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Kanada or Canada

Canada !! ....  After spending 7 years in US 2016-2023 ... I get laid off. There are many things to do here , firstly secure your visa status, find a full time job, find some job that will keep me in US. This is the odrer of priority. None of these steps are simple. If a US citizen or GC holder gets laid off they usually take a break, get rejuvenated and start looking for a job. Not the people on Visa. We have to start from Day 1 to find an alternate sponsor to hold our visa. 

While doing all this, there is a frantic effort to do activities that will secure the future. One of them is to find a place where it is easy to get PR. Canada the neighbor to north shines brightly as a very attractive option.  

I talked to few people who have spent time in Canada and found this pros and cons list. 

Pros : 

  • Definite timeline to get PR and Citizenship. 
  • Canadian passport is valued and easy to travel to countries.
  • Can travel back to US easily 
  • English speaking 
  • Lot of Indians.
  • We can shift the social security we have built up in US.
Cons 
  • Its COLD for 6 months , Someone who is staying in Albert said it is not very cold just -26deg. 
  • Not many jobs. 
  • Employers prefer PR over Visa holders.
  • Cost of living. It seems rent takes up 50% of earnings in most cities. 
  • Earnings are low , lower than 50% of the US earning in USD terms. 
  • Healthcare , there are people who say healthcare is free in Canada , but you have to wait 1 year to meet the doctor, What use is a free healthcare that you cannot access. 
  • US experience is not relevant , US driving , US working 
  • Technologically backward. Monopoly business and largely business crowd

When I read the cons , Our India beats Canada on all the cons. It would be better to just move to India. Where we have family, house and amazing weather. I did not have to wear a jacket even one day in India. I loved the time spent in India 6 weeks were just bliss. 



  

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