To be a regular city employee with TN

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Riaz366

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Currently i am working with a NY city dept through a consultant under engineering category with TN status. The big bosses has showed some interest to hire me as permanent city employee.
Apparently it looks impossible to be at TN status & join a regular city job, or is there a provision/way.
or can city agency help to change my status in any way.
Thanks
 
Riaz366 said:
Apparently it looks impossible to be at TN status & join a regular city job, or is there a provision/way.
or can city agency help to change my status in any way.
Thanks
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Why is it impossible? All they have to do is to give you a "TN specific letter" every year to get you a TN every year. Also, ask them to start your H1/green card process asap, if renewing TN every year is a hassle for them.
 
The only hurdle might be through Human Resources. They may have a policy that in order to be a city employee you need to be a citizen or permanent resident. Just casually check with them or look at some other job postings - they usually say what the residency requirements are.
 
It will be contracdiction

For TN city dept HR dept have to give me a letter evry year stating that i am temporary employee hired only for one year , on the other hand they will be hiring me/signing agreement as permanent employee(till retirement). It will be a contradiction on their side


Thanks
 
Riaz366 said:
For TN city dept HR dept have to give me a letter evry year stating that i am temporary employee hired only for one year , on the other hand they will be hiring me/signing agreement as permanent employee(till retirement). It will be a contradiction on their side


Thanks
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It will not be a contradiction if they word the letter carefully. That's what everybody does and everybody else, including the CBP, knows it. It can be written something like "they need you for the period of 1 year at this time". (meaning that their intentions/requirements may change in the future).
 
bigboy00 said:
It will not be a contradiction if they word the letter carefully. That's what everybody does and everybody else, including the CBP, knows it. It can be written something like "they need you for the period of 1 year at this time". (meaning that their intentions/requirements may change in the future).
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Almost all TN employees are currently filling full-time permanent positions. They simply fill these positions one year at a time. It's not complicated, except for bureaucrats, which NYC HR workers must be the epitome, no doubt.

As simsd sez, the issue may be political, much like it is almost impossible for foreign teachers to be hired in public schools.
 
nelsona,

Good point. Heaven forbid that we have highly qualified foreign teachers working in a public School. You should see some of the ones I see in LAUSD.
 
Remember no job is guaranteed - even if it states permanent fulltime. No one can tell the future - layoffs happen all the time.

As mentioned by others in this post, its how the letter is worded.

It will be up to you to explain this to your employer and have them understand the technicality. But you are correct, many HR depts do not want to deal with this sort of thing.

Good luck.
 
it can happen

I have worked for a municipal government for the past 9 years, starting in TN status and now H1B. My I140 and I485 are pending. It is a political thing. I had to sell the concept. Fortunately, the boss at the time felt that not hiring me would be discrimination based on nationality. The petition for TN asked the INS to authorize my employment for a period of one year. That is quite honest in that the intention was for me to work much longer but we only asked for permission for one year.
 
heresmine said:
The petition for TN asked the INS to authorize my employment for a period of one year. That is quite honest in that the intention was for me to work much longer but we only asked for permission for one year.
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That is absolutely correct. The 'you can't even think about working for more than one year' is a fiction invented by frustrated CBP officers. USCIS obvioulsy allows for TN extensions, otherwise the I-129 would not contain instructions for that.
 
Problem is with the policy. Many municipalities like you mentioned do require Citizenship or at least a Green Card to be hired. Any sort of gov't type job nowdays has a lot of those types of jobs. In fact the one I'm working for is no different.

So it just seems higher up positions like they are considering for you is just a policy that unfortunatly not sure you can get away from. Get them to sponsor you for your GC then you'll qualify for their hiring rules...
 
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