QUESTION: My company has offered to transfer me to the US on a TN1 Visa as a
Senior Marketing executive. My fiancee is also a marketing executive, based
in Canada. My company is willing to consider trying to secure her a work
visa too...is this a pipe dream or is there some way they can do this?
Does the TN1 Cover this type of work? Does a sponsor need to be your
employer (based on the idea that my company may look to secure a work visa
for my fiancee, even though she would look to work for another company).
We both have 2 University degrees, are canadian citizens. I have a B Comm
and an MBA, she has a BComm and a Biology degree.
Please advise - just trying to figure it all out!!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
david ingram replies:
With really "rare" exceptions, a TN visa would not cover a sales job of any
sort. An exception would be if you were a nuclear scientist selling nuclear
reactors where your degree was necessary to the job.
Marketing executives are not on the NAFTA list.
If you are already working for a Canadian company with a US branch or a US
company with a Canadian Branch, they can transfer you as a manager,
supervisor, etc under a L1 visa.
The Section 16 Working Group's 1603.D.1 NAFTA list is as follows:
Appendix 1603.D.1
Professionals
PROFESSION MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE CREDENTIALS
General
Accountant Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A. or
C.M.A.
Architect Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license
Computer Systems Analyst Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years
experience
Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster (claims adjuster employed by an
insurance company located in the territory of a Party, or an independent
claims adjuster) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, and successful
completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment
pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years experience in claims
adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of
insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims
Economist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Engineer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license
Forester Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license
Graphic Designer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary
Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience
Hotel Manager Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant
management; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate in
hotel/restaurant management, and three years experience in hotel/restaurant
management
Industrial Designer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary
Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience
Interior Designer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary
Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience
Land Surveyor Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
state/provincial/federal license
Landscape Architect Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Lawyer (including Notary in the Province of Quebec) LL.B., J.D., LL.L.,
B.C.L. or Licenciatura Degree (five years) ; or membership in a
state/provincial bar
Librarian M.L.S. or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura
Degree was a prerequisite)
Management Consultant Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent
professional experience as established by statement or professional
credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant, or
five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting
agreement
Mathematician (including Statistician) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Range Manager/
Range Conservationalist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Research Assistant
(working in a post-secondary educational institution) Baccalaureate or
Licenciatura Degree
Scientific Technician/Technologist Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge
of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy,
biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology
or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those
disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines
to basic or applied research
Social Worker Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Sylviculturist (including Forestry Specialist) Baccalaureate or
Licenciatura Degree
Technical Publications Writer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years
experience
Urban Planner (including Geographer) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Vocational Counsellor Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Medical/Allied Professional
Dentist D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental;
or state/provincial license
Dietician Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license
Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada) /Medical Technologist (Mexico and
the United States Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary
Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience
Nutritionist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Occupational Therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or
state/provincial license
Pharmacist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license
Physician (teaching or research only) M.D. or Doctor en Medicina; or
state/provincial license
Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree;
or state/provincial license
Psychologist State/provincial license; or Licenciatura Degree
Recreational Therapist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Registered Nurse State/provincial license; or Licenciatura Degree
Veterinarian D.V.M., D.M.V. or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial
license
Scientist
Agriculturist (including Agronomist) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Animal Breeder Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Animal Scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Apiculturist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Astronomer Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Biochemist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Biologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Chemist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Dairy Scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Entomologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Epidemiologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Geneticist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Geologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Geochemist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States)
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Horticulturist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Meteorologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Pharmacologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada) Baccalaureate or Licenciatura
Degree
Plant Breeder Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Poultry Scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Soil Scientist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Zoologist Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Teacher
College Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
Seminary Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
University Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
1 A business person seeking temporary entry under this Appendix may also
perform training functions relating to the profession, including conducting
seminars.
2 "State/provincial license" and "state/provincial/federal license" mean any
document issued by a state, provincial or federal government, as the case
may be, or under its authority, but not by a local government, that permits
a person to engage in a regulated activity or profession.
3 "Post-Secondary Diploma" means a credential issued, on completion of two
or more years of post-secondary education, by an accredited academic
institution in Canada or the United States.
4 "Post-Secondary Certificate" means a certificate issued, on completion of
two or more years of post-secondary education at an academic institution, by
the federal government of Mexico or a state government in Mexico, an
academic institution recognized by the federal government or a state
government, or an academic institution created by federal or state law.
5 A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to work
in direct support of professionals in agricultural sciences, astronomy,
biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology
or physics.
6 A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to
perform in a laboratory chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic,
microscopic or bacteriological tests and analyses for diagnosis, treatment
or prevention of disease.
-------------------------------
Your fiancée has a better chance for a TN than you do with her Biology
degree.
Only the company hiring the Canadian can apply for the Visa. Your company
can NOT get her a working TN visa unless she is working for your company.
They may offer to pay for the services so that someone else can hire her but
the company that hires her has to apply for the visa.
Goto www.centa.com and read the section on "Entering the US" on the right
hand side.
Glad to help if I can.
Ask a cross-border International real estate rental mutual funds immigration
non-resident income tax expert - David Ingram 's CEN-TA Services in North
Vancouver BC Canada on It's Your Money CKBD AM600 Fred Snyder's Radio Show
Answers to this and other similar questions can be obtained free on Air
every Sunday morning.
