Canada to U.S. NAFTA TN-1 Free Trade Professional Work Visas
Nafta TN-1 Free Trade Professional U.S.A. Work Visas For Canadians
Our law office has over twenty (20) years of experience assisting Canadians with all Free Trade Visa Applications.
We provide an expedited 24-48 hour case preparation service; and can assist clients who have had their TN-1 visa application previously rejected.
NAFTA provides a simplified visa application procedure for Canadian professionals otherwise classifiable in the H-1B category. These professionals may apply for the TN temporary work visa at any Class "A" Port of Entry. A TN-1 NAFTA visa is valid for a period of up to three (3) years, renewable indefinitely. In addition, there is no annual numerical limitation on the number of TN visas issued.
The following is the NAFTA list of professions qualifying for TN status:
Appendix 1603.D.1
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.
Computer Systems Analyst Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate 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 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.
Lawyer (including Notary in the province of Québec)
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. Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
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 a theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics. and 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.
Social worker Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Sylviculturist (including forestry specialist) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Teacher / College or University Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Teacher / Seminary 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.
Medical/Allied Professionals
Dentist D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or state/provincial license.
Dietitian Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree; or state/provincial license.
Medical laboratory technologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree; or post-secondary diploma or post secondary certificate, and three years experience.
Nutritionist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Occupational therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree; or state/provincial license.
Pharmacist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree; or state/provincial license.
Physician (teaching or research only) M.D., Doctor en Medicina: or state/provincial license.
Physiotherapist/ physical therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree; or state/provincial license.
Psychologist State/provincial license; or Licenciatura degree.
Recreational therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Registered nurse State/provincial license or Licenciatura degree.
Veterinarian D.V.M., D.M.V., or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial license.
Scientist:
Agriculturist (agronomist) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Animal breeder Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Animal scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Apiculturist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Astronomer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Biochemist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Biologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Chemist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Dairy scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Entomologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Epidemiologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Geneticist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Geochemist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Geologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Horticulturist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Meteorologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Pharmacologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Plant Breeder Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Poultry scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Soil scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
Zoologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree.
All of the above professions require a bachelors degree (unless otherwise provided) in order to qualify for the TN status. Computer Systems Analysts for instance are required to have either a bachelors degree, or a post secondary diploma and 3 years of experience in order to qualify for TN status. Medical Technologists may also qualify with a post secondary diploma, and 3 years of experience.
In order to apply for the TN visa at a Class "A" Port of Entry, the applicant must provide the U.S. Immigration Service with a letter from his/her U.S. or Canadian employer, and proof of his/her professional qualifications.
The legal fee to have our law office prepare all necessary supporting documents for the TN-1 NAFTA professional work visa case ranges from only $1,500 to $2,500 U.S. dollars, plus applicable Canadian taxes.
Our law office provides the following services with respect to each
TN-1 visa application:
1. Preparation of the Company Letter (Job Offer) in Support of the TN-1 visa application.
2. Consultation with a U.S. Immigration Free Trade Officer on behalf of the visa applicant.
3. Preparation of a "G-28" Attorney Representation Form.
This official U.S. government form allows our law office to represent the applicant at a U.S. border post.
; and 4. Preparation of a Law Office Letter in Support.