Want to hear people's thoughts on their preferences. I am an L5 SDE at Amazon in US. I'm on H1B visa which is ending this year. I've applied for perm/i140 so I can extend my H1B visa to continue working in the US (I don't have hopes of getting GC in this lifetime as I was both in India).
One approach is to continue extending H1B every year and keep visa stamping when I visit home country but with these covid times it's difficult to get visa slots at US embassy. Also I can only have one employer and can't change my career if I feel like. And if I get laid off I have 60 days to find another employer or get out of this country!
Another approach is to apply for Canadian PR through Express entry and move there to get all the international travel freedom, freedom of having multiple income streams, freedom to stay or leave the country by my choice and a path to get Canadian citizenship in like 5 years. Maybe that sounds more stability and peace in life than continuing with H1B in US.
I have no idea about pay scale difference and other factors like diversity/culture inclusion and expenses, etc.
Would like to hear pros/cons from your point of view to help me decide. Thank you!
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You would get lower pay. But it shouldn't be 50% less as many weirdos here claim.
They are factoring in 30% because cad is less than usd. Now that might be true for your savings when spent in India but frankly is economically non sense. You live in Canada and spend in CAD, live in US, spend in usd.
Taxes are generally higher in Canada and most basics are more expensive, unless you are comparing with California or Newyork.
Canada is multicultural, much more diverse and a great place to experience life.
I would suggest move there, live in suburbs to lower your housing cost, live with less money for a few years and then consider moving back.
Most likely your green card process would again start from scratch when you move back to us.
Yes as a Canadian you could care less about that, just get a tn by any employer you like and keep renewing that every 3 years indefinitely while using Canadian passport for travel