Applying for Greencard with TN Visa
Hi, I’ve heard and read threads about people applying for green cards while under a TN visa. I was wondering, as a Canadian citizen who is born in China, if it is worth applying for a green card, or if I should just stay on TN visa indefinitely. I went to look at the visa bulletin board and am kind of confused between final action dates and the normal dates that appear in the visa bulletin table. Has anyone been in a similar position?
Green card is based on your birth country (China), not your citizenship. You can apply for GC as a TN holder with an adjustment of status, since TN is a non-immigrant visa. Then you get a work permit for 1 year that will need to be extended every year while you wait for your GC in the queue. You can theoretically extend your work permit indefinitely, one year at a time. I believe it makes sense to apply for H1B as it makes it easier to switch jobs without having to get a new TN visa, and I believe it has an option to allow your spouse to work (which may not matter if you’re single). You may want to compare TN with H1B and see if it makes sense for you. Might be easier to marry a GC holder or a US citizen 😏
TN can be renewed indefinitely. Just do the lottery every year until you get it.
You can’t. It’s s temp visa. Get an h1b and then transition to green card ASAP
But isn’t H1B lottery based and very hard to get?
Yes.