I am a Canadian citizen living in Montreal and planning to move to US on a TN visa job. I was applying for a job and there was a field in the form to select if I will be needing any sponsorship or help for visa?
Do I need to select it? Your suggestions would be much appreciated. Please provide any references if available
OK, I have my flights booked. I’m currently living in the US on an E2 Visa dependent status. I’ve been going to school completing my masters of social work online. I have a job offer for July 31 as a social work therapist, obviously I’m using TN for that. I have everything prepared with my lawyer. My flight is booked for July 26. I’m gonna fly into Montreal spend the night and then fly back to Atlanta where I live. I’m a Canadian citizen and I was born there. Obviously I already have an apartment here. My kids go to school here. My kids were born in the US cause I’ve been here for 10 years on the E2 status.
If I happen for some reason to get denied at the airport, am I still able to ask them to enter as a visiter:
I’m not sure if that will help me, but I’m just really having anxiety about getting denied.
Trump recently said no longer any renewal for the USMCA wondering if that means we are fine until 2036?
Or is it still anytime they can cancel the visa process. I am still in the phase of setting up my life and will probably move soon around age 28. I am an accountant in Canada so should be pretty easy to find work somewhere in public. I just wonder having children in the next 2 -3 years while I'm there will cause what type of struggle. Money in Canada is very tight even with experience.
Hi everyone, I got my TN roughly a month back and I got an email this week that my company would like to start my PERM and they sent me a questionnaire. I work in tech and from what it looks like LMT approvals are near 0% for tech people so i was wondering if i should ask them to park it for now in and hopefully start the process once the market improves or should i move forward and get my LMT denied and possibly have it on my record for my future TNs. Im ROW so that is not an issue but this does not matter for PERM i believe
Hi everyone,
I’m a Canadian citizen currently finishing my Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics in France. I have secure an internship ) in Data Science / AI in the US post-graduation, but I’m struggling to understand the visa requirements.
Here is my situation:
I’ve been reading about the TN visa , but I’m a bit confused regarding my specific situation:
Current I-94 is admitted until 2029 (via USCIS Premium Processing, I have a I797B) but my passport expires in 2027.
What is the ‘safest’ way to go about it?
From what I understand I can renew my passport from within the US by sending it to Montreal and have a new one (along with my current passport) arrive in ~20 business days. Once I do that — is it safer to go through I-129 or re-enter through POE and ask for transfer?
Context:
The reason I want to be careful is that immediately before this current TN, I had a POE TN application withdrawn/rejected and that trapped me out of the US for a month while my company submitted to premium processing (I had been on two consecutive TNs with a prior company a week before this happened, so this was incredibly stressful)
Would love any thoughts, advice and experiences.
Am planning to move in Mid july with my family. Was wondering if i can go to the border with my car to get the import done prior to my actually move day. So that its would be less hastle with family.
has any one done this , drove the care to border , completed the import and came back the same day and moved on a later day ? Us rainbow bridge...
I'm a Canadian new grad RN, and have been applying to RN residencies in WA state. I am authorized to work in the US under a TN visa. I got an offer at one of the major hospitals but I don't think they know that I'd be a TN hire. I am scared they will rescind the offer because I know some hospitals don't do TN for new grad residencies. I know I will need to let them know once HR sends me the offer, it's the inevitable, but I just wanted to ask on here if any Canadian new grads have been hired into a new grad residency on TN?
The market is so tough right now and this has been my one and only chance after hundreds of applications, I'd be so discouraged if it doesn't work out.
I’m five years on a TN and I don’t get it. I’m preparing an exit strategy. Im saving the cheques and enjoying the time here I have left. I have two and a half years left on mine. I’m so confused why people are trying to pursue a TN.
I got pulled into secondary for the first time in a long time in Windsor-Detroit. It was packed with people applying for TNs. There were entire families there seeking TN/TD approvals. You get interviewed and processed in a very public setting where everyone can hear. People were port shopping from the GTA and were very publicly scrutinized.
The U.S. is not renewing CUSMA. Canada has chosen utter indifference to re-establish trade relations at the behest of pensioner patriots. It’s very unlikely our status will survive, best we can hope for is to be grandfather and maintain our current exit date that we have been approved for.
If you are paying attention, you’ll know they’re trying to eliminate immigration streams. They’ve prohibited adjustment of status inside America, which basically eliminates any potential path to a green card for TNs.
People are receiving nonsense advice . You’re pursuing a work visa that’s about to be canceled which currently offers zero chance at a green card.
I’m on a TN and my lawyer has just filed my I-485 (Adjsutment of Status). Based on that last memo, AOS should only be granted in extraordinary situations…. But based on my firm’s assessment of the situation, they believe that it will go through. The stakes are high… being rejected could possibly lead to not being eligible for a TN in the future.
