Significant gaps between Canada and United States in life and career for Indians

​Which is the best choice for Indian immigrants, Canada or the United States? We will highlight the significant gaps in life and career between Canada and the United States for Indians in both nations, if you are hoping to start your life and career in a new country.

In recent years, both Canada and the US have been popular destinations for Indian immigrants. However, recent statistics suggest that each year Canada welcomes more, and the amount in the United States declines.
 
In 2015, only 15% of all new permanent residents admitted to Canada were Indian nationals, but this number rose to 28% in 2019 around 85,000 new permanent residents in all. Meanwhile, the latest US figures indicate that around 70,000 new permanent indigenous people have been accepted in 2016, which falls to 65,000 by 2018.
If these trends continue over the next few years, Canada is expected to accommodate even higher numbers of Indians as migration from India falls in the United States. It is also worth noting that Canada has an almost 10-fold population less than the U.S. making Indian immigration per capita across the two countries even higher.
On the basis of per capita, the most frequent destination for Indian immigrants is clearly Canada.
Canada offers a high standard of living and a high need for newcomers. The public health scheme, free primary and high school tuition, a stable economic and job market are all open to Canadians and permanent residents. All this in a country with a small population, meaning loads of space and access to natural resources is among the safest in the world.
 
However, while Canada 's reputation among Indian immigrants could be largely due to the Canadian way of living, the simplicity of the Canadian immigration process , especially as particularly in comparison to American immigration, is another justification for Canada's highly populated Indian people.
 
Why are so many Indians deliberately choosing Canada over the United States?

Canada's permanent resident status (the U.S. Green Card's Canadian equivalent) can be achieved through several immigration programs, but the Express Entry Immigration system is by far the most popular among Indian immigrants. This provides a way for eligible skilled worker to achieve permanent resident status directly. You do not need a job offer, no sponsor required– really, you never need to have a presence in Canada before.
Competitiveness in Express Entry system is indeed one of the challenges. Express Entry uses the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) to evaluate all interested parties using a complex, points-based grading system. A score of 1,200 components will be given to all qualifying applicants based on criteria such as age, English and French language skills, education, job experience and Canadian sponsorship. The applicants with the best score, are only invited for permanent residence
Young, highly qualified applicants with good skills in either English or French are more likely to successfully undertake Express Entry. Although applicants other than this dream profile will succeed, they often require a point enhancement from another sector, such as a nomination by a province, a job opportunity from Canada or the prior work experience in Canada.

Few benefits of Express Entry are:

Express Entry is simple and easy
The Express Entry Program in Canada is fast. The large proportions of applications are processed within somewhere around six months after filing a final application for permanent residence.
You could also carry your family with Express Entry
You can include your wife or common law partner and minor and dependent children with Express Entry. If your family members are authorized for permanent residence, they will also become permanent residents.
Canadian permanent resident is the key to citizenship.
New permanent residents may qualify as Canadian citizens just three years after they have acquired permanent status (and earlier after they've spent time studying and/or working in Canada) with the right to apply for a Canada passport, one of the world's most coveted passports. The path to citizenship will always be calculated in decades rather than years in the United States. That is much easier. Indians may take notice, as since 2005, a special classification, called the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI), allows foreign nationals of Indian descent to carry up dual citizenship under the constitution of India to live and work indefinitely in India. In this regard, some Indian immigrants to Canada may consider Canadian citizenship attractive
And, how does Express Entry equate the immigration program in the United States?
Express entry, in particular for Indians, has several distinct benefits over the US immigration system. Now we will compare a variety of elements of the US program, as we grasp the fundamentals of Express Entry.
U.S. citizenship does not have the workers visa program that direct-to-permanent residency.
While Express Entry requires eligible immigrants to apply for permanent resident status directly, the US program is intended to offer temporary work visas to foreign workers initially.
A foreign worker in the United States may eventually become permanent resident after having gained work experience and sponsored the employer, yet this process takes years. Any dispute with a visa or an employer will trigger tremendous difficulties for the U.S. Green Card. Green Card.
 
