British citizen looking to move to the USA via Canada
Feb 18th 2015, 12:13 am
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Re: British citizen looking to move to the USA via Canada
Lot of these "I'm in Canada but I want to go to the US" threads lately.
Anyway the answer is stay in Toronto. Getting Canadian citizenship and doing TN-1 isn't really an option unless you want to be a lawyer and there isn't really any demand for British lawyers in the US. And you've got even less chance on that career path for H-1B.
No point from a career standpoint either, so much American video production is actually in Canada.
Anyway the answer is stay in Toronto. Getting Canadian citizenship and doing TN-1 isn't really an option unless you want to be a lawyer and there isn't really any demand for British lawyers in the US. And you've got even less chance on that career path for H-1B.
No point from a career standpoint either, so much American video production is actually in Canada.
Feb 18th 2015, 11:02 am
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Re: British citizen looking to move to the USA via Canada
Feb 18th 2015, 1:02 pm
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Re: British citizen looking to move to the USA via Canada
I know many people who are working in the US on a TN. Many are in IT or nursing so I'm not sure why you think it only benefits lawyers.
Feb 18th 2015, 1:05 pm
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Re: British citizen looking to move to the USA via Canada
I think Steve is relating his reply specifically to the OP who qualified as a lawyer in the UK. .... Otherwise I agree with you.
Feb 18th 2015, 11:38 pm
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Re: British citizen looking to move to the USA via Canada
Because as a lawyer he would qualify for TN-1, but not as someone in video production, which are the two things he says he's qualified for.
Feb 18th 2015, 11:46 pm
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Feb 19th 2015, 2:42 pm
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Feb 19th 2015, 5:19 pm
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Re: British citizen looking to move to the USA via Canada
I work in finance, but as a data point it took me 10 years to get the experience and contacts I needed to get a job that ended up transferring me on an L1A and then applied for my GC, so it is doable, but took me a long time, changing career won't really help your cause either.
Feb 19th 2015, 9:42 pm
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Re: British citizen looking to move to the USA via Canada
Even with a degree he wouldn't qualify for TN-1, the only TN-1 job that's even close is graphics designer. I did actually talk to a lawyer who got TN-1, the CBP guy at Pearson gave him a really hard time because he couldn't figure out how a US company would need a Canadian lawyer. Eventually he was able to explain that there is this thing called: "international trade".
Feb 19th 2015, 9:44 pm
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Re: British citizen looking to move to the USA via Canada
I work in finance, but as a data point it took me 10 years to get the experience and contacts I needed to get a job that ended up transferring me on an L1A and then applied for my GC, so it is doable, but took me a long time, changing career won't really help your cause either.
Feb 20th 2015, 1:21 pm
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