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echo2net

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I just got an employment letter from a company I really like.

The bad news is they have no idea about TN status and only agree to give me an official letter (a letter which is same to everybody).

Do you guys have any ideas to change employers within the US? Like to how to talk HR to sponsor my TN and fill out the I-129/907 for me. It sounds like the sponsorship is really a big deal for them. Can I just fill out the I-129/write an employment letter and let them sign?

Please advise.
 
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From my experience, an petition letter to the border officer is much more important than the offer letter addressed to you if you apply for TN at the border. In the petition letter, there should be detailed description of your company and your job duties. Your duties have to match with your qualification and your job title (which is one of the professions listed in NAFTA).

Not familiar with I-129.


echo2net said:
I just got an employment letter from a company I really like.

The bad news is they have no idea about TN status and only agree to give me an official letter (a letter which is same to everybody).

Do you guys have any ideas to change employers within the US? Like to how to talk HR to sponsor my TN (this company is huge which is business in more than 170 countries, how come they don't know anything about TN!) and fill out the I-129/907 for me. It sounds like the sponsorship is really a big deal for them. Can I just fill out the I-129/write an employment letter and let them sign?

Please advise.


That's very important to me and I will wait on line.

Thank you very very much.
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nancyliu said:
From my experience, an petition letter to the border officer is much more important than the offer letter addressed to you if you apply for TN at the border. In the petition letter, there should be detailed description of your company and your job duties. Your duties have to match with your qualification and your job title (which is one of the professions listed in NAFTA).

Not familiar with I-129.
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Nancy, not to bust your bubble, but it seems you are quite unfamiliar with a lot of TN stuff...given the gazzillion questions about I-140 (and how it works) and now, the same unfamiliarity with I-129......and pissing off nelsona

The OP has 2 choices...

a) get a TN-specific letter drafted (by himself or the company) and signed by the company HR, then go to a POE and present himself for a TN approval

b) get the same letter, together with a I-129 (usually prepared by petitioners corporate lawyers) and mail it to USCIS and also request premium processing.

I have also read that some people prepare the I-129 themselves, which is fine, as long as it's clear that the petitioner is always the company providing the employment, and the beneficiary is the person getting the TN...these form still has to be signed by HR (petitioner).

comprende?

p.s. As always, I leave the door open to senior members to correct me where I may be wrong...
 
Did I say anything wrong that makes you to have to disagree with me? Did I pretend to be a senior member? What's wrong to share my recent experience?

Even if I admit I am not familiar with TN stuff and I respect the senior members here, nobody has yet been able to convince me that my questioning about the I-140 is unadjustified. To be honest, it is by no means convincing that the person who claims I-140 is not a problem actually got his GC through H1B and there is the only one person who got his GC through TN in the TN to GC thread (and that was many year ago).

TNDV2008 said:
Nancy, not to bust your bubble, but it seems you are quite unfamiliar with a lot of TN stuff...given the gazzillion questions about I-140 (and how it works) and now, the same unfamiliarity with I-129......and pissing off nelsona

The OP has 2 choices...

a) get a TN-specific letter drafted (by himself or the company) and signed by the company HR, then go to a POE and present himself for a TN approval

b) get the same letter, together with a I-129 (usually prepared by petitioners corporate lawyers) and mail it to USCIS and also request premium processing.

I have also read that some people prepare the I-129 themselves, which is fine, as long as it's clear that the petitioner is always the company providing the employment, and the beneficiary is the person getting the TN...these form still has to be signed by HR (petitioner).

comprende?

p.s. As always, I leave the door open to senior members to correct me where I may be wrong...
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Easy nancy. You've asked your questions and got your answers.

If you have any new questions, rather that 'wonders', then we will gladly answer them. You won't find any better answers than here.

This board is the single best source of TN related information, and our answers are culled from years of research and experiences.
 
True. This is sure the best place.

I thought the discussion was over and then he started it again.

BTW, do you know where I can find the old pages of your guys' discussion?

nelsona said:
Easy nancy. You've asked your questions and got your answers.

If you have any new questions, rather that 'wonders', then we will gladly answer them. You won't find any better answers than here.

This board is the single best source of TN related information, and our answers are culled from years of research and experiences.
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God, stop arguing, I'm the person who needs help : )

I just got an update from the HR manager. Clearly she was scared by "TN sponsorship". She told me they've already had a few meetings with legal person but couldn't come up with anything. And she told me if they were unable to sponsor me they have to continue searching.

So how ... HOW to CONVINCE them this is a very simple sponsorship.

A friend suggested me to write a letter to the vice president and director (who interviewed me) to clearify TN status since it seems HR doesn't want to proceed anymore.

Any suggestions? and again how to convince a HR person who never heard about TN but definitely afraid of SPONSORSHIP.

