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First off I'm tired of living in Canada; the weather is a real deal-breaker and it's depressing. I had the idea to move to Honolulu and support myself with an unconventional career, owning a food truck. The problem is that I'm only a Canadian citizen which would only make it harder to set up one.
Thoughts?
Food trucks are all over Oahu. Not an "unconventional" idea at all.
And yes, being a Canadian citizen would make it much tougher for you.
Very competitive. This is only a partial list:
First you'd better look into getting a work visa. Without that it doesn't matter what you do, because you won't be allowed to stay over 6 months, and you can't work.
Here's your new mantra: two scoops of rice and a scoop of macaroni salad. Say that over and over.
Actually a couple who met in Chicago have a great Taco Truck here but she's from here originally. They used to set up at the Farmer's Market where I lived there.
There was a Canadian family here in town who had several businesses, however they didn't hire enough local folks for them to stay in the country and they ended up being deported. Which was a shame, IMHO. I don't know how you'd be able to meet the immigration business requirements with just a food truck. Although, this is just hearsay evidence, you may want to look up the requirements for yourself.
Should it meet the immigration requirements, then there's no particular reason why you couldn't start a food truck somewhere in the state. Dunno how successful it would be, there's too many variables for me to have any sort of valid opinion on that.
There was a Canadian family here in town who had several businesses, however they didn't hire enough local folks for them to stay in the country and they ended up being deported.
Which was a shame, IMHO. I don't know how you'd be able to meet the immigration business requirements with just a food truck. Although, this is just hearsay evidence, you may want to look up the requirements for yourself.
Should it meet the immigration requirements, then there's no particular reason why you couldn't start a food truck somewhere in the state. Dunno how successful it would be, there's too many variables for me to have any sort of valid opinion on that.
There are several different ways for a Canadian citizen to gain permission to work in the US...
1) Buy a US business, and apply for a Green Card to be able to gain legal residence to manage it. Each case is individually vetted for "appropriate investment and employment," but previous posters have mentioned something like a $150,000 investment and 3 full time employees as a kind of minimum starting point.
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