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I have not had a wet-ink letter in the past 5 years. I do not think border officers care. If they have any suspicion about the authenticity of the letter, they can call the company to confirm it is bona fide.

The POE is always staffed to support flights to the USA. You apply to the same officers as everyone else boarding your flight. I suggest you budget up to an hour for processing. e.g. if your flight boards at 8:30am, then get to the airport at 7am or earlier. YVR has always made me wait a...

Don't worry about applying for TN at LAX. Every POE can process a TN. You may have to wait longer while they figure it out is all.

It sounds like this new company has a protocol for dealing with onboarding employees who have restricted work authorizations. This suggests they are not unfamiliar with such people nor are they particularly biased against hiring them. So what's the problem with being straight-up with them? If...

1. There is no negative bias to having a bona-fide TN application denied. 2. In your shoes I'd consider a new lawyer, simply to get a fresh perspective. Clearly whatever lawyer #1 did, failed. 3. No one forced you to hire a lawyer. No one forced you to pick lawyer(s) who were (in your...

Looks like I saw this message late but I went through the same experience in January. The officer I dealt with had a different objection: "The computer won't let me create a new I-94 until the old one is expired". I was able to overcome this by showing in my passport several instances where a...

As I understand it: A Canadian loses his TN status every time he leaves the USA, for any reason. He regains TN status if he seeks to enter, or re-enter, the USA while authorized with a TN Permit. So is there really a difference between a Canadian who lost TN status when he left the USA for...

TN status does not require full-time employment. Part-time employment is acceptable. Border officers don't care about how you will juggle scheduling multiple jobs. They leave it up to you to sort out with your respective employers. I have held simultaneous TN permits for 2 employers, and...

not at all surprised. That matches my experience with most lawyers hired by corporations to work on my TN applications.

Which POE did you enter the USA at?

If you have an I-94 that expires later than your passport, that sounds like an error on the part of the Border Officer. Every I-94 i've ever received has been limited to the expiry of the passport. If you look up your I-94 online at the CBP i-94 website, you'll see the serial number on the...

If you can apply for a green card "by yourself" when you're on an H1B, then I don't see the value in switching to a TN status. A TN work permit would not give you any additional options to apply for a green card which you would not have otherwise.

Albeit, I was attempting to call Mesa Otay POE. San Ysidro might be different.

I tried several numbers. Some are out of service, some ring endlessly, none of them lead to a human.. Finally I gave up and travelled to the POE in person.

Fantastic advice.

Yes they are processing. No you do not need an appointment, in fact I don't think an appointment would even be possible. Yes, you can apply any day, any time, as long as the crossing is open. San Ysidro is normally 24/7. Typically you want to walk into Mexico, turn right, and then walk back...

Consider if: - A Canadian has a 3-year TN permit to work for a US employer - The employer lays off the employee after 1 year of work - The employer offers to re-hire the employee for the same position after 1 year of furlough (2 years since TN issued) Is the original permit still valid for the...

Filing the I-129 is the request to extend your TN status. All of the TN documentation goes with the I-129. If your I-94 expires while the I-129 is being processed, you can continue to legally work for the same employer for up to an additional 6 months, or until the I-129 is denied, whichever...

Tijuana. Speculating on the "why" doesn't really matter to me. Even professionals make mistakes or do something new for the first time. I'm just curious for the best way to applicants the confidence & knowledge to explain, if necessary, to POE officers how they can grant additional employer...

I agree that trying to get classified as a CSA sounds less risky. If you are not really managing people, then you have nothing to worry about, even if the word is in the title. You just have to explain (honestly) that you are managing a process or an endeavor. Most immigration lawyers seem to...