Getting a job in the US with firms that do not discriminate

jahsan
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Joined: 16 Apr 2003
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Location: Davenport, Iowa (at the moment)

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 7:49 pm

 

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Since graduating from a US University, I've been on the job hunt, only to be discriminated against, because I am not an American.

Had many interviews but when it comes to their selections, they pick the unqualified person over me, simply because he/she is an American, and they simply do not want to deal with the visa issues we Canadians have to go through.

Are there any firms, and recruiters who do consider Canadians, and know what a TN visa is???

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Noella
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Joined: 04 Apr 2004
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:40 am

 

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the reason for that is it cost 18 thousand bucks for them to bring u here. and they have to promise the government to keep u for 2 yrs or is it 5 yrs so they get stingy.

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jahsan
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Location: Davenport, Iowa (at the moment)

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 8:39 am

 

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The North American Free Trade Agreement allows for free flow of CANADIAN skilled workers and Professionals that can work down there with out dishing out money to sponsor a Canadian.

The only cost to the company is for either a postage stamp or courier just to give the Canadian candidate a detailed letter offering them the job.
All the Canadian needs to do is take that letter to the Border Officer at the US Point of Entry, show him the letter along with his/her Bachelor's Degree or Two Year Degree, proof of work experience, and pay them $50 (or whatever the costs are now) for the Visa.

Very simple proceedure, no paperwork and faster process vs sponsoring.

This Visa is only for Canadian Citizens...

Read what the TN visa is all about...

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Noella
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 1:42 am

 

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My daughter had such a letter but made no difference. The government still was going to charge them.

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jahsan
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Joined: 16 Apr 2003
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Location: Davenport, Iowa (at the moment)

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:42 am

 

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ALso should hgave added to also have legal representation to avoid any bureaucratic BS from the Border Guards or US Government.

Good resource on US Immigration Law and Lawyer is www.americanlaw.com

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lisab
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Joined: 12 Apr 2004
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:36 pm

 

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jahsan is right, the TN visa costs the company nothing unless they pay the visa fee which is maybe $80 and travel expenses to cross the border.

The immigration dudes at the border (especially land borders rather than airports) often don't know what they're talking about. It was a nightmare everytime I went to renew my TN because I knew more about it than the immigration guy. But stick to your guns. I had to get the HR person at my company to CALL the supervisor at the border who had to tell his people to process us (after being turned away for no reason 2 days in a row). It's dumb sometimes but it's what you have to do.

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pkennedy1990
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Joined: 27 May 2004
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Location: London

Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:53 am

 

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Try San Francisco or New York City; those are the only two places in that entire Godforsaken country that I was able to tolerate. You're right, they do discriminate, and it's because they HATE us. NAFTA be damned, to them. They don't care, that, after all, is the Country of Broken Treaties! It's even worse if you're a Canadian tribe of North American Indian. Then, it's like, you're "supposed" to be one of them, but you're not, so you're Not-American, so you're not nothing, you're less than nothing, if you can imagine such a thing. I mean, I didn't last long as a Substitute Teacher because for one thing, I would never salute the Stars and Stripes, and when you're teaching kids, especially since even though I am a Secondary Math and Science teacher I would always get stuck with Primary grade little kids, they notice every little thing and make a point of asking nosey personal questions. It helps if you're not trying to work for any level of government, from local (city or county) to State to Federal, because then they really check citizenship or at least, make you take an Oath of Allegiance to the United States. Then private sector gets stingy with those little INS forms that they could too fill out and pay for, it doesn't cost as much as they like to quibble about.
Tip: getting any State's drivers' license and a Social Security number will generally suffice if you want to fake US citizenship so they don't ask questions. California's drivers' licenses can be obtained after only living there for a year, without having to be born there. You can talk the DMV into accepting a Baptismal Certificate instead of a Birth Certificate, in some parts of the state. Most states don't ask for passports as ID because that would immediately identify you as a foreigner. The major thing is, I'm sure they can't tell by your "foreign accent" that you're Canadian, you'd have to be telling them that outright or showing a passport as ID or something. Or in some part of the country where we do sound way different, like the Deep South.

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