TN Canada and Mexico Business Visitors
The TN visa is for Canadian and Mexican NAFTA Free Trade business visitors, intra-company transferees, professionals, treaty traders and investors to work in the U.S.
What are the requirements for a TN visa?
The TN visa is only available for Canadian and Mexican citizens who possess the required education and/or experience:
- Agriculturist/agronomist
- Accountant (baccalaureate, CPA, CA, CGA or CMA)
- Animal breeder
- Animal scientist
- Architect (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
- Astronomer
- Biochemist
- Biologist
- Chemist
- Computer systems analyst (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
- Dairy scientist
- Dentist (DDS, DMD or state/provincial license)
- Disaster relief insurance claims adjuster (baccalaureate degree or 3 years experience/training in disaster relief claims)
- Economist
- Engineer (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
- Entomologist
- Forester (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
- Geneticist
- Geochemist
- Geographer
- Geologist
- Geophysicist
- Graphic designer (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
- Horticulturist
- Hotel manager (baccalaureate degree in hotel/restaurant and 3 years experience)
- Industrial designer (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
- Interior designer (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
- Land surveyor (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial/federal license)
- Landscaping architect
- Lawyer (member of state/provincial bar or LLB, JD, LLL or BCL)
- Librarian (MLS, BLS. BLS must be one for which another baccalaureate degree was a prerequisite)
- Management consultant (baccalaureate degree or 5 years experience in consulting or related field)
- Mathematician
- Medical technologist/medical lab tech (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience. U.S. job must be in a lab to perform
- chemical, biological, hematological, immunological, microscopic or bacterial tests and analyses for diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease)
- Meteorologist
- Nurse, registered (must have state/provincial license)
- Nutritionist
- Occupational therapist (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
- Oceanographer
- Pharmacist (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
- Pharmacologist
- Physician (teaching and/or research only, MD or state/provincial
- Physicist
- Physio/physical therapist (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
- Plant breeder
- Poultry scientist
- Psychologist (must have state/provincial license. Cannot qualify with just baccalaureate degree)
- Range manager/Range conservationist
- Recreational therapist
- Research assistant (baccalaureate degree; work in U.S. must be at a post-secondary educational institute)
- Social worker
- Soil scientist
- Statistician
- Forestry specialist
- Teacher (baccalaureate degree) must be coming to work for a college, university or seminary only; no secondary or elementary school teaching
- Technician or technologist, scientific (electronic engineering technician); must work in direct support of professionals in one of these disciplines: geology,geophysics, meteorology, forestry, biology, engineering, chemistry, physics; must possess theoretical knowledge of discipline and solve practical problems in discipline, or apply principles of discipline to basic or applied research
- Urban planner
- Veterinarian (DVM, DMV, or state/provincial license
- Vocational counselor
- Writer, technical publications (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
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Zoologist
How long is a TN visa valid?
The TN visa is valid for one year and may be renewed indefinitely in yearly increments.
Who qualifies for a TD visa?
The spouse and unmarried, minor children of TN visa holders.
What are the requirements for a TD visa?
You must demonstrate evidence of your relationship to the TN visa holder you are accompanying or following.
How long is a TD visa valid?
You are admitted to the U.S. for the duration of status of the TN visa holder you are accompanying.
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