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If your employer has decided to hire a lawyer, then let them worry about the sponsorship letter & job category. Once you have a few TN permits under your belt, then you're in a good spot to 2nd guess lawyers. 1. A 2005 INS memo says engineers cannot fill computer related jobs. However...

Only 1 or the other is required. Support letters are the norm now because they make it easier for CBP to understand. Only reason to bring an offer letter is if the company won't sign a support letter, but why would a company refuse to do that if they really wanted to hire you? Support letter...

Let's hope not.! I personally am happy to give inexperienced lawyers advice that results in more success for their clients. Everyone (lawyers, clients, uscis/cbp) are better off when TN applicants make better applications. That is a shame. As you have observed, dumb lawyers sometimes give...

Nothing much you can do about it so you may as well relax! :D If you are trying to fly to a vacation destination with family & return tickets, that is the scenario least likely to arouse suspicious you have plans to work illegally in the usa.

I think all the immigration lawyers bought the same mail-order "how to write TN support letters" booklet that had that boilerplate phrase. Maybe the phrase made sense 30+ years ago when TN permits were brand new and CBP officers needed a little nudge to look up the statute after sleeping...

If you have been granted entry 3x since, why are you now suddenly scared you may be denied entry? Did some other incident happen since then that makes you worried? INS obviously is not going to erase your attempted application from their records. They want as much information as possible to...

The only "risk" is that you're told to go away and come back later. It's inconvenient but not a long-term problem. Lawyers have told me that 14 days before job start date is the absolute earliest CBP will allow a TN applicant to enter. However- I have tried to apply 14 days early (at San...

ambujakshi92, I recommend that work with the employer to write the job duties in such a way so that they highlight the CSA duties, and minimize the software engineer duties. Agree with CSA category. Match the category to the education.

Nelsona I think you contradict yourself when you say internal titles are immaterial, but then warn people to avoid certain titles. I play it safe, and assume that ANYTHING a CBP officer reads may be "material" if they decide it matters to them. That said: I don't believe anyone on these forums...

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USCIS/CBP don't care which job offers you accept or who else you were working for when you did. If you can juggle 2, 3, 4 employers simultaneously and keep them happy, that's between you & them, not for USCIS/CBP to judge. What USCIS/CBP *does* care about is: 1. Do you have a bona-fide job...

This perception might have been much more true 10-20 years ago, especially when "programmer" was still a job description. The OOH CSA lists "Most analysts do some programming in the course of their work.". But it's not the primary duty. It's ancilliary to "study an organization’s current...

I'm not at all knowledgeable, but my understanding is the reasons for inadmissibility are the same ones which would disqualify getting a green card. i.e. crimes of moral turpitude. The cause injury / unlawful assault do not appear to be moral turpitude crimes. Which is why you were allowed...

Congratulations Sunny. It appears that for people with "engineering" degrees, they could find more success applying for an "Engineering" TN than for a "CSA" TN.

You guys need to pay attention to the requirements and/or pay for a lawyer to explain them to you. Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in a closely related field, OR Post-secondary diploma plus 3 years of relevant experience. A post-secondary diploma is a credential issued on completion of 2...

First 1-2 times getting TN is stressful for most people. There's some luck of the draw but not much can help that. The reality is most people have either a clear approval or clear disapproval. A small amount of people fall into the discretionary zone ("Management consulting") and so forth in...

How did this go? Flying sounds like a great option, since afaik airport POEs cannot realistically require appointments for TN applications.

You will not. And even if you are asked, the answer is easy: "I intend to return to Canada when this status expires."

A TN status doesn't permit you to operate your own US based company. I don't know if a status is required to run a Canadian company while residing in the USA, you'll have to look into that. But I do know that a TN status would not give that permission.

The reality is: no one except a lawyer has enough experience to compare 7 POEs. Even if a single person had gone to all 7 POEs, their first entry would be 10-15 years old, not to mention they'd have no way of knowing if they happened to get an unusually nice or unusually difficult officer...