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TN Visa Details

The TN visa is for Canadian and Mexican nationals employed in professional occupations, including teachers, medical professionals and scientists who wish to work in the US temporarily. The TN visa is valid for three years and may be extended indefinitely

Spouses and children of the TN visa holder may obtain a TD visa to enter and remain in the US. The TD visa holder may attend school but if he or she wishes to work, he or she must change his or her status to obtain a work visa.

For Whom Is an TN Visa Appropriate?

Canadian and Mexican citizens with a bachelors degree and a job offer from a US. company.

TN Visa Requirements

A citizen of Canada or Mexico who seeks temporary entry as a business person to engage in business activities at a professional level may be admitted to the United States in accordance with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The TN list describes which professions are eligible for TN Visa classification.

GENERAL

Profession Degree and Licence Requirement
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 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.
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 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.
Social Worker Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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.

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 (Canada)/Medical Technologist (Mexico and the United States) 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 (including 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.

TEACHER

College Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
Seminary Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
University Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

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