TN Visa Query

[Newbie2021]

Hi,

I am new to this forum, my first post here.

I have a very specific query regarding TN Visa.

"THE BACKGROUND"

I'm a Canadian citizen and have a bachelors' degree in Mechanical Engineering. In total I have over 12 Years of experience in Technical Sales i.e. I've worked for engineering firms in Sales role/function/department.

Most suitable and ideal job roles for me have titles such as Sales Engineer, Account Manager, Territory Sales Manager. All of these roles are in Sales role/function but require candidate to have bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. In short these companies only hire Mechanical Engineers to sell their products and fill these roles.

"THE QUESTION" -

According to the TN status laws and to be eligible for a TN Visa -
1. Is it absolutely necessary that the job title should have the word "ENGINEER" in it?
or
2. The job should require a person to be a Mechanical Engineer and the job title could be anything?

This is critical to me as most of the jobs that I am eligible for do not have the word "Engineer" in title.

I meet all of the requirements for a TN visa.

I would appreciate if someone can clarify this. Thanks in advance!

 

[nelsona]

Sales is not a permissible TN job. You would need an H1-B for that.

To get a TN in engineering the JOB FUNCTION must be engineering, The JOB TITLE is meaningless. The TN letter needs to have the job function described, the TN category requested. Then the officer will decide if the JOB matched the definition of engineering in their manual. The c=occupation dictionary they use is https://www.onetonline.org/

It is more than the firm requiring a Mechanical engineer, it has to be engineering job.