Express Entry offers skilled workers who want to become permanent residents a far more efficient and stable process.
Typically U.S. immigration needs an offer of work.
If you hope to immigrate to the United States as an external worker, you almost certainly need an offer to successfully work.
Most Indian workers in the US traditionally start their journeys with an H-1B visa.
This is a work permit to work for a particular employer in the United States. You probably want your Employer to sponsor your Green Card application when you choose to stay permanently and pursue a Green Card. The allocation of your immigrant access to the United States is directly related to your boss.
The Canadian Express Entry Program does not require a job offer in the interim, as outlined above. Without ever working for an employer in Canada you can apply for your permanent residence in Canada. This means that it would be immensely helpful in through competition under Express Entry program to obtain a job opportunity in Canada and to acquire Canadian work experience.
Greater refusals and limitations arise for US H-1B visa programs.
The H-1B visa policy has been facing growing problems since the Trump administration took office in 2017. The H-1B visa refusal rate was only 6 percent in 2015. Every year since 2015, this rate of denial has increased, leading to 24% refusal for H-1B visas in 2019. On Monday, June 22, 2020, President Trump government said, it has been extending 60 day ban on immigration and non-immigrant worker visas until the end of 2020. The Trump administration freezes new immigrants’ green cards and suspends any new H1B visas.
In addition to those who demanded their first H-1B visa, the rise in H-1B visa refusals also affected H-1B holders who asked for their H-1B visa extension in the USA. Even though rejection rate for status extensions was smaller than that for the first time applicants, this figure has also increasing over the past four years. The rejection rate for H-1B expansion in 2015 was 3%, but over the last year it increased to 12%.
The unpredictable rate of visa authorization for H-1B and retention of overseas workers in the US has prompted certain American companies, to recruit overseas skilled workers through multi-spectral satellite companies in Canada, simply because of less restrictive, more reliable immigration policies. For example, A Canadian Software Corporation, Instead of being permitted to work at U.S. they start working at the headquarters in Toronto, whose migrant employees are then transferred out to their initial employer in the U.S. It is only one case that illustrates the major gaps in the new immigration laws of the United States and Canada.
 
It can be difficult to bring families through U.S. immigration of immigrant workers.
You might face a number of problems, especially if your spouse or partners wishes to work while in the US. If you are working on your H-1B visa, then you might be facing some challenges. The U.S. category of visa H-4 permits spouse of H-1B visa holder while living in the U.S., for the obtainment of work authorization while working in the U.S.  The Trump Administration has, however, threatened to deactivate this type of visas. The potential for spousal work will not continue to be guaranteed beyond the short term.
 
The immigration system of Canada's express entry is significantly better than the US in terms of family because Express Entry allows candidates to include family members. Where an express application is approved, all accompanying family members are granted the right to work for any employer in Canada as a permanent resident of Canada.
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New migration opportunities for Indians preferring Canada and the United States
The Express Entry Program in Canada and the United States H-1B visa schemes, however, are not only immigration options available for Canada and the USA, but may be also the most common choices for Indian immigrants. For instance, for foreign students, particularly those from India, both countries are incredibly common targets. Indian International Students in both Canada and the U.S. have the ability to prolong their tenure as staff after their foreign studies.
The GTS is one of the many permit options available in Canada. Options for Indian work permits include, employment offer-based work permits and the famous Intercompany Relocation scheme, which permits international companies with offices in Canada to move their workers to Canada. However, most Canadians provinces and territories administer their own mini immigration programs, known as Provincial Nominated Programs (PNPs).
Finally, there is a strong family sponsorship of immigration programs in both Canada and the United States. The Green Cards is a sponsor to their family, common-law partner and minor children, citizens and permanent residents in Canada and the United States.
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Here are the ways Canada is undoubtedly is better than U.S.
Canada is having good reputation all around the world
Canada has a great international credibility – the most prestige country ever when you look at a global level, analyzing the scenario of people in Canada regarding stability, safety, public policy, the efficacy of the government and the other characteristics to people worldwide.
Canada is a great country to live
The average level of life satisfaction of people of Canada is quite high.  On average, the happiness of Canadians rated third, out of all other countries in the world. Canadian citizens were ranked below the citizens of Norway and Denmark, while Americans were below on average than Canada. Canada and the US were far better than the average life satisfaction ratings.
Canada is very Safe County to live
The lowest number of incidents in Canada is recorded by Canadians. This is estimated that in the last year 1.82% of Canadians have been victimized. 76% of Canadians say they feel free to go outside at night, which is above the world average of 69%.
Health treatment in Canada is better than in America
A new-born Canadian should expect to live at the age of 81. That places Canada more than two years ahead of the United States. It is difficult to compare US and Canadian health systems but Canada have got one of the best universal health care system.
Canadian Students are brightest in the world.
Such young talent and researchers enrich universities across Canada and properly educate them to become tomorrow's role models – physicians, teachers, architects, businessmen and academics who contribute towards the development of a prosperous Society. In a monthly research, which measures children's reading ability, math and science in 44 countries, Canadian students are on average top-level participants in the system of International Student Assessment.
Canada is pollution free
Go across the border and there will be less air pollution. In Canada as in Toronto, the average large city contains fewer particles than large cities in the United States. Although Canada is a long way down the WHO offenders list (that is indeed currently the third highest air quality in the world), many cities in Canada remain at risk of low air quality health issues.
 
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"I am pleased to announce the Government of Canada's support for recruiting top talent from the world's science and technology sector. Attracting international researchers and scholars to Canada is critical for us as a country. These efforts will also ensure the next generations of students learn from the best and brightest talent in the world, seeing what they have to offer so that they are better prepared for the highly skilled jobs of the future."
– The Honorable Kirsty Duncan, - Canadian Member of Parliament
Minister of Science – (2015–2019)

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