Vroy1998

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I’m a bit nervous, I’m trying to understand what I can do to be as tight knit with this filing as possible. I’ve been living in the U.S. for nearly 12 years now (my EAD expired in July and I was let go, before that I was on my dad’s work visa). I have a degree from a very reputed business school in Bachelor of Science in Business concentration is Information Systems. Around a year of experience now, where I worked in two sales development roles for fintechs in the VC/PE SAAS space, both US companies on EAD F1 OPT. My job title is “Customer Success Management Consultant”.

I also have an extended and nuanced support letter with lots of legalese and references drafted by a lawyer and signed by manager), LinkedIn profiles of people with my degree that are current MCs, print outs of OOH, ONET classification, screenshots of my company’s page which describes what consulting they do.
These are the bullet points in my offer letter:

- Act as a consultant and problem solver by understanding the pain points in users’ existing workflow, then strategizing with clients on how to reach solutions and desired outcomes by using {company} products
- Develop a deep understanding of clients’ organizational structures, by way of interviews/meetings with current customers
- Work with product teams and devise ways to add functionality to the platform and develop product samples for use by the end users
- Determine requirements for user documentation and guides by interfacing with clients and working with the internal teams to develop material as needed by users
- Collate client information as feedback to be shared with the strategic accounts team and other relevant {company} departments, including product development and data operations
- Discover ongoing opportunities to weave in {company} products/services into our clients’ daily workflow and communicate this using in- person/virtual demonstrations, technical presentations, and documentation
- Source client testimonials, referrals, etc.
- Ensure subscriptions are configured and optimized with appropriate alerts, saved searches, target lists etc.
- Nurture relationships with strategic clients; drive ongoing education and continued value of our products and services through the appropriate medium, including documentation and demonstrations
- Proactively engage at-risk clients, ensuring urgent client issues are resolved in a timely manner

Things I’m worried about: my support letter states they are asking for two years, but the document doesn’t into go into a specific project timeline or hard details for how I’d be “consulting” for those two years, the letter asks for two years after thoroughly explaining those above job bullet points within a contextual sense. I also know MC is notorious to get. Any questions or things I should be on the watch for as well beforehand? Thank you!
 
I can attach my documents as well if anyone is interesting in reading. I’d remove all identifiable information obviously
 
Relax. You should have spent the night sleeping rather than fretting.

As long as the TN letter mentions the that you are going for MC category, and describes your duties, you are fine. The mention of two years is perfect, timeline is unimportant.

If it fails, the officer will tell your where and you can fix it. But right now, I would say that was OVERKILL.

Btw, what status are you in right now, if your OPT expired?
 
Relax. You should have spent the night sleeping rather than fretting.

As long as the TN letter mentions the that you are going for MC category, and describes your duties, you are fine. The mention of two years is perfect, timeline is unimportant.

If it fails, the officer will tell your where and you can fix it. But right now, I would say that was OVERKILL.

Btw, what status are you in right now, if your OPT expired?
Well, I was denied. The border agent was nice enough but he asked for two things: the start date to be amended to less than 10 days, and more of a blurb on how this role is not an in-house employee versus a management consultant. What issues am I solving for this company that they need my expertise for? Then it got weird, the guy had to leave when his shift ended, and a very rude border agent kicked my father and I both out of the office, and told us to leave right after. Then they gave us a document that said “flagpole” at the bottom, and notice of refusal of admission. Right now, me and my father are both in a Canadian hotel, and I have an appointment at Peace Bridge today for 3 PM. I’ve gotten my start date letter amended, and now finally have a more consolidated support letter as well.

Anything else to be aware of? It seems when you mention management consultant, the border agents want to kill you. Any questions to be wary of? Anything specific in my offer or support letter that is needed? I have the end of two years in my support letter.

Also at the moment I am just awaiting approval for my US visitor visa. I was F1 OPT until July of this year when I was let go when my EAD expired. I’ve lived in the U.S. since I was 9 years old however, under my dad’s work visa (H4) then switched over to F1 for my internship in college. (I also have a four year degree from a reputable business school in bachelor of science in business - information systems.

I’m just nervous, I’m only 23 and the whole interview process was very jarring. I just pray things go well today
 
Sorry it didn't go well.
We've learnt here not to put start dates on TN letters (which is different and separate from an offer letter). Just put duration.

MC's are required to be "supernumerary" position, ie, not part of the permanent org chart, hired for a specific task.

How come you get support letters and THEN ask here? Not much that can be done when you are already driving to the border with your letter.

The good news is that they didn't question your education/experience. Prestige or reputation of the school doesn't matter if it isn't the correct degree.

Your current US status (ie. you have none for several months is also raises BIG flags at the border). I don't know what visa you are waiting for, since you are not eligible for visitor status since you don't live outside US, and once you left US (like you just did) that kills any mail-in visa application.

You have "aged out" of legal dependent status. Probably, if you don't get your TN today, you will need to find a place to live in Canada -- you simply aren't eligible for any other entry status right now. They *might*, if the border agent is generous, give you a 30 day visitor [pass to allow you to pack some stuff to bring to Canada.
 
Sorry it didn't go well.
We've learnt here not to put start dates on TN letters (which is different and separate from an offer letter). Just put duration.

MC's are required to be "supernumerary" position, ie, not part of the permanent org chart, hired for a specific task.

How come you get support letters and THEN ask here? Not much that can be done when you are already driving to the border with your letter.

The good news is that they didn't question your education/experience. Prestige or reputation of the school doesn't matter if it isn't the correct degree.

Your current US status (ie. you have none for several months is also raises BIG flags at the border). I don't know what visa you are waiting for, since you are not eligible for visitor status since you don't live outside US, and once you left US (like you just did) that kills any mail-in visa application.

You have "aged out" of legal dependent status. Probably, if you don't get your TN today, you will need to find a place to live in Canada -- you simply aren't eligible for any other entry status right now. They *might*, if the border agent is generous, give you a 30 day visitor [pass to allow you to pack some stuff to bring to Canada.
Hey, it was denied (withdrawn) for the second time. I’m going to refuel and change it under computer systems analyst and refine for a third time. Do you think that’s a good idea?
 
So, they have another job for you? Completely different from the one you tried twice? You are actually more qualified for a CSA TN, However the border may believe that you aren't going to be working in the job you are requesting., Plus you have two denials. Awfully suspicious.

I would be thinking about where in Canada I want to live for the next few months. Or going back to school.

Just for the record, what exactly were you denied for?
 
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