Would a law firm sponsor a work visa?

alwaysamom
Sun, 18 May 2014 20:18:28 +0000

You will face similar issues in remaining and working in Canada, unless you have an ancestral/familial right to Canadian citizenship.



No, that is what I said in the previous post. You won’t be ‘moving’ in the immigration sense, you’ll be moving on a student visa to attend a university. That process will be similar in both the U.S. and in Canada. International students study in both countries every year. It isn’t unusual. As to the possibilities of permanent residency years down the road, no one can guarantee what the process will be then, or how easy/difficult it may be. You cannot apply for permanent residency in Canada while on a student visa. Once you are a permanent resident, it can take several years to obtain citizenship. At that point, moving to the U.S. may be possible, given certain circumstances but that is impossible to answer hypothetically.

Canadian law schools teach the common law, other than the civil law schools in Quebec. Graduates of the common law schools in Canada are eligible to write the bar exam in NY and MA upon graduation.