PR living in Windsor working in detroit

[GTP]

Hey everyone,

I'm really desperate for information and I would appreciate your input. I'm sorry if this is a repeat post. I did a search but the posts I found were so long ago that I didn't want to rely on inaccurate or outdated information. Anyway, here's my predicament.

I'm a medical student in new York city and I will be graduating in 2015. I'm a pr of Canada, and that pr expires in 2015. With all my holidays, the fact that I didnt actually leave Canada till 2011, and doing some elective courses in Canada, it turns out that I will be able to renew my visa from 2015 till 2020.

After graduating, I need to complete a residency. I haven't chosen a specialty yet, but whatever I chose will fluctuate around the 4-5 year mark. Assuming I have to complete a 5 year residency, I was thinking of getting a position in Detroit and moving to windsor. Some of you are probably wondering why I don't just get a residency position in Canada. This is extremely difficult to do from USA. Even Canadian grads are having to come to America for residency positions. Also, unless I'm interested in something that Canada really wants (like family medicine), I'm almost positive I won't get a position in Canada, at least in the specialty that I want. I don't want to be stuck doing a plan b specialty just to keep my status. I've done the "hating your job but earning good money" thing before and I was miserable.

Now, back to living in Detroit. The other problem is that most of these residency programs don't offer any visas to begin with, and even the chunk of the ones that do only offer a j1. You are required to leave the country after the j1, and I want to make sure I have somewhere to go back to. Fortunately, after completing residency, it's much more effortless to get a job as an attending physician in Canadian. So this is most likely what will happen to me.

I'm single and don't have anybody to worry about. So my question is if the Detroit/Windsor thing is feasible for 5 years? Residency is busy, and I see myself sleeping at the hospital 3 days a week and only crossing the border maybe every other day. My question is if you spend 6 pm till 5 am in canada, does this actually count as a full day? Obviously, I'll also make sure I fill the gap with other holidays here and there. I should get about 2-3 weeks off a year. If I do this for five years, I'm positive that I will meet the requirements to renew my visa again from 2020-2025. By then, the j1 would have expired, and I'll be able to come to Canada.

Does this sound like its doable at all? Any input would be appreciated. I'm soo lost.

Thank you

[pillagandhi]

Do yourself a favor and please do not go ahead with this plan or mention it to any residency program (They will deny u a spot)

What visa are you going to be paid under?? A canadian PR does not give you employment rights in my understanding.

[GTP]

My plan to live in Windsor is none of the business of the residency program. It's not even something that warrants discussion. I will ask if they sponsor an h1b or J1, but if I have no luck with the former, I'll take the latter. My living arrangements or my plan to go back to Canada after finishing residency training is not their business. It would actually be inappropriate to bring up anything so personal during the interview. It's easier to get a j1 than an h1b. I will be getting paid under the j1. My pr in Canada has nothing to do with the j1. Many medical graduates come straight from india to America and also use a j1. The only reason I started the thread was to ask about the feasibility of crossing the border 4x a week and if those 4 nights I'll be spending sleeping in windsor still count as 4 days spent in Canada.

[pillagandhi]

Goodluck youngman.

Residency programs can require you to state, when you will be out of country. It is patient care in the line if you dont turn up on time.

[GTP]

I'm a female. There is also a slim chance that this scenario I wrote will even happen. I haven't sat the boards yet, but the dean predicts a solid score based on how Im doing now. I'm 90% sure I'll get an h1b. But only time will tell.

Thank you

[GTP]

Residency programs don't ask when you will leave the country. With a j1, its understood that you leave after the residency training. To come home from work, I'll probably encounter traffic at the border. To get to work however, there isn't much traffic at 4-5am in the morning. This is the latest ill be heading to work.

[pillagandhi]

You would be unique if you pull this off and good luck. You will be a test case for issues that might arise

A) can a residency program mandate that you stay < 1 hr of traveling distance? (some do)
B) what happens to h1b time if you are out for < 24 hrs - can you recapture hours


Good luck young LADY

[GTP]

Originally Posted by pillagandhi

You would be unique if you pull this off and good luck. You will be a test case for issues that might arise

A) can a residency program mandate that you stay < 1 hr of traveling distance? (some do)
B) what happens to h1b time if you are out for < 24 hrs - can you recapture hours


Good luck young LADY

Can you please explain the point letter B? I don't think I understand

Thanks

[pillagandhi]

Say you ho out of us for 1 week, you can recapture that week ( to count for 6 y limit on h1

If you go out for 1 day u can recapture 1 day