TN VISA
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TN VISA
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
The NAFTA, was established to create economic and trade ties between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
As part of this agreement, professionals in certain fields have the opportunity to seek temporary entry into the United States to engage in business activities. This category is called the Treaty NAFTA or TN, and it is a special non-immigrant work status available to citizens of Canada and Mexico.
To be eligible for TN nonimmigrant status, an applicant must be a citizen of Canada or Mexico, have a profession under one of the NAFTA List professions, have a position in the United States that requires a NAFTA professional, work for an employer in a prearranged full-time or part-time job, and meet the specific requirements, education, and experience of the profession.
THE NAFTA LIST
To be eligible for TN Visa/Status, the individual’s education or experience must fall under one of the NAFTA Professions listed below:
● Accountant
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A., or C.M.A.
● Architect
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.[ii]
● Computer Systems Analyst
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma[iii] or Post Secondary Certificate [iv] and three years’ experience.
● Disaster relief insurance claims adjuster
(claims adjuster employed by an insurance company located in the territory of a Party, or an independent claims adjuster)
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years experience in claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims.
● Economist
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
● Engineer
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license
● Forester
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license
● Graphic Designer
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate and three years experience.
● Hotel Manager
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate in hotel/restaurant management and three years experience in hotel/restaurant management.
● Industrial Designer
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
● Interior Designer
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
● Land Surveyor
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or state/provincial/federal license.
● Landscape Architect
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
● Interior Designer
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
● Lawyer (including Notary in the province of Quebec)
L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B.C.L., or Licenciatura degree (five years); or membership in a state/provincial bar.
● Librarian
M.L.S., or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree was a prerequisite).
● Management Consultant
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant, or five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement.
● Mathematician (including Statistician)
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
● Range Manager/Range Conservationist
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
● Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution)
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
● Scientific Technician/Technologist[v]–Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines:
Agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines to basic or applied research.
● Sylviculturist (including Forestry Specialist)
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
● Technical Publications Writer
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
● Urban Planner (including Geographer)
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
● Vocational Counselor
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.