How long before the letter start date can you get a TN ?

chimie007

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How long before the letter start date can you get a TN (i.e. enter US) ?

What is the current understanding on how early one can get a TN visa with respect to the letter start date ? Is two weeks ahead too long ? Logically one need find an apartment, etc before starting to work.

My situation: Got a strong TN letter for an university scientific job in Atlanta. I am considering flying out of Montreal to Miami two weeks ahead of the start date. I want pick up a few things I left there after my degree including my car and then drive to Atlanta. I graduated from UM last summer. Should I be worried about this ? Issues with being too early or having things already in the US (therefore little ties to Canada) are coming to mind.
 
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chimie007 said:
What is the current understanding on how early one can get a TN visa with respect to the letter start date ? Is two weeks ahead too long ? Logically one need find an apartment, etc before starting to work.

My situation: Got a strong TN letter for an university scientific job in Atlanta. I am considering flying out of Montreal to Miami two weeks ahead of the start date. I want pick up a few things I left there after my degree including my car and then drive to Atlanta. I graduated from UM last summer. Should I be worried about this ? Issues with being too early or having things already in the US (therefore little ties to Canada) are coming to mind.

it is completely determined by the mood of the officer. you would be better served to get a TN letter with an earlier start date.
 
I would agree. Just wait the two weeks. You might shoot yourself in the foot if the officer is moody.
 
Thanks on the input. I could just wait a little before flying down or get the start date changed. One/two more week in Canada won't change my life.

What about the issues of ties to Canada. Is it something that comes up on first TN ? I spent 7 years on an F1 visa in Miami and I left my car there when I left grad school last summer. I am worried that flying to Miami directly would raise question about the stuff I left in US which shows that I had intend to come back somehow. Maybe I am worrying to much about this ???? Could use some suggestion on this. thanks again
 
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