Re-entry to US if denied for TN status

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jdkthehbk

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Hi all,

I have one final question (I really hope): if I fly home to Canada over the holidays, gambling that I will be approved for a new TN on the way back to the US....and I am denied the TN, would I be allowed re-entry for a few days to gather my belongings and leave the US?

I understand it LOOKS fishy, but if I were denied, I have no interest in working in the US illegally, and would pack it up and leave. I've read that this deal is subject to whoever you may get at the POE, and whether they will allow you "re-entry to get out". (I have read that you cannot apply for TN, be denied, and then immediately apply for a B2 on the same day). I wouldn't be pleased about leaving my vehicle in the states...

Thanks again!
 
don't worry so much about this. Even if the TN is denied, you can return the following day with a revised peititon and try again for a TN. the officer will also tell you what is wrong with the original petition so you know exactly what changes to make. if you were granted a TN once before, then the chance of denial is super low.
 
gunt said:
don't worry so much about this. Even if the TN is denied, you can return the following day with a revised peititon and try again for a TN. the officer will also tell you what is wrong with the original petition so you know exactly what changes to make. if you were granted a TN once before, then the chance of denial is super low.
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Thanks for the response. I guess the only problem with this is that I would have a plane ticket for my return trip that couldn't be used once denied entry. I guess ticket exchange for another one the next day is a question for another forum. I would drive home, but it's quite a hike from Alabama to Nova Scotia; it'd take half my vacation to get there and back.
 
Generally I haven't hear this happen too often, and when I was on a TN I never had an issue (I even had them tell me I was on the wrong catagory and needed to change it, but then let me through saying next time get it changed). Usually they either have to be in a really pissy mood or there's a very obvious reason they feel you were granted your current TN by mistake or by a inexperienced INS official.

My parents friends had this situation with their daughter and son-in law. Living in the US under a TN, she however, left the US to visit Canada with an expired TN. So when at the border she tried to get a new one and they questioned her why she was still in the US for a month or so with an expired TN. She also told them her husband was working under the table there. So boom no entry back. They ended up loosing the house they just bought and all the stuff they still had in storage before moving into the new house which was pretty much everything.

So that was a case where there was a huge red flag to say "no you're not getting back in". In your case, I doubt you'll have any problems...
 
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