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What are the Requirements for a TN Visa?

The TN visa is only available for Canadian and Mexican citizens who possess the required education and/or experience:  

• Agriculturist/agronomist
• Accountant (baccalaureate, CPA, CA, CGA or CMA)
• Animal breeder
• Animal scientist
• Architect (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Astronomer
• Biochemist
• Biologist
• Chemist
• Computer systems analyst (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
• Dairy scientist
• Dentist (DDS, DMD or state/provincial license)
• Disaster relief insurance claims adjuster (baccalaureate degree or 3 years experience/training in disaster relief claims)
• Economist
• Engineer (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
• Entomologist
• Forester (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
• Geneticist
• Geochemist
• Geographer
• Geologist
• Geophysicist
• Graphic designer (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
• Horticulturist
• Hotel manager (baccalaureate degree in hotel/restaurant and 3 years experience)
• Industrial designer (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
• Interior designer (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
• Land surveyor (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial/federal license)
• Landscaping architect
• Lawyer (member of state/provincial bar or LLB, JD, LLL or BCL)
• Librarian (MLS, BLS.  BLS must be one for which another baccalaureate degree was a prerequisite)
• Management consultant (baccalaureate degree or 5 years experience in consulting or related field)
• Mathematician
• Medical technologist/medical lab tech (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience.  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 (must have state/provincial license)
• Nutritionist
• Occupational therapist (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
• Oceanographer
• Pharmacist (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
• Pharmacologist
• Physician (teaching and/or research only, MD or state/provincial
• Physicist
• Physio/physical therapist (baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license)
• Plant breeder
• Poultry scientist
• Psychologist (must have state/provincial license.  Cannot qualify with just baccalaureate degree)
• Range manager/Range conservationist
• Recreational therapist
• Research assistant (baccalaureate degree; work in U.S. must be at a post-secondary educational institute)
• Social worker
• Soil scientist
• Statistician
• Forestry specialist
• Teacher (baccalaureate degree) must be coming to work for a college, university or seminary only; no secondary or elementary school teaching
• Technician or technologist, scientific (electronic engineering technician); must work in direct support of professionals in one of these disciplines:  geology,geophysics, meteorology, forestry, biology, engineering, chemistry, physics; must possess theoretical knowledge of discipline and solve practical problems in discipline, or apply principles of discipline to basic or applied research
• Urban planner
• Veterinarian (DVM, DMV, or state/provincial license
• Vocational counselor
• Writer, technical publications (baccalaureate degree or post-secondary diploma and 3 years experience)
• Zoologist

How Long is a TN Visa Valid?

The TN visa is valid for one year and may be renewed indefinitely in yearly increments.

Who Qualifies for a TN Visa?

The spouse and unmarried, minor children of TN visa holders.

What are the Requirements for a TN Visa?

You must demonstrate evidence of your relationship to the TN visa holder you are accompanying or following.

How Long is a TN Visa Valid?

You are admitted to the U.S. for the duration of status of the TN visa holder you are accompanying.