work permits. Being a tech worker from Canada makes the USA a fairly open market for your skills. But as will likely be similar for individuals from North Carolina, my anchor to this geographic location is the social and familial network that my family relies upon. Moving to another geographic location is appealing, and a great option, when young and lacking in responsibilities; but I'm quite hesitant to uproot my children and wife, placing them far away from their friends and extended family, in order to live in a location that lacks the qualities that makes raising a family here so appealing.