Out of these two situations, what would you do?

1. Relocate from Canada to the USA with the proper papers to work, get settled, and go job hunting.

2. Apply for jobs from Canada in the USA and have the company sponsor your work visa before you move down.

There are pros and cons to both -- biggest con to the second one is that most employers would rather just hire someone local as opposed to the hassle of dealing with someone out of country. The first scenario has no guarantee of finding a job for a while and may force you to move back home if it doesn't pan out financially.

What would you think would be the better choice in this situation?

 

Why would you relocate to the US? I lived and studied in the US for 4 years. I didn't enjoy it very much. In fact, my wife is from the US but lives here in Ottawa now and she would never move back to the US. I know because she tells me almost everyday.

 

I would vote for option 2.

Given that the US economy is better than it was 3-4 years ago, I think it's still in a recovery state and finding good jobs (of course depending on field/position) is difficult.

I don't know your current situation but setting something up before you move is always a safer alternative...unless you can financially go without work for a certain duration of time. I'd allocate anywhere from 6-8 months of income so that you have ample time to find a new job in the U.S.

Lesismor recently moved from Toronto down to Indiana, she's gone through the whole process where she did option 1 and moved down and settled before she began searching for jobs. She might be a good person to ask advice from.

Not to get off-topic but flip the situation around and what would you recommend if you were doing vice versa, moving from the US to Canada? Reason I ask is that I am originally from Toronto before moving to the states and would consider possibly moving back someday.

Will I not have to deal with as much red tape and paperwork since I am still a dual citizen?

 

because people are different and there are several people who like living in the US. Let's see, there's me, my fiance... um.. probably 3/4ths of the 280 million who live here... uh... maybe a few hundred million people in other countries...Cat Stevens used to like it...

 

I did #1. I moved over from Ireland with $3000 to my name, and started from scratch. It worked out fine for me.

I tried #2 first, but couldn't even get a hint of a job offer over here at the time.

 

STAY WHERE YOU ARE!

Forget it, your country is doing better now.

 

ok good for you.
I wasn't asking you that question either, I was asking the person that created the topic.

 

don't care who you were asking. it was worded as though she shouldn't want to move to the USl, not as though you were curious about what is prompting her relocation. So I responded as a felt like it.

 

Come move to Florida!

 

This post makes it sound as if living in any one part of the US is the same as living in any other part. It is, to say the least, an interesting generalization.

I've lived in Southern California for all but 15 months of my life, specifically in Los Angeles and Orange County - completely urban Southern California. I lived in Northwest New Jersey for 15 months - very rural New Jersey. I didn't like New Jersey very much, but I'm also quite tired of urban Southern California. In a couple of years I plan to move, with luck to rural Northern California. I've visited the Northeast, the South, the Midwest, the Southwest, the Northwest, the Rockies - they're all quite different from each other. I hear that Hawaii and Alaska are different still.

No matter what sort of area you like, you can probably find it - or something quite close to it - in the US. While there are good reasons to live elsewhere, there are also good reasons to live here.