With the H1B visa getting hostile every day under Trump rule, I am planning to move to Canada and a lot of other people too, can you please answer this poll. I want to know how many of us has been thinking this way.
I mean I just moved from Canada to the US so... nah. But an easy fallback if shit hits the fan.
Which place you like better ?
Haven’t been here long enough to say. So far the weather is tamer, the culture is pretty similar, getting around without a car is a bit more of a pain in the ass... the only reason I moved was for better pay and to get that sweet sweet Google stamp on my resume tbh. Obvs I make more here but I was already making a solid amount of money back home, I would’ve been set either way. TL;DR - the two are neck and neck thus far for me, assuming you compare it to one of the larger Canadian cities.
High tax and less pay than Silicon Valley. Nope. The Healthcare argument is moot if you are in tech.
I am guessing you are not impacted by the shitty immigration laws here and the constant fear of getting kicked out, not being able to change jobs etc. As for the high tax, my calculation for Vancouver says I would be paying same tax (when you include FICA)
Tax isn't that much higher than California if you consider your health insurance premium to be "tax". CA being a particularly high tax state. Particularly consider how that's going to work in retirement. Pay is way less.
US at the current stand, isnt the best place to be. If Investors shy away, people will drown in a swamp... Smart ones may survive so be aware
Yeah smart ones with a little bit luck in picture as well. I don’t want to hang in between waiting for that.
Going to Canada. Constant periodic H1B anxiety gets old after a while. I think the freedom of being like a citizen is really worth a lot, at least to me. India is fine and growing but I find myself not aligned with the mainstream values, politics and things of that nature. Would prefer to raise future child in a ‘Western’ country over India and my wife is also not comfortable moving to India.
How aggressively are you planning a move ? Have you already applied for a PR ?
Got the PR. Now starting job hunt and strategizing actual move.
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Lol I’m American and I’m interested in becoming an expat. Healthcare can bankrupt people in this nation of freedom, among other things 🙄
Plus legal weed nationwide...