Not often you get to truly make a difference in someone’s life. 15yrs ago I was a new hire, and we had an intern who was on an educational visa from India while he was doing Grad school. He was a rockstar but eventually had to move back to India. I got promoted and was in a position to hire him as our offshore team lead. Fast forward a few more years, I own my own company and have the opportunity to hire him again.
A few years later we get bought and this company has international offices and good lawyers, we get him back to the US with his wife and kids but this Visa has a clock and he wants to stay in the states, but the Greencard process for Indians is impossible. I’m going to be leaving the company, so as my last act as a VP I get the lawyers to move him and his family to Canada as a “unique and valued” employee because once you establish Canadian residency, if you are highly skilled and compensated you can be prioritized for Greencard status into the US, they grind it out in Canada for the two years.
I haven’t seen this guy in two years but I got this message yesterday.
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He is now a Greencard holder, owns a home in IL and on the path to citizenship.
Never underestimate the ability to change someone’s life and the power of the American dream.