Has anyone filed for AOS from a TN since the memo? How are we feeling about this?
Wanted to share my TN success story since I got a lot of help from this sub.
Job Title: Compensation Analyst
Category: Economist
Degree: Bachelors of Business Administration
PoE: YUL
Background: Prior to my TN I’ve been in America since March 2025 on a TD visa. I spent about a year applying before I found a company that was willing to sponsor a TN. In that year I had 3 final round interviews where the companies backed out when I mentioned needing a TN, and one offer from a H1B non-cap eligible hospital that declined to sponsor an H1B application, and I had the offer rescinded as a result.
In the end I applied for my role on LinkedIn in late February, interviewed through March, and accepted the offer at the end of March. I have 8 years HR experience mainly in Business Partnering, and no dedicated compensation experience so I thought the TN would be a stretch.
I followed all the advice on this subreddit EXCEPT I was honest at the beginning about needing a TN. For all my other interviews I told the recruiter either at the offer stage or as I was entering the final round and every job ended up backing out. With my current job, I told the recruiter in the phone screen that I need a TN when they asked about my work status, and they were receptive to it if I was the right candidate. This won't work every time but the recruiter did say they appreciated knowing early.
The Package & PoE: When I got the job, they engaged a law firm in early April to do the PoE application package. All in it took around 1.5 months for the law firm to put together the package, verify my education with a third-party U.S. equivalency evaluation, and get the wet signatures.
The job description was not tailored at all—they used the compensation analyst JD word for word from the posting I applied to. I was worried because the wording didn’t match the Economist category but they used the support letter to make a pretty strong argument.
I booked a last-minute flight from NYC to YUL and back in late May. I had 4 hours between arriving and flying out, and the application took about 15 minutes total. The agent at YUL asked 3 questions:
He didn't mention my degree at all, and there was no mention about my TD status. He just told me to sit down while he reviewed it and called me back up 5 minutes later to pay.
I got my TD visa through YUL originally as well, and both times were super quiet, quick, and the border agents were nice (for border agents). I’ve seen people mentioning that Economist applications get a lot of scrutiny, so I wanted to share that it is possible! With the market right now I’d suggest getting a US number and changing your LinkedIn and resume location to the city you want to work in so you don’t get auto declined.
Job Title: Robotics Engineer
Degree: Mechanical Engineering
PoE: YYZ (Toronto Pearson)
First time applying, graduated in June 2026
Had a flight scheduled for 8pm departure. Got to YYZ secondary screening at ~2:30pm. Took around 3 and a half hours to get seen. Gave the officer the following:
- Bachelors Degree
- Transcript (Printed out the pdf copy of the official
transcript so technically not an official copy)
- Support letter (No wet signature, but I did have my employer print it out, sign in blue pen, scan it, and send it back to me
- Job Offer Letter
I also brought a robotics portfolio showing my previous university projects, but the officer said she didn’t need that. She took my documents for about 10 minutes, and came back and said I’m good to go.
Overall pretty straightforward process for me. If anyone has questions I’d be happy to help!
Really smooth process at YVR for a TN under the engineer category. Just graduated with a Mech Eng degree and applied for a TN for a job in the bay area.
Waited 10 minutes in secondary before talking to someone. Process took 25 minutes. Super smooth, no weird questions. Everyone including the CBP officers were joking around with everyone and the mood was really chill. But make sure you have your original sealed transcripts and original degree. I saw my CBP officer analyze my degree several times, presumably to make sure I graduated with an engineering degree.
I'm reading on this sub about the horrors at YYZ. Especially if you're working on the west coast, just layover in YVR and do the TN here. So much easier. I know that Tesla advises all their applicants to go through YVR and in fact the CBP officer thought I was working for Tesla until I advised otherwise.
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:
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.
Hello all,
TN approved, had to come back to Toronto for last week at Canadian company. I will be heading back to US, driving with some stuff in car.
My car is Ontario registered - the plan is to register in the state after few days. Is this going to be ok or any issues with this plan ?
Insurance - currently with TD GrandTouring which covers US travel. I think this will need to be changed to US insurance after car's registration is done ?
Stuff I will be bringing - clothes & books (in boxes), and TV. Since this is all my personal stuff, would there be any taxes or fees required to be paid at the border when crossing into US?
At border crossing when asked, I will mention that I am going on TN, and carrying personal stuff. Generally is there any secondary inspection for carrying personal stuff ?
Is there a checklist to follow, if so, does anyone have it that they can share. Will be of immense help.!
Anything else that I should be aware of when carrying personal stuff in car and crossing border ?
Thank you.!
Hello,
I was wondering when is the right time to apply for jobs if I want to go to the US on a TN. I've heard from coworkers that it ranges from a month, 2 months, 6 months, and even up to a year from your planned move.
