u/Important_Lychee_491

i got my TN brutally rejected at the POE Rainbow Bridge back on Mar 19, 2026. Without getting too into the details: I got my NEXUS revoked and phone searched - held at the POE for over 4 hours and had a sworn statement taken. This isn't a rejection story post so I won't dive into details but I got unlucky with the officers, and was grossly underprepared by my lawyer.

I ultimately got denied my TN and refused entry that day.

It's been a long process trying to understand what the implications are now for things like:

A second attempt (through USCIS or at another POE, or even the same one.. though I'd want to avoid that if possible)
Regular leisure travel to the US (for friends but also to see my boyfriend who is in LA - the location my work is located in unfortunately)

I'm just exhausted, lost, scared and stressed about my relationship more than I am about my job.

Does anyone have any experience trying to reenter the US on a B2 after a denial? What if I quit my job, would that help my case in secondary (hypothetical)? Has anyone ever gotten an approval on a reapplication after such a brutal denial coming back with a strong application? Or am i completely cooked with today's administration.. 😔

grateful for any useful insights but also please keep this professional cause i'm in enough turmoil and negativity is already clouding me day to day lol

edit: i applied under technical writer on the TN, more details in a reply

and i believe my main issue is they didn't believe I hadn't illegally worked in the US before. ended up admitting that I had taken a meeting with my team while there, they used that against me pretty hard cause they were already not in my favour.

A year ago I discovered vibe coding and came up with an idea that I wanted to see if my own life. I was going to so many shows and concerts with tickets that cost me so much money, but then the only way to remember them was if I wrote it down in my notes app or scrolled through my photo album or if I posted to Instagram that night.

I was already a big fan of the flight tracking app Flighty, so it inspired me to vibe code a tracking app for shows and festivals. I showed 1 friend, and they immediately offered to help me design the whole thing (probably cause my initial run was so ugly) but it's finally ready and on Testflight and I couldn't be more proud of how far we've gotten. I ended up finding another friend to help engineer the whole app, and learned that the biggest hurdle wasn't just building the beautiful screens, but actually having accurate data when people searched for their shows!

Also learned how expensive some of these APIs are 😭

We're on Testflight! Join via our waitlist to try it out if you're going to any shows this summer :) Would love any and all feedback! joinlineup.com

tn denial, when can i re-enter as a tourist to visit my boyfriend? (i am canadian)

somehow convinced 3 friends to help me bring my concert tracking app to life - Lineup is now on Testflight!!