U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
I&#x27;m at somewhat of a cross-roads related to this matter.<p>Note that this mostly applies to immigrants from India or China. I&#x27;m from India. This applies irrespective of education level (I did my Bachelors in the US, just FYI)<p>Currently I&#x27;m in the US on a student visa (currently during a period of that visa that permits me to work) that expires in a couple years. I cannot renew it. If I want to continue working in the US. My only option is an H1-B (work) visa.<p>There is basically no other option to me.<p>Okay, so let&#x27;s say I do get the H1-B visa. Then, I have to work for a few more years on that visa, before I&#x27;m eligible to apply for a green card - which grants permanent resident status. Now, once I file that application, I&#x27;ll be on a waitlist. Guess how much time it takes to get a greed card? <i>Atleast</i> 100 years. I&#x27;m not joking. Unless there&#x27;s a policy change, there&#x27;s no possibility.<p>Even if there&#x27;s no possibility of me getting a green card, I can still work. I can still buy a house, get married, have kids, etc. A lot of Indians and Chinese in the US currently are in this limbo period, where they don&#x27;t have a green card. So they still continue to work, start a family. Because no other country will pay as well.<p>But personally, I hate the uncertainty. While even getting a green card isn&#x27;t a guarantee to get to stay in the country, <i>not</i> having a green card is much worse. A CBP officer has the authority to deny you entry at their discretion. If do deny entry, you are banned from entry for atleast 5 years.<p>That&#x27;s it. You&#x27;re life in the US has vanished into thin air.<p>While I love my current job, I trying to immigrate to Canada. You get a PR immediately if you quality based on a points system calculated using specific, meritocratic criteria. If I have a PR I feel I won&#x27;t worry when I buy a house, plant roots, that my life won&#x27;t be upended because I failed to follow my visa&#x27;s restrictions.