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So... what's the catch? Sounds too good to be true. Can anyone think why they would do that? Can I just move there and get the benefit?

• clubhi 12y ago
  You have to live in Canada.
  • maaku 12y ago
    Why the downvotes? Seriously that's why the incentive exists. Not enough skilled people wanting to live in Canada.
    • michaelochurch 12y ago
      Many immigrants prefer the US over Canada because (a) there are major benefits to the US passport, and (b) there are unexpected prestige factors. In some parts of Asia, Canada still has the stigma of being "for people who couldn't get in to the US" even though, for the past 20 years or so, it's been as hard to get into Canada as the US (if not harder). If you take away New York and Silicon Valley and the unique opportunities those places offer, the appeal isn't living in the U.S. It's having an American passport. All that said, I think there are plenty of skilled people who'd live in Canada. You see the same thing in the U.S. Midwest. There are a lot of smart people who'd love to stay in, or move to, Chicago and Minneapolis. But the job markets aren't nearly as strong there, so they move to the coasts, settle down, and never return. Properly deployed, programs like this can change that (although it tends to take a long time).
      • lazyant 12y ago
        > there are major benefits to the US passport can you mention one, esp. over the Canadian one? One particularity of the US passport is that you have to pay US taxes even if you live and work elsewhere
      • maaku 12y ago
        I'm not aware of any single real benefit of a US passport over a Canadian passport.