How much does being an international hurt for US MBB recruiting from a core M7 feeder?

I’m Canadian permanent resident with a nontraditional background and deciding between recruiting for MBB Toronto vs Chicago. I want to optimize for the office where I’d have the strongest odds, even though Canadian comp is lower. Also curious whether Chicago is meaningfully harder than Toronto.

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Number wise? US recruits more. So recruiting for Chicago office would make sense. However, you’re a Canadian Permanent Resident not a citizen which means you’re not eligible for TN visa. And with current trump admin who are anti immigration and making companies pay 100k/ applicant for H1B I doubt MBB offices are willing to sponsor internationals

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I’d think for Canada you might have an advantage as they are already looking a lot of Rotman and Ivey students so you’d stand out a bit more.

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OP is at SFU, not Rotman or Ivey

Canadian PR and an M7 background is helpful for recruiting in Toronto. Note that without Canadian citizenship it might be hard / impossible to get a US work visa which majorly impacts your staffing potential since Toronto in all firms still serve a lot of US based work

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Must be different policies, stricter L1 criteria for us (requires certain tenure for sponsorship). Good luck OP

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