TN Visa (Internship) Finance (engineer undergrad)

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charlie55

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Hello,

I am in a predicament which I am hoping is not unique. I am a Canadian citizen and am currently in New york doing my masters in financial engineering. My undergrad is in mechanical engineering. I recently got a spring internship offer to work for a big bank in new york that will start at the end of January. It is an internship doing financial statement analysis and credit risk related work and it will be only 20 hours a week. I will also be taking classes part-time. I have taken 4 finance and mathematics courses at graduate level in my first semester and I am entering my second semester. I took 2 finance and an economics course in my final year at my undergrad in Canada in engineering.

Can I apply for TN Visa? I am really hoping I can. If so what would be a possible category? I have heard Economist is a way to go. The internship is 3 months long and paid.

My parents live in Canada if that helps and I am 24 years old.

Any help is appreciated.
 
charlie55 said:
Hello,

I am in a predicament which I am hoping is not unique. I am a Canadian citizen and am currently in New york doing my masters in financial engineering. My undergrad is in mechanical engineering. I recently got a spring internship offer to work for a big bank in new york that will start at the end of January. It is an internship doing financial statement analysis and credit risk related work and it will be only 20 hours a week. I will also be taking classes part-time. I have taken 4 finance and mathematics courses at graduate level in my first semester and I am entering my second semester. I took 2 finance and an economics course in my final year at my undergrad in Canada in engineering.

Can I apply for TN Visa? I am really hoping I can. If so what would be a possible category? I have heard Economist is a way to go. The internship is 3 months long and paid.

My parents live in Canada if that helps and I am 24 years old.

Any help is appreciated.
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Are you here legally as a student in an F-1 visa? If yes, talk to your DSO about it to see if it qualifies for training purposes that would allow you to apply for an EAD.

For a TN you have to be a qualified professional as listed in NAFTA and the realting 8 CFR sections. Look for the other broad thread in this forum on this topic.
 
BigJoe5 said:
Are you here legally as a student in an F-1 visa? If yes, talk to your DSO about it to see if it qualifies for training purposes that would allow you to apply for an EAD.

For a TN you have to be a qualified professional as listed in NAFTA and the realting 8 CFR sections. Look for the other broad thread in this forum on this topic.
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Well, I have whatever Canadians need to be a student in USA. I think it's F1.

I don't even know what DSO or EAD means. Is this like CPT?
 
charlie55 said:
Well, I have whatever Canadians need to be a student in USA. I think it's F1.

I don't even know what DSO or EAD means. Is this like CPT?
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DSO = Designated School Official (The person that handles your I-20 forms and SEVIS record. if you don't know those terms, you are not a legal international student.)

EAD = Employment Authorization Document (work authorization card for OPT--a photo ID from USCIS obtained with DSO permission and USCIS form I-765.)

CPT and OPT are varieties of student work. SEE: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex...div8&view=text&node=8:1.0.1.2.54.2.1.1&idno=8

Look at 8 CFR 274a.12(b)(6) as a starting point, follow the references within this part for additional information in other sections of these and other regs and the INA (Immigration and Nationality Act, i.e., the statute).....

(b) Aliens authorized for employment with a specific employer incident to status. The following classes of nonimmigrant aliens are authorized to be employed in the United States by the specific employer and subject to the restrictions described in the section(s) of this chapter indicated as a condition of their admission in, or subsequent change to, such classification. An alien in one of these classes is not issued an employment authorization document by the Service:

(6) A nonimmigrant (F–1) student who is in valid nonimmigrant student status and pursuant to 8 CFR 214.2(f) is seeking:

(i) On-campus employment for not more than twenty hours per week when school is in session or full-time employment when school is not in session if the student intends and is eligible to register for the next term or session. Part-time on-campus employment is authorized by the school and no specific endorsement by a school official or Service officer is necessary;

(ii) [Reserved]

(iii) Curricular practical training (internships, cooperative training programs, or work-study programs which are part of an established curriculum) after having been enrolled full-time in a Service approved institution for one full academic year. Curricular practical training (part-time or full-time) is authorized by the Designated School Official on the student's Form I–20. No Service endorsement is necessary.

(iv) A Form I–766, “Employment Authorization Document,” under 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(3)(i)(C) based on a 17-month STEM Optional Practical Training extension, and whose timely filed Form I–765, “Application for Employment Authorization,” is pending and Form I–766 issued under 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(3)(i)(B) has expired. Employment is authorized beginning on the expiration date of Form I–766 issued under 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(3)(i)(B) and ending on the date of USCIS' written decision on Form I–765, but not to exceed 180 days; or

(v) Pursuant to 8 CFR 214.2(h) is seeking H–1B nonimmigrant status and whose duration of status and employment authorization have been extended pursuant to 8 CFR 214.2(f)(5)(vi).
 
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Yeah, I know of CPT and OPT. I have only been in school for 1 semester so I am not sure if I may qualify as there seems to be a requirement of a total of 1 school (2 semesters) to be eligible for CPT.

I will give it a shot though.
 
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