Wife's TD visa and I-94 expiring

I am sorry Nelsona, I was in the affect that they will renew TN for me and my wife already has I-94 unti Feb 27 and she can able to re-enter into US. I was then planning to mail her appliation.

The only objection they made is that documents are not original and they said I need to bring originals again at the rainbow bridge to get my TN. I hope they will able to renew my TN on Tuesday. Also, that was my mistake that I went to border so late at night and there was a shift change at that time and no body was there to apply for permission to enter US.

I hope you guys don't mind and I will be careful next time. I will keep you updated what happened on Tuesday.

(On the exception side, if they don't give me TN again, can I request to allow us entry on B2?)
 
I went to the rainbow bridge today and they have again made some doubts about my vendor who hired me and my Canadian corporation. This time, all papers were original and ready.

He also mentioned that if you are applying for TN and work on behalf on your Canadian corporation registered in Canada, you need to take permission from US authorities to conduct business in USA. Is this true? I never heard about this before. He also asked me for health insurance evidence for past 3 years and my canadian company tax returns.

He asked for my vendor's company proof, financial balance sheet, the information about all management personnel, etc, etc. He said to appear again at the same POE.

Never heard about this type inquiring before. I have successfully dome 3 TN renewals in the past and those were easy.

They have again stamped TN and TD for my wife as it was before until Feb 27 and I returned to US now.

Please guys, especially Nelsona, advice me what next steps should I take. I am very much worried.
 
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Listen chump. You had our advice and ignored it. As far as I'm concerned you can sit in a hotel room in canada for 3 months while your spouse waits for her consular appointment.

So stop asking for my advice.
 
Thanks. Just a quick question again and I hope you don't mind. If I go to POE on thursday (one day before my TN expires) or on Friday and they deny new TN again, can I still enter US to bring my stuff back?
 
netb2b said:
If I go to POE on thursday (one day before my TN expires) or on Friday and they deny new TN again, can I still enter US to bring my stuff back?
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No guarantees. Out of curiosity, why did you go to the Rainbow Bridge instead of the Peace Bridge? The Rainbow Bridge has had a pretty nasty reputation TN-wise for over a decade.
 
nelsona said:
Probably because someone told him exactly this and he chose to ignore it.
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No, the officials at the Lewiston bridge asked me to go to Rainbow bridge and said that TN expert will review it. Next day, I went there but not sure if the one who deal my case was a TN expert. He reviewed my application for 3 hrs and asked so many querstions. At the end, he asked me to provide my canadian corp. tax returns, me and my family health insurance proof. From the US vendor side, he asked to bring so many things including organizational structure, business location proof, HR person immigration status (who signed my TN offer letter and an HR vice president), if there any stocks and %age of stock holders.

I have a Canadian corporation and I do consulting on corp-to-corp with a US firm on TN and successfully renewing my TN for the last 3 years. He mentioned if Canadian company needs to do business in US, the company needs to get permission from US authorities. Is this true? I never heard Canadian corp. seeking permission to do business in US, only TN visa is granted and thats all.

I have an offer from another company. Is it possible that I take my new TN application and withdraw old one?
 
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netb2b said:
Guys, just to let you know I got my TN stamped today for 1 year at the Rainbow bridge.
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Glad to see it ended (reasonably) well. I'd suggest going forward you consider two things.

First, do mail-ins wherever possible. If you are missing something, you get an RFE with 60-120 days to respond, instead of being on the wrong side of the border. Second, avoid the Rainbow Bridge. Lewiston refused to issue a TN over a decade ago and referred everything to the Rainbow. I'd pass on that and if you have a momentary fit of madness that makes you want to do a border renewal in Niagara, go to the Peace Bridge.
 
Sorry for the delayed reply. You are right, I must have mailed the application for I-94 instead of going to the border and taking my wife over there too. Now I got my TN but have to wait in Canada until my wife gets her TD visa from US consulate in Toronto next week.

I can get appointment for TD in another city like Montreal on Monday instead of waiting until Friday for Toronto Consulate. Does it make any difference if I go there? I also called US immigration and they say it's better to apply in the region where you reside and most likely to be denied if apply at some other city.
 
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