Canada to U.S. Business Immigration, Home Page
Established
in 1979
"Your web site is the encyclopedia for transfers to the US.
It is an incredible source of information. I refer it to people all the time.
However, most people are already accessing it!"
---Director,
Toronto Expatriate Tax Dept. for a "big 8" accounting firm
CONTENTS - HOME PAGE
- Search this
site.
- 1. U.S.
Business Immigration Information for Canadians
- FAQs---News---Work Permits---Computer Professionials & Other Special
Groups
- 2. North American HR Manager's
Toolkit---Non-immigration Topics
- Checklist---Moving---Social Security---Seminar---Grasmick's
Rolodex® ---Taxes---U.S. Jobs
- 3. Law Office of Joseph C.
Grasmick and Environs
- Business Immigration Services---Peace Bridge---Cyclorama Building
- 4 . Immigration Library -- Internet
Power Links
- Order Handbook On-line---Immigration Act and
Regulations---NAFTA---Labor Dept. Materials---Dual Citizenship---Immigration
to Canada---Canadian Passports---Cross-border links
- 5. About this Site
- Navigate---Top 10---Who should be here---Purpose---Philosophy
1. Business Immigration Information Just for Canadians
These pages contain generous sections of actual text from the
Canada-U.S. Business
Immigration Handbook:
- FAQ-Frequently Asked Questions:
- Find your question on our most popular page. Also see the
FAQ: Stopped by INS at the Border!
- News
- Read the Canada to U.S.A. Business Immigration Electronic Newsletter:
popular with repeat readers. (changes often) Wonder where the article
went? See older 1996 and 1995
articles from the archives. (very large files)
- Grasmick's Interactive Visa Selector
- Discover your business immigration potential with our interactive visa
selector for Canadians. Find out if you can hire a Canadian for that
hard-to-fill position. Many readers start here. Many more should start
here!
- All Visa Categories-Grasmick's List
- If it's not here, it doesn't exist. Then read the more descriptive
Overview of Immigration for Canadian Business.
- L-1 Home Page
- Intracompany Transferee: the cornerstone of multi-national business and
the Cadillac of temporary permits.
- TN-1 NAFTA Home Page
- NAFTA Professional: only for Canadians; a popular page.
- B-1 Business Visitor
- Business Visitor: quick and easy. This is the only permit most Canadians
will ever need.
- H-1B Professional
- For university graduates (try the quicker
TN first). Also check David
Stanton's perspective on H-1's for high-tech companies. David is a
renowned national expert on labor certifications for Pacific rim businesses.
- E-2 Investors
- Long-lasting visas for investors and their employees. Also see Henry J.
Chang's analysis of E-2 steps at the U.S. Consulate in
Toronto.
- Canadian Computer Professionals
- Learn special rules for Canadian Computer Professionals. Read this page
first if you are in a computer industry. Other special groups:
Canadian lawyers...consider The U.S. Immigration
Angle to your matters. TN Management Consultants can learn about
and join the American Consultants League. In the construction
industry? You can easily Export Your Construction
Services to the U.S.A. If your company does business with Cuba
watch out for the U.S. Anti-Cuba Act.
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2. North American HR Manager's Toolkit-Non-immigration Topics
- HR Checklist
- Use this extensive checklist when handling Canada to U.S. employee
transfers. HR managers can pin down all steps to a successful relocation.
Prepared by a former HR director of a Fortune 500 company. Then see more info
on
moving household goods and social
security cards.
- Conference on Canada
to U.S. Employee Transfers
- Register for the premier annual seminar on the topic.
- Canada/U.S. Business Expert Directory
- Flip through Joseph Grasmick's Rolodex® to find Canada/U.S. business
experts.
- HR Tax Reimbursement Policies
- Taxes can be the most costly aspect of a relocation. Establish your own
Canada to U.S. tax reimbursement policy. Use this prize winning guide prepared
by one of North America's most experienced Canada/U.S. tax accountants.
Then review Richard Brunton's popular tax newsletter
for Canadians in the U.S. (Prior issues: Summer 1996,
Winter 1996 and Fall 1995).
Jim Yager will then show you how to
cut taxes dramatically with modest planning. Are
you a snowbird flying south? Learn how to weather the tax blizzard!
- U.S. Job Page for Canadians
- A list of high-level jobs open to Canadian applicants. A list of
applicants willing to relocate to Canada.
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3. The Law Office of Joseph C. Grasmick and Environs
- Lawyers and Staff Helping You
- Read about the Law Office of Joseph C. Grasmick, Business Immigration.
See bios and photos of lawyers and staff. Then review Joseph
Grasmick's detailed resume. (Plain text)
- Legal Fees
- How much will it cost? Get the answer in plain English on our
easy-to-understand FAQ: Business Immigration Legal Fees. Then use the
Do It Yourself Fee Proposal to get started. Every
journey begins with the first step!
