grapeape25

Right out of school it was fun and easy to drop everything and go somewhere cool (SF, NY, etc.). Can tell everyone you work for a flashy big tech company, make a ton of money, and have no responsibilities.

But eventually life catches up to you, especially if you have strong family/social roots in Canada. It's not easy to bootstrap that in a new country.

I was also there under a TN Visa and had a few border experiences that rubbed me the wrong way since the TN Visa is a bit hand wavy and up to the border guard at your time of entry. The hostility at times from the border guards didn't make it feel like I was returning "home". Sure, I worked for a company that had an army of lawyers to fix it if anything went wrong but it still leaves you with a sour taste. I can't imagine they're getting any friendlier these days.

Lastly, I didn't mean it like 5 is some magic number - some stay less, some stay more.

Not new at all. Articles have been spouting this for a long time.

Anecdotally, a lot of us return to Canada after a short stint in the US.

Speaking as a Waterloo grad that moved to the US for about 5 years post graduation. Many of my university classmates did something similar.

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Could be that the relevant information is a good indicator it will be delayed without actually saying it will be delayed. Arguably still a prediction - just one with much better odds than an outside observer.