The Office of Management and Budget has cleared a proposed USCIS rule to allow TN visa holders to stay in the US for three years instead of the current one year limit. That's great news for Canadians and Mexicans who use this professional worker visa.
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April 24, 2008
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It has nothing to do with amending the treaty and everything to do with how the DHS interprets and implements the treaty.
Posted by: fb | April 28, 2008 at 08:56 AM
This was announced by the White House way back in its August 10, 2007 announcement on the 26 Initiatives. See the WH website. And with respect to the comment by "fb", if you can get Canada and Mexico to just let us amend the TN Annex unilaterally then we might be able to do something about that.
Posted by: EB3 | April 27, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Greg, what is the next step in the rule process after this clearance? Any wild guesses as to how soon is soon? Thanks
Posted by: Cathy | April 25, 2008 at 11:10 AM
With morons like this San Diego County DA in this country, we need more skilled immigrants not less...
http://cbs2.com/local/Marine.Widow.Cynthia.2.703357.html
And CIS and FAIR want morons like these to take up engineering?
Posted by: George Chell | April 25, 2008 at 11:02 AM
That's so-so news. How about getting rid of the Schedule 2 list of professions and making the TN available to specialty occupations, and allowing combinations of education/experience?
Posted by: fb | April 25, 2008 at 09:21 AM
Study: Illegal worker crackdown would cost employers $1B - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/immigration_employers
Posted by: Another voice | April 25, 2008 at 08:50 AM
More good news. 911 illegals may get path to legalization:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/nyregion/25legal.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Posted by: USC | April 24, 2008 at 08:02 PM