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Version 2.1
Intended audience:
This document is intended to IT professionals:
• with Canadian Citizenship
• live in Ottawa area
• passed the job interview
• want to work in US
You need to apply TN-1 Professional Work Visa in order to work in US.
Resource link:
Canada to US TN-1 Professional Work Visa
http://www.visalottery.com/tn1.html
http://www.topechelon.com/recruiters/contracting/tn1_visa.htm
FAQ: http://www.grasmick.com/canimfaq.htm
1. Job offer:
The job offer must include following information:
Terms of the job, start and end date:
The job should be temporary, usually less than three years. It can be extended without limitation.
Job Title:
IT related jobs fall into the category of “Computer Systems Analyst”. Always ask your employer to give you this title, not “Developer”, nor “Engineer”. The requirement of CSA is the lowest ? B.S. or 3 year college or 4 year university certificate, with at least 3 years working experience.
Job description: put more detail in this section, do not use generic terms; must be fulltime, i.e. at least 40 hours per week.
Salary: must be higher than flipping burgers in MacDonald’s.
The employer also should provide a letter addressed to “US Customs and Border Protection”, with all the mandatory information mentioned above.
2. Evaluation of Diploma
If you get your diploma from a school in Canada, Mexico or US, you can skip this section.
All foreign academic diploma should be evaluated, you must present the evaluation document to the US Customs official when apply TN-1. Even if you get the diploma from world famous school like Cambridge or Oxford, by law it is still foreign. My suggestion is: don’t take chance, get the evaluation done.
Your specialty in the diploma must be related to the field of your job, in another words, you can not work as Oracle Designer with PHD of Biology.
There are many evaluation agencies can do the job, I recommend “International Credential Assessment Service of Canada” because it has local office in Ottawa. It will save you time and money on the process.
International Credential Assessment Service of Canada
www.icascanada.ca
Its local office, should be the local agency in Ottawa, is called “Action 2000”. In fact it’s a job searching assisting organization sponsored by HRDC.
You must provide original and notarized copy of diploma and transcripts. Notarized documents from China usually include English translation, which is acceptable here.
Action 2000 Employment Services
www.action2000.net
151 Slater St
Ottawa ON
613-236-6111
Although Action 2000 charges big bucks for doing the job, you can’t get the service without prior referral from “Northern Lights”, which is another job searching assisting firm taking money from HRDC. (Now we understand why Canadian government tax us so heavily)
Northern Lights Vocational Services
Ottawa East Employment Assessment Centre:
1980 Ogilvie Road, Unit #203
Gloucester Shopping Centre,
Ottawa ON K1J 9L3
613-688-3670
Ottawa West Employment Assessment Centre:
1545 Carling Avenue, Suite 210
Ottawa ON K1Z 8P9
613-688-2147
If you never deal with Northern Lights before, you need to make appointment to set up your profile there. If you’re lucky, you can meet a case manager in 2 business days. Bring your resume. Afterwards, the case manager will phone Action 2000 to refer you for evaluation.
If you have been to Northern Lights before, they may still keep your profile. In this case, you don’t have to meet your case manager again, just phone him/her to refer you to Action 2000.
3. Apply Visa on the border
What documents you should bring:
• Job offer from your US employer
• The letter from your US employer addressed to “US Customs and Border Protection”
• Original copy/English transalation of Diploma and evaluation paper.
• Other supporting documents (transcripts, etc. The customs official may not ask for it, but if he/she does, you’d better get something handy)
• Canadian Passport
• Other Photo ID (Driving license etc.)
• Address/telephone number of your US employer
• Address where you are going to stay
• US$50 for TN visa
• US$6 for I-94 card (multi-entry record)
You should apply TN visa from the US Customs office, not the Embassy. There’s one US Customs office in Ottawa Airport, but you need to have a flight ticket and check in first. If anything was wrong, you were not lucky, got rejected, it’d be very troublesome to return/reschedule the flight ticket, therefore applying TN from the border is what most people do. Safty 1st.
US customs office taking care of TN application from Ottawa-Carleton county is located in Ogdensburg, NY. It is open 7 days a week.
http://www.ogdensport.com/bridge.htm
Driving Direction from Ottawa:
Take Highway 416 south, when close to Exit 1, follow the road sign “To USA”.
You need to pay toll fee of US$2 after crossing the bridge, and another $2 when get back. Easy money for the Americans.
Tell the US customs official that you are there to apply TN, then follow up their instructions. Those folks are friendly and patient, take it easy. Good luck!
FAQ:
1 Could I go to the Border on weekends to get TN Visa?
Yes.
2 Permanent position 可申请TN吗?
Permanet Position 可以申请TN，但是TN是临时工的签证，所以HR给海关的信写得要有技巧，起止时间仍不可超过3年。
The US government extended the maximum stay of TN from one year to three years in 2008.
