A large number (majority?) of these applicants are Indians on h1b in the US using Canada as a backup in lieu of going back to India. It's insurance against layoffs, not being able to get a Green Card, etc.
It remains to be seen how many actually move. And after moving how many actually stay for long or try to come back to the US on a TN or L1 visa.
I would bet most won't end up staying in Canada long term.
I bet that none will wind up in Canada. The scenario here is being fired in USA, and the visa holder clearly want to be in USA, not Canada, otherwise they'd be in Canada already. So the scenario lets say comes to pass, mass USA layoffs at tech companies hiring H1Bs. Why would Canadian tech companies (Which tech companies BTW?) be hiring while everyone else is firing the cheapest labor force available? Just my thoughts. I have worked with many visa holders in USA and their biggest fear is layoffs due to having to leave USA. But every visa holder I know who was laid off (had a big layoff at my company), was hired less than 1 month after they layoff in USA.
This is not actually true. The only advantage Canada has, for Indian immigrants in particular, is a skill-based immigration program that is fast and does not discriminate based on the country that they're from.
Canada allows a lot less family-based immigration than the US. Parent-sponsoring permanent residences are limited to 10,000/year compared to no cap in the US.
Overall it's the opposite. The US places a heavy emphasis on family-based immigration vs Canada that puts most of their emphasis on point-based skilled immigration.
that's been heavily altered in the last few years.
you can still do so, but the application process has changed to a lottery system, where you get pulled and are then your family is invited to apply. wait time may take years and its not a guarantee.
source: am in Canada, know people who have done it, have done so myself
Putting "especially Indian startups" makes it confusing but OP means startups in India. Indian startups are typically incorporated in Delaware (or Singapore) instead of India.
There are a variety of reasons:
* Ease of incorporation, getting bank accounts, predictable business laws, etc.
* The majority of the capital going into these startups is coming from outside India (a lot from the US). These investors want a more predictable and well trodden path for their investment and so they too encourage company formation in Delaware.
* After a while things become the norm in startup-land and most companies follow the playbook they've seen being done before.
The range of opinions definitely varies more than before but in my experience not by that much out of choice.
IMO the primary reason (and the only one among my circles) that Indians move back to India is immigration issues. Both for them individually and for family. The lack of being able to ever get citizenship prevents people from bringing family which then adds the additional layer of reasons to move back.
What I will say I see less of is Indians giving up and moving to "backup" countries. They're giving up and going back to India more often. (Not saying people should treat countries that way but a lot of people do).
Yes, America is that great and the proof is in the (immigration) pudding. There's a surprising gap between stated preferences vs revealed preferences in this area.
Either that, or it's disproportionately more appealing to people who are actually inclined to migrate. There is actually some reason to believe this is true, though I uh, wouldn't necessarily bet on it.
This idea sounded bad like a lot of ideas initially sound (insert ipod nomad lame meme). There was a case to be made that consumer laptop processing speeds had completely stagnated, chrome wasn't getting any lighter, and fast internet was more readily available.
But, Apple stepped in with the M1/M2 and totally obviated the need for any product like this.
Up to 1000mg once per day now, but had to work up slowly over a couple of months, as I wasn't able to tolerate even 10mg at first. You need the "flushing" type of nicotinic acid (it causes your skin to go hot and red for about half an hour, but tolerance of this gradually increases), avoid the "slow release" or "non-flushing" forms of Nicotinic acid. For melatonin I started on 3mg and worked up to 9mg.
For us it’s hard to conceptually free ourselves from our existing points system with Chase. We spend about $125k/month on our card and get something like 1% in points back. So we blow past the $5k AWS thing (which I agree is a cool concept) in about half a month!
I’d encourage you guys to try to keep innovating on the rewards side though (like you are with the current rewards). It seems like one trick is that it has to scale to businesses like ours that are still smallish but have significant spend.
Gattaca (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177) left a lasting impression on me. It initially reads like dystopian scifi but at it's core it's really about persistence and overcoming obstacles.
It remains to be seen how many actually move. And after moving how many actually stay for long or try to come back to the US on a TN or L1 visa.
I would bet most won't end up staying in Canada long term.