Company description – the letter should explain the employer’s business, including the number of employees, basic financials, and any other pertinent information. Job description – the letter should include the detailed job description.
Offer letter Valid passport (the passport’s expiration date is highly recommended to be at least 6 months longer than the fixed term work contract in the US) Employment supporting documentation per step 4 above University confirmation letter and copies of your educational degree(s) and transcript(s) Professional association confirmation letter of professional license(s) and current standing Resume Past employment verification such as offer letters, job descriptions, contracts Optional but recommended documents you can produce showing you have not or do not want to sever permanent ties in Canada such as ownership of Canadian real estate, investments (including RRSP and non RRSP), vehicles, etc (note you want to assure US Customs of your true intent of temporary interest in the US to improve your skills and/or experience and that you do not have dual intent wherein you will want to try to permanently live and work in the US while you are on a TN Visa) TN visa application at US Customs is routine and has been around since 1994. Be professional, truthful, calm, and prepared for the questions with supporting documents per all of the above and the US Customs officer will approve your TN and/or TD (for dependents) visa applications in an hour. Have US dollars available to pay for your TN visa which is U$50 for the application and U$6 for the I-94 issued (beginning in 2014, your TN visa is approved and recorded online by the US Customs officer you will be dealing with. In the past, you would have been issued an I-94 stub piece of paper. Now, you will be given documents on how to retrieve your online I-94 information which you can use for personal reference that your TN visa was approved). You will pay an additional U$6 for each dependent of yours. For your dependents, they will be applying for TD visas. The documents you need for your spouse are passport, birth certificate, and wedding certificate. The documents you need for your children under 21 years of age are passports and birth certificates. If your child is 21 years old or older, then he or she is ineligible. Your Canadian passport will be stamped / written on by US Customs that is TN Visa approved with your job title and the end date of your TN visa. US Social Security Number (SSN) and US Driver’s License. Bring your Canadian passport and also a hardcopy of your I-94 form (which was entered by US Customs so you can print it out subsequently for your US Social Security Number (SSN) and for US Driver’s License) and apply by going to the nearest Social Security Administration office and also the nearest DMV. Within 10 days, you will receive a letter with your SSN card. The driver’s license approval is dependent on your driving skills and experience. Dependents ITIN not SSN. Your spouse and children won’t be able to work in the US as TD visa holders. They are not TN visa holders. Your spouse and children won’t get US Social Security Numbers (SSN). Instead, you should go with them to the nearest IRS office and apply for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Your dependents will use their ITIN instead of a SSN when opening bank accounts, registering in school, being part of your health insurance dependents, and your income tax dependents. Dependents US Driver’s License. Same process as yours to obtain their licenses.
