What is a NAFTA (TN-1) Visa?
The TN classification applies to either a Canadian or Mexican national seeking classification as a professional to work in the United States for a temporary one year period and may work in this position by having obtained a degree relating to the offered position or experience combined with education for some positions. The following is a list of the professions and minimum qualifications, which fall under the purview of NAFTA.
PROFESSION | MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE CREDENTIALS |
Accountant | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A, C.A., C.G.A., or C.M.A. |
Architect | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Computer Systems Analyst | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate and three years experience |
Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster (Claims Adjuster employed by an insurance company located in the territory of a Party, or an independent claims adjuster) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years experience in claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims |
Economist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Engineer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Forester | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Graphic Designer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or post-secondary diploma and three years experience |
Hotel Manager | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or post-secondary diploma or post-secondary certificate in hotel/restaurant management and three years experience in hotel/restaurant management |
Industrial Designer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or post-secondary diploma or post-secondary certificate, and three years experience |
Interior Designer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or post-secondary diploma or post-secondary certificate, and three years experience |
Land Surveyor | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or state/provincial/federal license |
Landscape Architect | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Lawyer (including Notary in the province of Quebec) | L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B.C.L., or Licenciatura degree (five years); or membership in a state/provincial bar |
Librarian | M.L.S. or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura degree was prerequisite) |
Management Consultant | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant, or five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement |
Mathematician (including statistician) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Range Manager/Range Conservationist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Scientific Technician/ Technologist | Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines to basic or applied research |
Social Worker | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Sylviculturist (including forestry) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Technical Publications Writer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, or post-secondary diploma or post-secondary certificate, and three years experience |
Urban Planner (including Geographer) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Vocational Counselor | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
MEDICAL/ALLIED PROFESSIONALS | |
Dentist | D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or state/provincial license |
Dietitian | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada)/Medical Technologist (Mexico and the United States) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or post secondary diploma or post secondary certificate, and three years experience |
Nutritionist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Occupational Therapist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state provincial license |
Pharmacist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state provincial license |
Physician(teaching or research only) | M.D., Doctor en Medicina; or state/provincial license |
Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license |
Psychologist | State/provincial license; or Licenciatura degree |
Recreational Therapist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Registered Nurse | State/provincial license or Licenciatura degree |
Veterinarian | D.V.M., D.M.V., or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial license |
SCIENTIST | |
Agricultural (Agronomist) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Animal Breeder | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Animal Scientist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Apiculturist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Astronomer | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Biochemist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Chemist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Dairy Scientist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Entomologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Epidemiologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geneticist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geochemist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Horticulturist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Meteorologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Pharmacologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada) | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Plant Breeder | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Poultry Scientist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Soil Scientist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Zoologist | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
TEACHER | |
College | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
Seminary | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |
University | Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree |