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I am a Canadian citizen moving to Los Angeles in May and I want to work in the field of Biology. I have an undergraduate degree.
I want to know if anyone knows any details about TN Status in the USA (personal experience would be best)
How do you get it?
What do you need?
Do you apply in advance or get it when you cross the border?
Can you leave and re-enter with it?
Any other info would be great, thanks.
Answer
You are most likely to get a job offer in the SF Bay area or in San Diego in Biotechnology. Unlike other countries you can come on a tourist visa to find a job, but you can't start one without a valid visa.
Canadian professionals are admitted into the USA in the TN-1 status. Applying for this status is a fairly streamlined procedure. The Canadian must first obtain proof of a job offer, in the form of an employment letter detailing employment for not more than three years, and documentation (often in the form of a university degree and/or evidence of former employment) in the occupation area. This paperwork is then brought to the border (most commonly it is done upon entry to the USA from Canada, but entry in TN status is permitted at any port of entry), along with proof of Canadian citizenship and the $50 fee (plus an additional $6 at a land or sea crossing; this is included in airline tickets when arriving by air). The US immigration officer will then adjudicate the application on the spot and grant or deny TN status. If the decision is to grant TN status, the Canadian immediately enters the US and begins TN employment. If the decision is to deny, the immigration officer will often detail the shortcomings in the application; if these are relatively straightforward to correct, the Canadian will often correct the problem in a day or so and then return to the border to reapply.
Certain TN status categories are known to be more difficult than others. For example, 'Management Consultant' applicants will often be scrutinized closely to determine if they will really be serving as consultants, or are in practice simply 'managers'. (The latter is generally not allowed under TN status.) Similarly, 'Computer Systems Analysts' will often have their applications carefully examined to ensure that their qualifications and job duties truly rise to the level of Computer Systems Analyst, and that they are not in practice simply serving as computer programmers.
Once TN status is granted, it is good for three years but only for the specific employer for which it was originally requested. Changing employers will require the Canadian to return to the border and start from scratch with a new application. If employment with a single employer is desired for more than three years, it may be renewed indefinitely. Renewal is accomplished either by a mail-in renewal within the United States, or by returning to the border and, in effect, presenting a new application. Renewal is possible, in theory, indefinitely, but the TN status is not a substitute for permanent residency (a green card), and the border official has the discretion to refuse further renewals if she feels the ability for indefinite renewal is being abused. How this happens in practice depends largely on the mood of the individual border official. Some Canadians have successfully renewed TN status for a decade or more; others have found that after 3-4 years a testy border official cuts off further renewals.
Canadian citizenship for TN status purposes may be by descent or naturalization. Those with qualifications from sources outside Canada or the U.S. must prove equivalency to the U.S. requirements. There is no appeal recourse if one is refused TN status.
You are most likely to get a job offer in the SF Bay area or in San Diego in Biotechnology. Unlike other countries you can come on a tourist visa to find a job, but you can't start one without a valid visa.
Canadian professionals are admitted into the USA in the TN-1 status. Applying for this status is a fairly streamlined procedure. The Canadian must first obtain proof of a job offer, in the form of an employment letter detailing employment for not more than three years, and documentation (often in the form of a university degree and/or evidence of former employment) in the occupation area. This paperwork is then brought to the border (most commonly it is done upon entry to the USA from Canada, but entry in TN status is permitted at any port of entry), along with proof of Canadian citizenship and the $50 fee (plus an additional $6 at a land or sea crossing; this is included in airline tickets when arriving by air). The US immigration officer will then adjudicate the application on the spot and grant or deny TN status. If the decision is to grant TN status, the Canadian immediately enters the US and begins TN employment. If the decision is to deny, the immigration officer will often detail the shortcomings in the application; if these are relatively straightforward to correct, the Canadian will often correct the problem in a day or so and then return to the border to reapply.
Certain TN status categories are known to be more difficult than others. For example, 'Management Consultant' applicants will often be scrutinized closely to determine if they will really be serving as consultants, or are in practice simply 'managers'. (The latter is generally not allowed under TN status.) Similarly, 'Computer Systems Analysts' will often have their applications carefully examined to ensure that their qualifications and job duties truly rise to the level of Computer Systems Analyst, and that they are not in practice simply serving as computer programmers.
Once TN status is granted, it is good for three years but only for the specific employer for which it was originally requested. Changing employers will require the Canadian to return to the border and start from scratch with a new application. If employment with a single employer is desired for more than three years, it may be renewed indefinitely. Renewal is accomplished either by a mail-in renewal within the United States, or by returning to the border and, in effect, presenting a new application. Renewal is possible, in theory, indefinitely, but the TN status is not a substitute for permanent residency (a green card), and the border official has the discretion to refuse further renewals if she feels the ability for indefinite renewal is being abused. How this happens in practice depends largely on the mood of the individual border official. Some Canadians have successfully renewed TN status for a decade or more; others have found that after 3-4 years a testy border official cuts off further renewals.
Canadian citizenship for TN status purposes may be by descent or naturalization. Those with qualifications from sources outside Canada or the U.S. must prove equivalency to the U.S. requirements. There is no appeal recourse if one is refused TN status.
I want to know If I can still play a region1 dvd in my HP MX50 Comp, I Live in New Zealand.?
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Similiar to my last question I know, but in response to one of the answers that I received, Can I still reset the region coding to one?. How would I do that?, at the moment it is probably on either 0 or 4, how would I find out how to reset it to region 1?. Would it mess up other info I have on my computer?. Region 0 and 4 is the coding for my part of the world. Other details are the same such as my system being Microsoft Windows Xp Proffessional Version 2002, comp intel celeron processor 601 MHZ, 256 MB of RAM, I should mention that I don't have an instruction manual as this computer was given to me by a friend who went to live in Australia. I like to shop on the net, so when I see dvds only available in one region it is infuriating, that being America and Canada mostly.
Answer
OK the region are made just to avoid people from one region watching movies to another region. In the case that you have to move from one region to another region, you can change the region for your drive only a limited number of times usually 4 or 5 times.
Go to the "device manager" scroll to your DVD/Cd drives and find your DVD drive, go to properties under the "DVD Region" tab it should state your actual DVD region and how many changes you have left and an option to change to a different region if you have any changes left.
Two alternate approaches:
1 Make your DVD Drive region free: At your own risk search the net for a variety of sites that will let you download a modified firmware for your DVD drive so that it will become region free. Flashing the firmware is a delicate process, not for everyone.
2 Make your DVDs region free: search the net for DVD decrypter or FAB decrypter and make those DVDs region free so you can watch them anywhere.
PS keep on mind that you should only be backing up movies that you own, otherwise it would be illegal.
OK the region are made just to avoid people from one region watching movies to another region. In the case that you have to move from one region to another region, you can change the region for your drive only a limited number of times usually 4 or 5 times.
Go to the "device manager" scroll to your DVD/Cd drives and find your DVD drive, go to properties under the "DVD Region" tab it should state your actual DVD region and how many changes you have left and an option to change to a different region if you have any changes left.
Two alternate approaches:
1 Make your DVD Drive region free: At your own risk search the net for a variety of sites that will let you download a modified firmware for your DVD drive so that it will become region free. Flashing the firmware is a delicate process, not for everyone.
2 Make your DVDs region free: search the net for DVD decrypter or FAB decrypter and make those DVDs region free so you can watch them anywhere.
PS keep on mind that you should only be backing up movies that you own, otherwise it would be illegal.
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