Thanks a million.

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How about hiring a lawyer yourself and letting him talk to your employer. Ask your employer first if this is OK.

echo2net said:
God, stop arguing, I'm the person who needs help : )

I just got an update from the HR manager, clearly she was scared by TN sponsorship. She told me they've already had a few meeting with legal person but couldn't come up with anything. And she told me if they were unable to sponsor me they have to continue searching.

So how ... HOW to CONVINCE them this is a very simple sponsorship.

A friend suggested me to write a letter to the vice president and director (who interviewed me) to clearify TN status since it seems HR doesn't want to proceed anymore.

Any suggestions? and again how to convince a HR person who never heard about TN but definitely afraid of SPONSORSHIP.

Thanks a million.

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Nancy, thanks for you quick response.
I had very very bad experience with a few lawyers and decided not dealing with them anymore.
 
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Me too. My experience is that most lawyers are not familiar with TN at all. I wonder if the so called NAFTA lawyers are better. In your case, you may only need a lawyer who appears to be authoritive to convince your employer. It may not matter whether the lawyer is good or not.

echo2net said:
Nancy, thanks for you quick response.
I had very very bad experience with a few lawyers and decided wont deal with them anymore.
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echo2net,

Before anyone goes any further, NAFTA's intention was for the free flow movement of goods and Services. As part of the this the TN status is the Service part of this. So that being said, you need to express this to the person that is hiring you. Does the person hiring you have any say over HR? Most HR departments haven't a clue about the immigration process let alone the TN status.

So that being said, you need to educate them casually and "matter of factly" like it's going to get an ice cream cone at the store. You need to put them at ease about this.

Honestly, I'm not sure how "thrilled" I'd be about working at a company that does business in 170 countries as I would be just another number. Frankly, companies this large are generally a waste of time as they are too rigid in their hiring policies.

So anyhow, with this said, if HR stammers and wavers, then move on.

Let me ask you this - did you bring any of this up during the interview process? Because if you didn't, then that's something you need to do in the future so you don't go through this heartache.

If you need info on the I 129 let me know, but remember - you will need a letter that is tailored towards the job and your degree. If they are offering you a job as an engineer and you have an engineering degree then it should be straight forward. If it's something that is not straight forward then it will be more difficult.

And one other thing - nobody in the U.S. knows anything about legal immigration!!!
 
simsd didn't go for GC directly because he wasn't offered GC at all, yet.

Curious george went TN to GC, and there about a dozen on Canadatotwincities.com that did it as well. it quite simply is not that unusual, even if you haven't heard of it. Grasmick also has probably 1000's of clients who have done it.

Remember too, not everyone who is eligible for TN is also eligible for H1. You don't need degree for some TNs. They have no choice but to go TN-GC, and they do it. Same for thise who marry on TN. They have no choice, no other intermediate status that they can get.

Sometimes, nancy, you have to take the information you get at face value. Given no one is contradicting what we say, you can have some faith that we are correct. That is what public forums are about. When I give incorrect info, I'm immediately chanllenged by another poster, and vice versa. The result is an accurate consensus. We can't re-lay a foundation for every newcomer who poses a basic question, citing chapter and verse of very law, memo, experience, and exception that we've encountered.

You have an excellent outline of how to go to GC from TN from GC from curiousgeorge. It has been constructively criticized and vetted over the last 5 years! Either convince your employer to do this, or wait until they get your H1, or find another employer.

At this point there is little value in studying entrails or tealeaves to see what you must do. You need to act.
 
You need to have Hr write a letter that conforms to the requirements of TN. rite it and have them sign it, or kep looking.

We have limited powers here.
 
Simsd:

Thank you very much for your information.

I did mention my TN status in my interviews, but the interviewer just believe HR can handle it. I brought it up too in my online application but HR did not catch it either.

Right now, the status of my application is at holding pattern. It seems the legal person in this company will decide to sponsor me or not.

I feel a little bit frustrated, after all, I went through 3 interviews with 7 people. Just hope the end is good.

Of course, I could move on. I still have a few interviews next week but it seems I don't have enough time for this. My current job will end on 03/13.

Thanks again. You helped a lot in my other threads too.
 
Thanks for the summary, Nelsona. Do you have any good lawyer to recommend who is good at doing TN to GC (employed based)?

Sorry to distract from your post, Echo2net. Talk to your employer. You need to find a lawyer if they don't listen to you or move on to find a new job. You may think lawyers are not useful (which is true a lot of times) but the employers trust lawyers than you.
 
Nancy:

Not at all, so glad to see all the insight derived from my questions/problems.
And as for lawyers, just think about how much we trusted those investment professionals in Wall Street...
 
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Sometiems the term 'sponsorship' is what scares them off. Some simply say that they need to take a letter to the border to get their own work document.
 
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