Work visas?

N

nutrient2

Registered Users (C)
I am a Canadian dietitian looking to work in the USA. I have received a job offer from a hospital in Florida. As I understand it, all of the H1B visas for 2007 have already been filled. I was hoping to get a TN visa and then transfer to an H1B visa afterwards. However, the position I have been offered is a permanent position and the employer will not state in the job offer letter that the job will is only for one year. Are there any other options for me? Are there other visas I don't know about?

ETA: Is an EB3 an option for me? And how long would it take until I could work? This employer is willing to wait a few weeks, but not a few months, for me to begin work.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Thank you for your response, however the employer will not offer me a job for one year or less, and so I cannot get a TN visa for this job (unless they change their minds)...
 
If the rule has not changed since last year, you do not need them to offer you "a job for one year or less", you need them to give you a letter to show (actually to give) to the POE officer that requests a TN status for you for one year or less.
 
I have actually received TN status and will begin working with this employer on Monday. What I have learned during this process is that having the 'one year' stated in the letter is not always necessary. As long as everything else is in order on the letter, they will likely grant you TN status. My letter I had did not state everything (they did not put my qualifications or job status in the letter), but I had all of the information with me. I was held up for some time (missing my connecting flight.. but that is another story!), but the officer was very nice and helpful and eventually let me through. I am pretty sure that he would not have let me through if I was simply catching a flight at that airport. As I was catching a connecting flight, I was basically stranded there. He was generous enough to let me through, but said to make sure the letter contained that information if I were to renew the TN status next year.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top