Re: .NET Technical Architect - Looking for contract opportunities.

Hugh Brown <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Mar 2003 11:49:31 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.devel.dotnet.jobs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thank you for the kind invitation. I am not actually looking for work, though.
I was merely commenting with unsolicited advice for the gentleman from Alberta.
If you are looking to hire a .NET developer, he sounds pretty strong, in my
opinion.

Hugh

--- "Matthews, Victoria" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Hugh,
>
> I believe my client will be opened to hire someone with TN Visa.  Please
> forward your resume to me asap and we can talk.
>
> Thanks,
> Victoria
>
> Victoria L. Matthews
> Senior National Recruiting Specialist
> CDI Professional Services
> Local: 858-450-4005 ext 203
> Toll Free: 800-466-7090
> Mobile: 858-752-2271
> Fax: 858-450-4010
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugh Brown [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:18 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-JOBS] .NET Technical Architect - Looking for
> contract opportunities.
>
>
> Re: "I'm not looking for permanent opportunities, so may not be able to go
> the
> TN/NAFTA route."
>
> A TN is specifically a work visa with temporary intent. Maybe you said this
> wrong, but if you want to work in the States temporarily, the TN visa is
> exactly what you want. It does what you want and it lowers the bar for
> American
> employers who are concerned about the administrative complications of
> permanent
> visas (like the L-1 and the H1-B).
>
> Also, for Americans who are hiring, getting a TN visa for a Canadian is
> pretty
> painless, as far as I can tell. There is no labor certification process, for
> example. It ought to be as easy as sending a detailed offer letter ("Dear
> Mr.
> Kaczor, We here at AmeriCorp are dying to hire you as a Computer Systems
> Analyst on a TN Visa...") and then filing a photocopy of the I-94 that the
> Canadian worker gets with the INS (recently renamed to something else).
>
> But that's just my perspective as a Canadian who has had a number of such
> visas, not as an employer who has done the hiring.
>
> Hugh
>
> --- Jason Kaczor <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Thanks, I am in the process of checking into authorization with a
> > lawyer, the tricky issue is that I'm not looking for permanent
> > opportunities, so may not be able to go the TN/NAFTA route.
> >
> > Regards
> > Jason J. Kaczor
> > mailto:[email protected]
> > Cellular:     (403) 870-NERD
> > Home:       (403) 547-8550


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