From your experience, when did you start getting interviews? Let's say I wanna move in January (so in about 6 months), when will I start seeing actual results and not just another "we are moving forward with another candidate" ?
Job market is rough :(
Wife and I are in Tech, currently in the Toronto suburbs. Almost 30, planning to have our first kid in about a year. We are looking to relocate to the states on either L1/TN (ongoing conversations with current employer)
Why we're leaving:
- Canadian winters are genuinely brutal. We're indoors from November to April and it's affecting our mental health and lifestyle. We want to actually be outside year-round.
- We feel like we've hit a ceiling here career-wise. The US tech market is at a better level in terms of opportunities, compensation, and the sheer number of companies to work for.
- Taxes and cost of living in Canada have gotten painful for what you get in return.
Cities we're considering:
Austin - No state tax is huge. Tech scene has grown a lot. The weather is warmer. Also wondering if the hype has cooled.
Bay Area - Best tech market, no question. The weather is perfect. But the COL is intimidating. We're open to renting for the first few years while we get settled.
NYC area - Walkability and energy closest to Toronto. Massive job market. Hoboken seems like a smart play tax-wise. But concerned about raising kids in the area long-term.
What matters to us (roughly in order):
We're open to renting for the first couple of years in any of these cities while we figure out neighbourhoods and settle in. Not rushing to buy.
Anyone made a similar move from Canada? Or moved between any of these three cities and can compare?
Hey guys, only started looking into TN options.. i think i have a strong profile and I can aim the big consulting firms specializing in my field... before I go down the rabbit hole of searching, wanted to get thoughts from folks here on how easy the search may have been in the recent past and if there are any tips / tricks that might help... realistically I know the US is either in a recession or nearing one, add that to the current immigration landscape and i can imagine how tough it might be... but on the flip side, the Canada job market isnt easy as well.. just wanted to assess thoughts on if its a complete shitshow now and I shouldn't even bother or if there is a strategy in place that might help... thanks!
Just had my L-1B Blanket interview at YYZ (Toronto) and it was a total disaster. The officer was incredibly unprofessional and the whole experience felt like an interrogation rather than a visa interview.
This officer is the only one that review TN/L1 application and during my 7 hours of wait, half of the people failed.
Instead of focusing on my actual qualifications, he kept asking about completely irrelevant stuff: my parents’ jobs, the name of my scholarship, and even pressed me on why there were manual corrections on the documents prepared by the lawyer. He literally blamed me for not "flagging" those corrections with my lawyer right there on the spot.
He ended up denying me because I don't have an "Engineer" degree (even though my degrees are clearly related). He said I needed an "engineer certificate". The whole thing was just a mess—he seemed more interested in finding reasons to pick on my paperwork than actually assessing my skills.
Just a heads-up for anyone else planning to go through YYZ: be prepared for them to be extremely pedantic and unprofessional. Not sure if it's a new policy or just this specific officer, but it’s been a really frustrating experience.
Posting my experience so it may help others:
I’ve successfully acquired another TN as a Canadian (my fourth one). I went through YYZ and here are some notes:
-If you’re planning on going through YYZ, try to do it on a random Thursday if you can. I went on a Monday and the officer said Mondays and Sundays are historically the busiest days of the week. It took me a brutal 7.5 hours total on a Monday. Bring a book to kill time because they will tell you to get off your phone. (This is anecdotal and specific to YYZ and other ports may vary)
-If you’re “renewing” your TN with the same employer, do not go sooner than 10 days before your TN expires. I’ve been denied a “renewal” before because I applied too early. (This only applies at the border crossing and not sure what the rule is for applying by mail.)
-Sign and date your offer letter! I overheard someone get denied because they hadn’t signed their own offer letter — the officer said that without a signature, there’s no binding agreement, and didn’t give them a chance to sign on the spot. Silly mistakes like this can lead to a denial, so triple check all your paperwork, and make sure your offer letter is signed and dated.
-I’ve generally had an easier time with officers since my degree and job title are closely aligned. I overheard the same officer give a harder time to applicants with a Master’s/Bachelor’s of Science applying for engineering roles. I think the officer would ask for supporting documents or how your degree is relevant to the job. They also ask whether you manage people, which would not qualify for TN work authorization as far as I know.
-Bring printed copies of any supporting documents that strengthen your case. For example, I hold two concurrent jobs (and therefore two concurrent TNs), so I printed acknowledgment letters from both employers confirming they’re aware of my dual employment. Gives the officer more material to work with.
-Don’t forget to bring original copies of your transcript and diploma.
-Don’t staple your documents together. I had mine stapled and the officer asked me to take the staples out (i think so that they could photocopy them). It just made it a little awkward so use paper clips instead!
Disclaimer: I’m not an immigration lawyer, just sharing my experience to help others since this can be a stressful process. Good luck!