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This builder prepares documents for Canadian citizens applying at a U.S. land border or Canadian airport preclearance. Choose a profession to see the available questions. TNPath does not determine whether you qualify.
Before you start: what to have handy (about 10 minutes)
- Your job offer or job description: title, start date, pay and schedule
- 3 to 8 main duties, in your employer’s words if possible
- Your credentials: exact degree, designation or licence names, issuing bodies and years
- Employer details: legal name, U.S. address, and who will sign the letter
- Where you’ll work: on-site, hybrid or remote, and the U.S. city
- Travel plans: airport or land crossing, and any family coming with you
Not sure about something? Your answers save as you go, so you can come back to it. You can also add optional details like bonus, benefits and time percentages, or skip them.
How this option works. TNPath builds your letter from the profession title and minimum requirement you enter below. TNPath checks that the title matches its copy of the official TN profession list. It does not determine whether your actual job, credentials or circumstances qualify under that category, and it doesn’t check that the requirement you enter is written correctly.
Before you continue, confirm your entry against the official TN profession list: 8 CFR 214.6(c) on eCFR or the USMCA text, Appendix 2 to Annex 16-A. You can also browse TNPath’s copy of the list.
Some professions carry extra conditions in the list’s notes or in other U.S. rules that this general flow doesn’t cover. For edge cases, independent advice from a U.S. immigration lawyer is recommended. This is document preparation and general information, not legal advice.
Your letter won’t describe you as currently in TN status. It will ask that you be admitted in TN status to work for the Company.
About you
Use your name exactly as it appears in your Canadian passport.
Your trip
Your credentials
Enter the credentials you hold, using the exact names on your records. The quoted entry is a reference; completing these fields does not confirm that you meet it.
For Canadians, the licence is the practical route: the list’s degree alternative refers to a Mexican licenciatura. U.S. law also requires foreign-educated nurses to present a VisaScreen® certificate to be admitted to work. Your guide covers both.
The list accepts a degree or a state/provincial licence. Practising pharmacy in the U.S. is separate: every state licenses pharmacists. Your guide covers both.
Only a licence you affirm holding is named in the letter. State practice rules are separate from the TN credential rule.
The TN list counts a post-secondary diploma or certificate only when it was issued after two or more years of post-secondary education. A shorter program doesn’t meet that definition.
On this route, the list pairs the diploma or certificate with three years of experience.
USCIS guidance says the theoretical knowledge this category needs can be shown by at least two years of training in a relevant program, documented by a diploma or certificate.
The experience route is shown by statement or professional credential, usually letters from past employers or clients.
The Economist entry lists a degree only. There is no licence or experience route. USCIS guidance looks for a degree related to the position.
A degree isn’t required for this category. USCIS guidance says a diploma or certificate from at least two years of relevant training, or extensive directly related work experience, can show the theoretical knowledge. Add everything you have. You’ll name the professional you’ll support on the job step.
The Mathematician (including Statistician) entry lists a degree only. There is no licence or experience route.
A note on the TN list says “Mathematician” includes Actuary, and that an actuary must be recognized as one by a professional actuarial association or society operating in Canada, the U.S. or Mexico.
Add the credentials your profession’s entry names: a degree, licence, diploma or experience. TNPath doesn’t check them against the list.
Use the exact names shown on your certificates and diplomas. TNPath doesn’t decide whether your credentials are sufficient.
The U.S. employer
These details go into the letter’s header and the company description.
Add company facts optional: year founded, size, website
Year founded and size go into the company paragraph (detailed letter style). The website appears under the address at the top.
Who will sign the letter
The signer is usually your hiring manager or an HR representative — someone who can confirm the details if asked.
The job
Match these to your offer letter. Your employer will confirm them.
The professional you’ll support
The TN list says a Scientific Technician/Technologist must be seeking entry to work in direct support of professionals in the listed disciplines. Your letter names this person in its own paragraph.
Where you’ll work
The U.S. city and state you’ll work from. The letter keeps the company’s address in its own paragraph.
Travel and other work sites optional
Written into the letter as “Ms. Lee may also work at …”. Leave blank if there aren’t any.
Pay and dates
Use the numbers in your offer letter. Your employer confirms them before signing.
Bonus, commission, equity or relocation optional
What you’ll actually do
List 3 to 8 main responsibilities, one per line. Start from your job description. Tap a suggestion to add it, then edit it so it matches the real job.
Check your answers
Everything below goes into your letter and guide. Tap a section’s Edit link to change it.
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You entered your TN profession yourself. TNPath checks that the title matches its copy of the official TN profession list. It does not determine whether your actual job, credentials or circumstances qualify under that category. Check your entry against the official list before you rely on this packet.
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