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QUESTION:
I'm a Canadian who came to a job in Los Angeles with a TN visa and you =
have been very helpful with handling my taxes to date. I finally got =
the employer to convert to an H1B and to cooperate with a Green Card =
process (they wouldn't pay for it). That's just started (they're =
advertising), however, I'm increasingly unhappy in this job and want to =
see if I can find something that would contribute to, rather than =
derail, my career. If I can get another job offer, how should I handle =
the issue of visas/permanent residence? Should I tell them they can get =
me faster with a TN (and would I have to go to the border to get it?) or =
should I request that they get an HIB and if they're in a hurry, to pay =
the extra for premium processing? Since most of the employers in my =
field are non-profits, it's not like they have corporate-size budgets, =
but the prospect of four more years in my present job (the time it's =
predicted to take before the Green Card is bestowed) is pushing me to =
try to find something more suitable--if anyone is desperate enough for =
clinicians to go through the whole rigmarole in order to hire me. I =
realize that if I just sit tight for four more years, I can work =
anywhere I want, but four years (after 2 1/2 already) of career detour =
when one is in one's fifties is perhaps too high a price to pay!
What are your thoughts on this question?
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david ingram replies:
A TN does not get you dual status and the H1B is the only way to go, =
particularly if the other application is already started.=20
There is a provision now to move from one employer to another with an =
H1B but I understand that about 1 in 5 is being turned down and then you =
would be "out of there". Do NOT go without the H1B in place (in my =
opinion).
Expedited processing is the only way to go.
David Ingram's US/Canada Services
US / Canada / Mexico tax and working Visa Specialists
US / Canada Real Estate Specialists
4466 Prospect Road
North Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V7N 3L7
Res (604) 980-3578 Cell (604) 657-8451
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