Quick question: Why don't they just... drive three hours south?

seized · on Nov 8, 2021

Healthcare/insurance costs, work visa and related paperwork, family in Vancouver, similar reasons.... And just not wanting to.

On a work visa you can only live so long in the US before you have to leave for one full year or morr. Greencard is a lottery, you aren't entitled to one.

I'm a Vancouverite who has worked in the US (flying to customer sites) for 15 years now. A coworker moved to the US, didn't get the Greencard lottery, had to move back.

908B64B197 · on Nov 8, 2021

> On a work visa you can only live so long in the US before you have to leave for one full year or morr. Greencard is a lottery, you aren't entitled to one.

That's wrong.

_l4lu · on Nov 8, 2021

They are probably thinking H1, not green card lottery.

Other than that, the answer to "why don't Canadians drive 3 hours south" is "they do". The brain drain from Canadian tech is real.