TN Nonimmigrant Visa for Canadian Professionals

Qualifications:
TN visa is for Canadian and Mexican business visitors, treaty traders and investors, intra-company transferees, and professionals to work the United States.

Dependents (Spouse and children) of TN visa holders may apply for TD visa status.

Requirements:
The TN visa is available for Canadian and Mexican citizens. The applicant must be coming to work in the United States as one of the following and possess the required education and/or experience: 

• Accountant 
• Agriculturist/Agronomist
• Animal Breeder 
• Animal Scientist 
• Architect
• Astronomer 
• Biochemist 
• Biologist 
• Chemist 
• Computer systems analyst 
• Dairy Scientist
• Dentist 
• Economist 
• Engineer 
• Entomologist 
• Forester 
• Geneticist 
• Geochemist 
• Geographer 
• Geologist 
• Geophysicist 
• Graphic Designer 
• Horticulturist 
• Hotel Manager 
• Industrial Designer 
• Interior Designer 
• Land Surveyor 
• Landscaping Architect 
• Lawyer 
• Librarian 
• Management Consultant 
• Mathematician 
• Medical Technologist/Medical Lab Tech: 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 
• Nutritionist 
• Occupational Therapist 
• Oceanographer
• Pharmacist 
• Pharmacologist 
• Physician 
• Physicist 
• Physio/Physical Therapist 
• Plant Breeder
• Poultry Scientist
• Psychologist 
• Range Manager/Range Conservationist 
• Recreational Therapist 
• Research Assistant 
• Social Worker 
• Soil Scientist 
• Statistician 
• Sylviculturist/Forestry Specialist 
• Teacher: must be coming to work for a college, seminary, or university only; no secondary or elementary school teaching. 
• Technician or Technologist, Scientific: must work in direct support of professionals in one of these disciplines: biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, physics; must possess theoretical knowledge of discipline, and solve practical problems in discipline, or apply principles of the discipline to basic or applied research. 
• Urban Planner 
• Veterinarian 
• Vocational Counselor 
• Writer, Technical Publications 

Zoologist 

Duration of Visa:
A TN visa holder is admitted for one year. TN visas may be renewed indefinitely in yearly increments.