[HN Gopher] Canadian nurses at Detroit hospital pressured at bor...
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Canadian nurses at Detroit hospital pressured at border after
policy change
Author : rmason
Score : 7 points
Date : 2024-01-18 19:42 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| rmason wrote:
| You might ask why I posted this to HN. You know how many
| programmers cross the Canadian border everyday from Windsor to
| work at Detroit area companies?
|
| This particular tussle is a spat with a union over wages. So the
| hospital has hired Canadians at what is a higher wage for them
| but less than the hospital has to pay unionized workers.
|
| But what is to stop the current or a future administration from
| using this law to block programmers from crossing the border?
| Kon-Peki wrote:
| I think living in one country and working in another is a blind
| spot not envisioned in the treaty. Someone who is from country
| A but both lives and works in country B has much less risk from
| encountering a grumpy border agent.
|
| I've known TN visa holders that always flew instead of drove
| because of the belief that the American border agents at the
| airports were an order of magnitude more professional than
| those at the physical border crossings (this is probably true).
|
| On the other hand, I have an extended family member that used
| to run a staffing firm for highly-skilled manufacturing
| technicians (not sure the exact job titles) in Detroit/Windsor.
| He had dozens of people crossing the border in both directions
| every single day and never heard of any issues with visa
| questions.
| willcipriano wrote:
| So what you are saying is the professional managerial class
| uses immigration to drive down wages?
| k12sosse wrote:
| Does anyone work for a company in another country remotely? I'm
| not talking those who permanently travel, but say, a Canadian
| working remotely for a US firm. What happens there, pay income
| taxes twice?
| ashconnor wrote:
| There's a tax-treaty that covers US federal taxes. I'm not 100%
| certain if the CRA will give you credit for state taxes paid in
| the United States.
|
| https://www.hrblock.com/expat-tax-preparation/resource-cente...
| ashconnor wrote:
| TN status is both a blessing and a curse. It hasn't been updated
| in forever even during the USMCA negotiations it was left as is.
|
| Pros:
|
| - Uncapped
|
| - Applications can be done at the US-Canadian border without an
| appointment if you're a Canadian citizen
|
| - Lasts 3 years. Unlimited renewals (in theory).
|
| Cons:
|
| - Spouse does not get work authorization. What!? The US-
| Australian (E-3) visa allows this.
|
| - CBP are really poor adjudicators of whether someone meets the
| requirements for the status
|
| - Jobs list hasn't been updated in forever. Programmers are
| denied but Software Engineers are accepted (wth?). Having a
| Bachelor's of Science in Comp Sci can cause issues because it's
| not a Engineering degree. Really weird and arbitrary decision
| making by CBP all over Reddit and immigration message boards.
|
| - Technically a single intent non-immmigrant visa but you can
| still apply for a Green Card on it anyway. Make it dual-intent
| already...
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