Every Sunday at 9:00 AM on 600AM in Vancouver, Fred Snyder of Dundee Wealth
Management and I, David Ingram will be hosting an INFOMERCIAL but LIVE talk
show called "ITS YOUR MONEY"
Those outside of the Lower Mainland will be able to listen on the internet
at
www.600AM.com <http://www.600am.com/>
Local calls are taken at (604) 280-0600 and Long Distance calls are taken at
1( 866) 778-0600
I do not know how far the LD line reaches.
=========================================
This from "ask an income tax and immigration expert" from www.centa.com
<http://www.centa.com/> or www.jurock.com <http://www.jurock.com/> or
www.featureweb.com <http://www.featureweb.com/> . David Ingram deals on a
daily basis with expatriate tax returns with:
multi jurisdictional cross and trans border expatriate problems for the
United States, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Kuwait,
Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, China, New Zealand, France,
Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, Georgia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia,
Scotland, Ireland, Hawaii, Florida, Montana, Morocco, Israel, Iraq, Iran,
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mali, Bangkok, Greenland, Iceland, Cuba,
Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, St Vincent, Grenada,, Virgin Islands, US, UK,
GB, and any of the 43 states with state tax returns, etc. Rockwall, Dallas,
San Antonio and Houston Texas
Denmark, Finland, Sweden Norway Bulgaria Croatia Income Tax and Immigration
Tips, Income Tax and ImmigrationWizard Income Tax and Immigration Guru
Income Tax and Immigration Consultant Income Tax and Immigration Specialist
Section 216(4) 216(1) NR6 NR-6 NR 6 Non-Resident Real Estate tax specialist
expert preparer consultant expatriate anti money laundering money seasoning
FINTRAC E677 E667 4789 4790 TDF-90 Reporting $10,000 cross border
transactions
=========================
Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona,
California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Garland, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon.
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Rockwall,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec City,
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island,
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Yukon and
Northwest and Nunavit Territories,
Mount Vernon, Eumenclaw, Coos Bay
and Dallas Houston Rockwall Garland
Texas Taxman and Tax Guru and wizzard
wizard - consultant - expert - advisor -advisors consultants - gurus - Paris
Prague Moscow Berlin
Lima Rio de Janeiro, Santaigo
============================
New York, Boston, Sacramento, Minneapolis, Salem, Wheeling, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Pensacola, Miami, St Petersburg, Naples, Fort Myers,
Cape Coral, Orlando, Atlanta, Arlington, Washington, Hudson, Green Bay,
Minot, Portland, Seattle, St John, St John's, Fredericton, Quebec, Moncton,
Truro, Atlanta, Charleston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego,
Sacramento, Taos, Grand Canyon, Reno, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Sun City, Tulsa,
Monteray, Carmel, Morgantown, Bemidji, Sandpointe, Pocatello, Bellingham,
Custer, Grand Forks, Lead, Rapid City, Mitchell, Kansas City, Lawrence,
Houston, Albany, Framingham, Cambridge, London, Paris, Prince George, Prince
Rupert, Whitehorse, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Frankfurt, The Hague, Lisbon,
Madrid, Atlanta, Myrtle Beach, Key West, Cape Coral, Fort Meyers, Berlin,
Warsaw, Auckland, Wellington, Honolulu, Maui, Kuwait, Molokai, Beijing,
Shanghai, Tokyo, Manilla, Kent, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Red Deer, Olds,
Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw, Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Davidson,
Craik, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria, Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Edinburgh,
Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Copenhagen, Oslo, Munich, Sydney, Nanaimo,
Brisbane, Melbourne, Darwin, Perth, Athens, Rome, Berne, Zurich, Kyoto,
Nanking, Rio De Janeiro, Brasilia, Colombo, Buenos Aries, Squamish,
Churchill, Lima, Santiago, Abbotsford, Cologne, Yorkshire, Hope, Penticton,
Kelowna, Vernon, Fort MacLeod, Deer Lodge, Springfield, St Louis, Centralia,
Bradford, Stratford on Avon, Niagara Falls, Atlin, Fort Nelson, Fort St
James, Red Deer, Drumheller, Fortune, Red Bank, Marystown, Cape Spears,
Truro, Charlottetown, Summerside, Niagara Falls, Albany
David Ingram's US/Canada Services
US / Canada / Mexico tax, Immigration and working Visa Specialists
US / Canada Real Estate Specialists
4466 Prospect Road
North Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V7N 3L7
Res (604) 980-3578 Cell (604) 657-8451
(604) 980-0321 Fax (604) 980-0325
Email to taxman at centa.com <mailto:taxman at centa.com>
www.centa.com <http://www.centa.com> www.david-ingram.com
<http://www.david-ingram.com/>
Disclaimer: This question has been answered without detailed information or
consultation and is to be regarded only as general comment. Nothing in
this message is or should be construed as advice in any particular
circumstances. No contract exists between the reader and the author and any
and all non-contractual duties are expressly denied. All readers should
obtain formal advice from a competent and appropriately qualified legal
practitioner or tax specialist in connection with personal or business
affairs such as at www.centa.com <http://www.centa.com> . If you forward
this message, this disclaimer must be included."
Be ALERT, the world needs more "lerts"
==============================
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/05
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/05
What's Related