Entering US as a Management Consultant on Several Occasions in 2012

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atime4pleasure

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Hi,

I am a Canadian living and working in Switzerland. I have my own company based in Switzerland. I work as a Management Consultant. One of my Swiss based clients has asked me to go to the US and work for their US legal entity in the coming months on several occasions. I know that I can enter the US on a TN Visa. I have 2 key questions:

1) I would like to understand what documentation I need to provide to enter the US as a Management Consultant.
2) I would like to understand if it is possible to get a multiple entry TN Visa valid for 1 year or more. If it is possible, what do I have to do to secure this type of TN Visa. I do plan to leave the US after working for a period of 1 week. Then I will re-enter and work again for 2 or 3 days a month later.

Thank you in advanced for your help.

MC
 
are you being paid in the US for your services? or are you just visiting a client in the US now and then, while continuing to be paid via the company based in CH? I assume the latter. Your firm in CH bills the US client and the US client makes payment to an account in CH. You as officer of the CH firm visit the US client now and then. If what i am describing is correct, then you don't need a TN visa, but instead can just enter the US on a business visa - when you arrive at airport in US tell officer that you are on business visiting a client.

If instead you are actually going to live in the US frequently, be on payroll of the US firm, and have a US Social Security Number and bank account, then you need the TN visa.

The TN visa is issued for 3 year increments. For management consultant you would need your CV, some letter of reference that testifies to your skills, your university diploma, your Canada passport, and a letter from the US firm that is hiring you. Letter must have certain particular items in it. lots of examples on the internet.
 
Gunt, thanks for your response. My company (which just happens to be my company) will be invoicing my client in Switzerland on the first occasion. I will be meeting with representatives from my client who are based in the US. I will then invoice my client in Switzerland for these meetings. So I assume a B visa will do. On the 2nd occasion I will be sending the invoice to the client based in the US. Do I need a TN Visa in this case? Thanks in advance for your response.

MC
 
atime4pleasure said:
Gunt, thanks for your response. My company (which just happens to be my company) will be invoicing my client in Switzerland on the first occasion. I will be meeting with representatives from my client who are based in the US. I will then invoice my client in Switzerland for these meetings. So I assume a B visa will do. On the 2nd occasion I will be sending the invoice to the client based in the US. Do I need a TN Visa in this case?
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What will the address of the biller on the invoice be? a location in CH? and will payment be made to an account in CH? Then all you need is a B visa.
 
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