Sharing my experience of my new TN

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Canad

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First of all I would like to thank Nelsona and other folks who have given me advice about the various TN issues. You all were very helpful.
I recently got extended my TN (First extension) for 3 years.
I went during the weekend and the officer was very polite and professional. She briefly asked me the duties and when I explained them, she took copies of my evaluation and degree certificates and the original offer letter.
After doing some check and going through the entire offer letter, she asked me for address proof for which I gave my drivers license and she took a copy of it. She asked me to pay $ 56.00 and she gave me the new receipt(I don't know if there is a technical term for the receipt like I-XXX) with the Homeland Security logo on it. She said its replacing the old little receipt and it looks more official now.
Then I head out back into US again.
Overall it went very well.
I was very tensed before entering the POE because of the economic meltdown looks like more and more people are being denied these days.
Once again thanks for everyone on this forum for clearing my doubts.
 
questions (before anyone else):

1. What POE
2. Did you not have a passport? What kind of 'address proof' was she looking for. Since you work in US, I trust you were showing her a US driver's license.
3. Are you referring to the I-94 as a receipt? Or was there something else?
 
Pardon my ignorance, I thought the charge for issuing an I-94 is $6? What is the extra $50 for? Processing a TN? I am Canadian, but never did I seek entry under this visa status, thus my lack of knowledge.

Canad said:
She asked me to pay $ 56.00 and she gave me the new receipt(I don't know if there is a technical term for the receipt like I-XXX) with the Homeland Security logo on it. like more and more people are being denied these days.
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Hi Nelsona,
I went to the Derby Line, POE
I was having my passport. She asked for proof of address and I showed my US driver license.
The receipt I am talking about is the fee receipt and not the I-94. Previously they used to give a small receipt (which I used to show when ever I flew back into US from a third country - not Canada; and they did not charge the $ 56.00 as I showed them that receipt). That receipt is now changed and they have the official Homeland security logo.
Thanks...
 
I know this is off-topic but I have a possible upcoming trip to Europe:

When you traveled to a third country, did you surrender your I-94 and also, did they issue you a new I-94 when you came back from a third country?
 
I'm also curious as to how the poster was able to get I-94 re-issued simply on the basis of the payment receipt. What info is on that payment receipt that would get the officer to re-issue TN? We usually suggest carrying a copy of the I-94 in order to get back in with a new I-94 based on the old one.

As far as I know, you have to surrender the I-94 when you leave North America.
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Probably one should, but not surrendering the I-94 goes back to the fact that for CBP-issued TNs, there is no other documentary evidence provided to the worker that one has been awarded TN other than the I-94 (unlike statuses issued thru CIS - no approval notice -- not even a visa), so there is a reluctance to simply hand it over to airline staff. Also, TNs are by definition "multiple entry", not necessarily "multiple-entry-only-if-coming-from-Canada".

But, the whole issue is mitigated by simply carrying a copy of one's I-94 when travelling. What i did not know is that you could carry the cash register receipt as proof of TN.
 
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OttawaSenators said:
I know this is off-topic but I have a possible upcoming trip to Europe:

When you traveled to a third country, did you surrender your I-94 and also, did they issue you a new I-94 when you came back from a third country?
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During my last month international travel, I tried to hold my I-94 (which was detached before giving to the airline staff) but when the staff asked for the I-94, I simply gave to them. Since I saw the advice from Nelsona several times on this forum I carried the copies of I-94 with me during the travel. On my way back, I produced the copy of the I-94 and shown the stamp of TN with the 2011 expiry to the officer. They have given me the new I-94 with the previous expiry date

As a side note: Since I had rejections on my first TN and it pops up whenever I'm travelling back the officers are confused with the rejection and hold me for sometimes and will come and ask me what happened at the POE. I'll explain the fact that the rejection happened was in 2006 at the begining and I'm working on TN ever since, they would let me go
 
I am sorry, I didn't frame my sentence properly.
We always have the stamp with our designation and the company name and the TN expiry date with the I-94 number, when our first TN is issued. Every time when I entered US, I used to show them that stamp, as proof of my TN visa and they were ready to give me a new I-94, but I have to pay the amount. When I showed them the fee receipt given to me at the POE when my TN was approved, they did not charge me anything. Otherwise, once I was asked to pay as if it is a TN visa again.

The very first time my TN was rejected, and when I entered US from vacation last year on my second TN, the officer didn't have a clue about my TN visa (for my second TN the officer at the POE just put a stamp and expiry date and no I-94 number nor company name), and I was taken into a separate room for further grilling. He just said that they don't have proof that I was issued a TN visa, and they were just saying that my TN was rejected. Luckily, I always have the TN fee receipt in my passport. When I showed the officer that receipt, he said that I am reading his mind, as he was looking for that as a proof of my TN visa. I guess even a copy of I-94 would have helped a lot. So, he put a new stamp and the I-94 number with the company information and the expiry date and said that the TN fee receipt is important and it helped me to clear much of the confusion.
 
You should never have been charged the subsequent fee, even without a receipt. Never heard of this.

The I-94 is all you need.
 
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