Version 2.1
Intended audience:
This document is intended to IT professionals:
• with Canadian Citizenship
• live in Ottawa area
• passed the job interview
• want to work in US
You need to apply TN-1 Professional Work Visa in order to work in US.
Resource link:
Canada to US TN-1 Professional Work Visa
http://www.visalottery.com/tn1.html
http://www.topechelon.com/recruiters/contracting/tn1_visa.htm
FAQ: http://www.grasmick.com/canimfaq.htm
1. Job offer:
The job offer must include following information:
Terms of the job, start and end date:
The job should be temporary, usually less than three years. It can be extended without limitation.
Job Title:
IT related jobs fall into the category of “Computer Systems Analyst”. Always ask your employer to give you this title, not “Developer”, nor “Engineer”. The requirement of CSA is the lowest ? B.S. or 3 year college or 4 year university certificate, with at least 3 years working experience.
Job description: put more detail in this section, do not use generic terms; must be fulltime, i.e. at least 40 hours per week.
Salary: must be higher than flipping burgers in MacDonald’s.
The employer also should provide a letter addressed to “US Customs and Border Protection”, with all the mandatory information mentioned above.
2. Evaluation of Diploma
If you get your diploma from a school in Canada, Mexico or US, you can skip this section.
All foreign academic diploma should be evaluated, you must present the evaluation document to the US Customs official when apply TN-1. Even if you get the diploma from world famous school like Cambridge or Oxford, by law it is still foreign. My suggestion is: don’t take chance, get the evaluation done.
Your specialty in the diploma must be related to the field of your job, in another words, you can not work as Oracle Designer with PHD of Biology.
There are many evaluation agencies can do the job, I recommend “International Credential Assessment Service of Canada” because it has local office in Ottawa. It will save you time and money on the process.
International Credential Assessment Service of Canada
www.icascanada.ca
Its local office, should be the local agency in Ottawa, is called “Action 2000”. In fact it’s a job searching assisting organization sponsored by HRDC.
You must provide original and notarized copy of diploma and transcripts. Notarized documents from China usually include English translation, which is acceptable here.
Action 2000 Employment Services
www.action2000.net
151 Slater St
Ottawa ON
613-236-6111
Although Action 2000 charges big bucks for doing the job, you can’t get the service without prior referral from “Northern Lights”, which is another job searching assisting firm taking money from HRDC. (Now we understand why Canadian government tax us so heavily)
Northern Lights Vocational Services
Ottawa East Employment Assessment Centre:
1980 Ogilvie Road, Unit #203
Gloucester Shopping Centre,
Ottawa ON K1J 9L3
613-688-3670
Ottawa West Employment Assessment Centre:
1545 Carling Avenue, Suite 210
Ottawa ON K1Z 8P9
613-688-2147
If you never deal with Northern Lights before, you need to make appointment to set up your profile there. If you’re lucky, you can meet a case manager in 2 business days. Bring your resume. Afterwards, the case manager will phone Action 2000 to refer you for evaluation.
If you have been to Northern Lights before, they may still keep your profile. In this case, you don’t have to meet your case manager again, just phone him/her to refer you to Action 2000.
3. Apply Visa on the border
What documents you should bring:
• Job offer from your US employer
• The letter from your US employer addressed to “US Customs and Border Protection”
• Original copy/English transalation of Diploma and evaluation paper.
• Other supporting documents (transcripts, etc. The customs official may not ask for it, but if he/she does, you’d better get something handy)
• Canadian Passport
• Other Photo ID (Driving license etc.)
• Address/telephone number of your US employer
• Address where you are going to stay
• US$50 for TN visa
• US$6 for I-94 card (multi-entry record)
You should apply TN visa from the US Customs office, not the Embassy. There’s one US Customs office in Ottawa Airport, but you need to have a flight ticket and check in first. If anything was wrong, you were not lucky, got rejected, it’d be very troublesome to return/reschedule the flight ticket, therefore applying TN from the border is what most people do. Safty 1st.
US customs office taking care of TN application from Ottawa-Carleton county is located in Ogdensburg, NY. It is open 7 days a week.
http://www.ogdensport.com/bridge.htm
Driving Direction from Ottawa:
Take Highway 416 south, when close to Exit 1, follow the road sign “To USA”.
You need to pay toll fee of US$2 after crossing the bridge, and another $2 when get back. Easy money for the Americans.
Tell the US customs official that you are there to apply TN, then follow up their instructions. Those folks are friendly and patient, take it easy. Good luck!
FAQ:
1 Could I go to the Border on weekends to get TN Visa?
Yes.
2 Permanent position 可申请TN吗?
Permanet Position 可以申请TN，但是TN是临时工的签证，所以HR给海关的信写得要有技巧，起止时间仍不可超过3年。
The US government extended the maximum stay of TN from one year to three years in 2008.
