Is TN visa considered needing sponsorship?
Aug 9, 2021
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So, I am a designer in Canada really wanting moved to US. In most of the applications, it asked if I have legal right to work in the US and then ask me if I need sponsorship. For first question, I always checked No, but I always get mixed response whether TN visa is a visa that requires sponsorship or now.. Any Canadians or HR working in US can provide more info?
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Note that TN isn’t a visa, it’s just a work status. You don’t receive a visa as a part of the process.
Better to do it with/through the company because they have lawyers who do this for a living, but a TN visa doesn’t require “sponsorship” or a lot of the regulatory requirements that e.g. H1B or other visas (L1 etc) require.
You’ll need to meet education and job title stipulations etc.
You should answer you need visa support to that question.
The reason is in US, companies are not legally allowed to ask if a person is US citizen/PR. So they rephrase this exact same question this way.
As long as you’re not a US citizen/PR, you should answer Yes to that question.
You’re obviously better off being honest about it and getting company support, but if you want to be pedantic, the TN is not a visa and you do not need sponsorship to get it. Ask an immigration lawyer, they’ll tell you the same thing.
If they want PR’s/citizens only, the job posting will stipulate that.