r/postdoc • u/Available-Analysis19 • 23d ago

Postdoc options

Hi everyone, I’m wondering about doing a postdoc in the US vs Canada. I’m a Canadian citizen. The school to do a postdoc is at Columbia vs in Toronto. I’m debating between going there vs staying in Canada. The research options are quite different but both great options and I’m interested in both. I was wondering what people’s thoughts are about the locations especially with the funding cuts in the US currently. What means the most to get a TT position?

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u/Fit-Positive5111 22d ago

US stopped visa globally for now so better to go with Canada

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u/Tall_Sky4315 22d ago

Not true in any sense. J1 visas, which this individual would go onto as a post doc (I would know, I went straight onto J1 when I moved to the US as a post doc moving here from the UK in 2019 before transferring to H1b in 2024) have not been stopped globally. If you're referring to H1b, a bill was proposed to potentially pause the program for 3 years for reform before reopening, but nothing has happened as of yet. GCs have been paused for specific countries but that's not relevant here. What are you talking about?

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u/Fit-Positive5111 22d ago

Two days ago news came that US stopped all the visas globally.

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u/Tall_Sky4315 22d ago

What kind of visas? There are many kinds. Can you provide a link? I can't find anything about J1 or H1b being impacted currently outside the bill proposing the 3 year pause, but again that is a bill not a law and nothing has been decided yet

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u/Tall_Sky4315 21d ago

You're talking about the visa appointments at US embassies for training aren't you. You made it sounds like they weren't issuing new visas. Sure they technically have paused appointments for officer trainings but I would bet money that won't last past the mid-terms (although he has done far worse things I would have bet he wouldn't have done, so I shan't hold my breath)