- E-mail to jgrasmick@grasmick.com
with your U.S. business immigration question.
- Peace Bridge Unofficial Home Page
- Look at Peace Bridge period memorabilia. Learn about expedited NAFTA
border procedures at this Buffalo N.Y./Ft. Erie Ontario, Port of Entry .
- Cyclorama Building Home Page
- Learn the architectural history of our historic Canada/U.S. border office.
A virtual tour of the 16-sided Building, with photographs. Find your way to
our office and nearby NAFTA ports of entry with Moran Communications'
Maps of Buffalo.
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4. The Immigration Library - Internet Power Links
- Canada-U.S.
Business Immigration Handbook
- Read about the Handbook published by Carswell Thompson Publishing
. Order your copy on-line from the publisher's server.
- NAFTA
- Search the full text of free trade immigration provisions. Also search the
Immigration and Nationality
Act at Cornell University or
at Fourmilab.
Search the INS Regulations at the
House of Representatives server.
- Dictionary of Occupational Titles-Selected DOT
Descriptions
- Compare your job description with similar full-text Labor Department "DOT"
Definitions. Make sure you qualify for a profession-specific
immigration permit. (Contains only selected DOT descriptions.) Then,
see a complete list of
DOT numbers
and titles but no job descriptions (ITA). Also check Labor's
Occupational Outlook Handbook
which includes academic requirements for jobs, but only general job
descriptions (E-Span).
- Rich Wales'
Dual Citizenship Home Page
- Yes you can be a dual Canada/U.S. citizen. Learn how at Rich
Wales' home page. (Large file)
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Learn about Immigration to Canada from the official government
site. Also try
an unofficial
site. If still confused
ask a Canadian immigration lawyer. Find
out how to
get
a Canadian passport at the National Capitol Free Net site.
- Grasmick's Cross-Border Employment Links
- Try some sites that cite our site. A guide to
specialized North American business information. Rely on the collective
wisdom of scores of Webmasters. (Unabridged and in alphabetical order)
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5. About This Site
We welcome the opportunity to remain on your hotlist/bookmarks as your
primary source of information about special immigration benefits for
Canadians. Feel free to place links to our pages onto your own home page.
a. Four Ways to Navigate
- Search this site.
- Contents-Home Page. Contains links to
all pages on this site. You're on it now.
- Our ten most popular pages. You'll probably end
up on one of these pages anyway---most readers do.
- Use the navigation bar on the bottom of each page:
Search | Home
& Contents | FAQ |
News |
Order Handbook
| E-mail
b. Who should use this site
This service is for these organizations:
- Canadian companies doing business in the U.S., and
- U.S. companies hiring Canadians.
This information is for these people:
- human resource managers,
- project managers
- relocation managers,
- executive recruiters and
- Canadian transferees.
c. Purpose
Use this information to get the right person, to the right place, at the
right time. Here's how:
- Companies use human resources efficiently by assigning people
internationally without border restrictions.
- Manufacturers use NAFTA immigration to eliminate duplication and
consolidate operations.
- Human resource managers fill job openings quicker by drawing from a huge
North American pool of applicants.
- Canadians find better jobs quicker by sending resumes to U.S. employers.
Our goal is:
- complete coverage of U.S. immigration issues concerning Canadians.
- related non-immigration topics for Canada to U.S. employee transfers.
This site does not contain comprehensive information on general immigration
issues; other Web sites already contain that information.
d. Our Webweaving philosophy:
- Sacrifice bells and whistles for speed and content. Use simple and
small graphics to speed accessibility for 14.4 kbs modems. (25% of our
readers turn off the in-line graphics anyway.) No frames for now.
- Stick to our knitting. Tightly focused content to avoid
replicating Internet materials on other sites.
- Updates only when necessary---not for their own sake. Update
schedule:
- Once or more per month
- When new materials become available
- When immigration law or practice changes
- The lawyer as Webmaster. The person working with the law, works
with the Web.
- Simple organization. Two hierarchical levels:
- Level 1: The Home Page and Contents
- Level 2: Subsidiary pages
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© 1996 Law Office of Joseph C. Grasmick, Business Immigration
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LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH C. GRASMICK, Business Immigration
Cyclorama Building
369 Franklin Street Suite 300
Buffalo, New York 14202-1725 U.S.A.
jgrasmick@grasmick.com
Voice: 716.842.3100
Fax: 716.842.3105
Information on these pages is not legal advice. You should not rely on
this information in your business or personal planning. The firm will be
pleased to provide legal advice after a
Retainer Agreement is signed and accepted.
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