Defining "profesional in own right" supported by scientific technician

Jwestmoreland

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I'm looking for what qualifications are needed by a supervisor to be deemed a "professional in own right "as listed in a number of publications, by a CBP officer.
I'm heading south to work my second year as an avalanche forecaster in the US. I entered as a meteorologic scientific technician last year, directly supporting a forecaster with a meteorology degree. He has moved on from the center this year.
The avalanche center director will be listed as the person I am supporting, this year, but he does not have a meteorology degree. He has 20 years as an avalanche professional, and all the avalanche training required for his position.
Last year border guards were very picky about the person I was supporting. I've been reading everything I can but I cannot find anything definitive on what constitutes "a professional in their own right" on the TN list.
Can anyone help?
 
In essence, your supervisor has to prove that he would be able to get a TN, if he were not American. You will probably have trouble this year, since, as you point out, your new supervisor is NOT "as professional" as your previous one was.

He needs to provide as mush information about his credential as possible. No amount of info in this case would be considere "too much".
 
No, but there are also TN categories which do not require a specific degree, like yours for example. You need to provide the same kind of proof of their expertise that someone in your position does. It would obviousle be simpler if your boss had a degree, like your previous one did, or, better yet, if you had the degree. But that is not the case, so you will need to provide ample evidence that he is a "professsional", just like you are doing for yourself.

Without it you won't get the TN.

Good info here if you haven't seen it already.
https://bdzlaw.com/tn-visa-scientific-technician
 
Thanks,
I did see that webpage, as well as many others that essentially say the same thing. The border guards last year were very particular about my supervisor being a "degreed professional" despite this language not being used in any of the documents that I have found on the scientific specialist class available to the public, it seemed like they were using criteria available to just CBP. They raked me over the coals and wanted a number of things not required of the classification such as accreditation of my non-applicable university degree, which was obtained in Scotland. does anyone know if there are more detailed criteria available to CBP only?
 
You aren't going to be able to argue. You need to flood them with documents. They will decide.
 
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