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Saying you plan to earn your income playing poker does not count.... Unless you already have significant income from independant sources (and can prove it) or marry an American citizen.
I know it is Vegas but really do you want to live in US?
Think about health care, economic collapse and your right ion Canada to be shot with a tazer rather than bullets (which to my understand is at least 2% less lethal).
There's zero chance that the problems in the US won't affect Canada. IMO, there's not much we can do about that.
If you can secure a job unrelated to poker in Vegas, you can move down on a TN (free trade) visa and figure out if you really want to live in Vegas. Then you can play poker part time during the evenings and weekends with the tourists.
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As Eddie says you can apply for a TN Visa but need a confirmed job there first. A TN Visa is basically a "professional" position. Working as a dealer, waiter, bartender, etc won't work.... See below...
There's zero chance that the problems in the US won't affect Canada. IMO, there's not much we can do about that.
If you can secure a job unrelated to poker in Vegas, you can move down on a TN (free trade) visa and figure out if you really want to live in Vegas. Then you can play poker part time during the evenings and weekends with the tourists.
As somone who got his TN Visa and worked in Atlanta for 2 years, the kicker with this VISA is you need to have a skill they are either short or can't find in the USA. For example...
Nurses = potential for TN VISA
Doctors = EASY TN VISA
I was brought down to write programs in a very obscure programming language only a handful of people knew/worked in. Since it was unlikely/impossible for my employer to find that skill set in the US, I was eligible for the Visa.
It's NOT easy to get.
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I lived in the US on a TN visa for 4 years -- I would live there over Canada in a second if there was any way that my girlfriend could work in the US. Cost of living, housing, etc...all wayyyyyyy less expensive.
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That level 5 trap really paid off...ship him the cookies.
It is VERY difficult, but many players would love to earn enough regular income from poker to quit their day job.
really?
i wouldn't want to constantly worry about income during a downswing, etc...unless i was easily making twice what i earn at my job i wouldn't want poker as a sole source of income
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That level 5 trap really paid off...ship him the cookies.
i wouldn't want to constantly worry about income during a downswing, etc...unless i was easily making twice what i earn at my job i wouldn't want poker as a sole source of income
I'm actually agreeing with GTA Poker.... it was bound to happen eventually.
I think playing poker for a living is really overrated; every time I am at a casino and I see the same pathetic souls trying to scratch out a living playing 1/2, 2/5, etc., I really feel sorry for them. Most of them don't really seem to have a choice which is the sad part as their chance of earning $200+ a day doing a day job is highly unlikely. Then they discover poker, once in a while they have a great session, and then they are just stuck chasing the dream. I don't really understand the attraction of playing poker day in and day out. As a hobby sure, but for a living, don't get it.
man i'd love to play poker for a living. that has got to be the greatest job in the world. obviously living day to day off my current day's winnings is not what i'm referring to, and i think that's what you two are thinking of. but hell, i'd go live for dirt cheap in mexico or some place like that and grind it out online for a decent living down there. that's not even a job imho.
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