To move or not to move that is the question?

Question

So right now I am a fourth year in college with a BA in Geography in Canada (I am not from Canada but Mexico). I am planning on applying to Urban Planning for Grad school this year, and I would very much like to apply to universities in the US. However, I often hear that after graduating fro Grad school it is often hard for Mexicans to remain in the US and work. Thus some people say I am better of applying to Canadian universities and work later on in my area. The reasons I would like to go to the US is because I like the programs there, I would like to experience a diff. culture, and also I have family there to visit during holidays. What are your opinions/ recommendations?

Answer 1

go to a Canadian university.

Answer 2

The whole earth is a rock for you to explore. Let mother nature take you where she want you to be. Friends and family come and go. Your life is to experience life and all its full-nest. So don't put limits on your self.

Answer 3

Go for it!

Go to the school where you will have the program you want, and in a location where you can visit family.  

While in school, investigate the whole remaining-in-the-country thing, so that before you graduate, you have all the details and are prepared for the next step.   Since these things can take time to set up - documentation and hold ups - maybe you can make arrangements to stay in the US while in school to avoid putting your life on hold or having to move away, then move back once approved.  

If by chance, you are turned down, you will have time figure things out, but you will have the education you want and need for your future.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

Canada needs more Mexican culture, more people like yourself.  Help spread La Raza!

Answer 5

That's tough.  However, it's actually easier for anyone NOT from the states to work in the states for two reasons:

1) You speak at least two languages.  Thatll help you go far

2) Equality laws will help you.

So I would go wherever your heart tells you to.

Answer 6

If you are a resident alien it is not difficult to find work.  In fact you could easily find work in much of the Southwest once you are degreed.

South Texas would welcome you.  In fact I have a good friend who was a co-worker with me at a theme park a few years ago, who is from Mexico City, and she was very popular in the company.

Come to San Antonio and you will have no trouble finding work with companies involved in urban planning or related areas.  And your Mexican citizenship will not be a handicap.  Just make sure your status is legal.

Answer 7

Maybe you should go back to Mexico and try to teach something there. They need to find a way to stay at home and not invade America--we have more than enough immigrants now and there is no jobs left for true Americans

Answer 8

Just like the Shakespearean question TO BE OR NOT TO BE, that is the question.

If I were you, you are right in going to the US because of the programs they have there and the experience of different and diversify culutre and besides your family is there too so visiting them is also one of your priorities. A graduating and working in the US is something like having an edge over some guys in your age.

Answer 9

Well there's a couple of things to consider.   You have the fact that you are bilungal in Spanish and English working for you.   In the States that's an important consideration, many employers want their employees to be fluent in Spanish as well as English.   On the downside, the economy is currently in a dumping ground here in the US.   So it could be hard to find a job simply because of a poor economy.   It would be much easier for you to find a job here if you became a legal citizen, simply because employers don't then have to worry about your legal status.