TN Consular
This form must be completed before a TN visa applicant can schedule their consular appointments.
What is the DS-160?
This USCIS form is used by an employer to request TN status for a worker.
What is Form I-129?
Your TN beneficiary is getting married and asks if their spouse can obtain dependent status. This is the dependent classification you're discussing.
What is TD?
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A beneficiary’s TN visa is still valid, but their I-94 expires next month. They think the visa expiration date means they can keep working. This document actually controls their authorized stay in the U.S.
What is the I-94?
An employer wants USCIS to decide a qualifying TN petition faster. This optional service can be requested.
What is Premium Processing?
Your beneficiary sends you their newest I-94 and it says H-1B instead of TN. Your first move is to investigate a correction with this agency.
What is CBP?
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A beneficiary receives a TN visa valid for 4 years. This is the maximum period CBP should generally grant them in TN status upon one entry.
What is 3 years?
A TN employee timely files an extension with the same employer before their I-94 expires. Under qualifying circumstances, this rule can allow them to continue working while the extension is pending.
What is the 240-day rule?
Your client wants their employee to start working for a new employer immediately because “their TN is already valid.” You're filing a COE through USCIS. Can they start before approval?
No. They must wait for the COE approval before working for the new employer.
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Managerial Duties
A TN worker is moving from Employer A to Employer B without leaving the United States. This type of filing is required before they can begin working for the new employer through the USCIS route.
What is a Change of Employer (COE)?
You discover CBP gave someone four years on their I-94 based on their four-year TN visa. What's the problem?
TN status should generally have been granted for no more than three years.
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A beneficiary has an expired TN visa but valid TN status through an I-797A and wants to spend one week in Mexico. This rule may allow them to return without obtaining a new visa, assuming all requirements are met.
What is Automatic Visa Revalidation (AVR)?
Someone's I-94 expired before their extension was filed, so the petition must ask USCIS to excuse the late filing based on extraordinary circumstances. Around the TN team, you'll hear this abbreviated as these three letters.
What is NPT?
You’re preparing a TN extension through USCIS when the beneficiary casually mentions they’re flying to Mexico tomorrow. What should you do before filing?
Ensure they re-enter the country before their I-94 expiration date, and resume the filing once entry has been confirmed.
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