Yk what this is a weird topic and idk if I am knowledgeable enough to know this
Canadian citizenship has historically been easier to get than USA's ALSO Shane's literal home is Ottawa it was always a win-win situation for Ilya to move to Ottawa.
Ok so I haven't read TLG but ik the outing scene, and by then Ilya surely does have a work permit (idk how many years does PR take), so when people say that the show doesn't show what can happen to Ilya (which they did) I feel weird cause how much do you want from that 6 episode series of a book.
And mind you Yuna Hollander exists and she has already figured it all out with 2 other plans and ALSO David can help as a recommendation also ILYA IS A FUCKING RENOWNED HOCKEY PLAYER AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM WHICH IS RELATED TO THE CAPITAL OF CANADA even if you think it doesn't effect the process IT FUCKING DOES.
And POST, fuck this imma delete later