First time working on a TN visa. Anything that i should know or expect to be different from working without a VISA? Thanks :)
Make sure to stay in regular contact with the lawyers your company hired to work on your TN (I’m assuming you didn’t do it yourself). Check with them if you’re considering changing job roles / titles or anything else major about your job. Sometimes they can lag in replying, be nice and polite but persistent. If interested, ask about green card process sooner rather than later, it can take forever.
Regular contact about just making sure the paperwork is getting done on time?
Yeah. They’re fallible and do forget to go things or miss things sometimes. Basically don’t just trust them to take care of things and assume they’ll let you know. Take the initiative, check in and ask for updates often if there’s anything in progress, etc.
Remember to tell USCIS where you live, other than that it's pretty easy
If you’re entering the US and they’re stamping your passport, check to make sure the stamp says TN not H1B or some other wrong status before you leave. It’s a pain in the ass to fix it later, and they *do* fuck this up sometimes.
Thanks! Noted
If you want to switch employers it’s a bit of a pain process at the border is painless. Renewing it I had to go back to the port of entry to get back in. I’d keep in mind your taxes you May have to pay taxes on both sides of the border so do some research around that try to become a non-resident so you don’t. You won’t pay double but you’d owe Canada some since they most likely have higher taxes you’d pay the difference.
Fuck thanks. Not trying to pay cali and Ontario taxes has to be the WOAT
Pedantic: if you’re Canadian, you don’t have a visa, TN is a status
bro CBP disagrees with you https://www.cbp.gov/travel/canadian-and-mexican-citizens