The threads for TN Visa after the USCIS memo has gone quiet. Be interested to hear, even anecdotal evidence on success / failure of Canadian ibankers getting into the US for ibanking under the TN Visa.
Would be good to describe: experience level, type of bank (BB/EB/MM, etc); type of TN Visa, and Process (mail or port of entry)
Thanks in advance!
Knowing quite a few ppl on TN, I haven't heard of any issues since the memo came out. Some ppl had to have their paperwork tightened a bit, but otherwise no real change in the way CBA is awarding / renewing visas.
I think the big and real change has come on the employer side, I have heard SO many stories of companies (not necessarily large Investment Banks, but all finance firms) who decided they weren't willing to take the risk anymore so it does restrict the opportunities available to Canadians.
Not aware of any issues, although I would think that practically everyone I know on TN has global entry so they never really have to talk to anyone anyway. To be honest, I do think the program is still really misunderstood and because of that, advice given tend to err on the side of hyper cautiousness.
My understanding is that most of the scrutiny has historically been on people under the Management Consultant designation. I know a girl who was refused entry a couple of years ago and she worked at MBB... My recollection is a bit hazy, but I think she didn't have a hard copy of her paperwork (which technically you're suppose to have with you every time you cross the border) and the custom agent didn't want to accept soft copies so he told her to come back the next day (she was flying from Toronto).
I also do know quite a few people who had their petition refused and had to come in several time and they all ended up getting the visa (pretty much all tech people who have much worse problem fitting their engineering job under the system analyst designation). In all cases, they were allowed to withdraw their petition so it didn't leave any trace in the system and in most cases, the CBA agent actually told them what to improve / include in their paperwork. You're allowed to come back the next day too.
What really grinds my gears (imagine Peter Griffin voice):
MBA business schools">M7 MBA programs seem to be screwing over both their international applicant pool & their own domestic applicants.
For the international cohort, they sell them on a great education, and the dream of being able to work in the US, post-graduation. This is extremely important for internationals as the only way an MBA business schools">M7 MBA tuition is justifiable is if they are able to be hired in the US post-graduation, as compensation is considerably higher in the states. Yet it has become increasingly difficult for Canadians to be hired in the US through the TN Visa, never mind overseas internationals trying to win the H1B lottery.
For the domestic applicants, they are being passed over for those who won't even end up working in the states. They are literally advertising how much of the student base is international, yet, upon graduation they aren't even staying in the states to contribute to the economy. They take the education and leave (whether on purpose or not).
I am confused why Americans are fighting against an international brain drain problem that directly benefits them..... Aren't these the type of immigrants they DO want?
Americans seem to want immigrants, yet they don't want the immigrants to take the low paying jobs away from the struggling working class Americans OR the high paying-highly coveted jobs either. Makes no sense.
Rant over.