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>What kind of employer do we need for a Canadian's TN approval?
>Sole Proprietor?
>New company?
>Profitable company?

All will work.

Our office requested and received an advisory opinion from the INS
Central office on this issue.  The full text of our exchange of
letters is at  "Independent Contractors Can Get TN Permits"
(www.grasmick.com/wasnew.htm)

Here's part of the INS response:

"In order to obtain "TN" classification, a business person, including
one who is self-employed in Canada, must be seeking entry to render
pre-arranged professional services in the receiving NAFTA party. To
constitute pre-arranged professional services, there must exist, prior
to the time at which classification as a NAFTA Professional is sought,
a formal arrangement to render professional service to an individual
or an enterprise in the receiving NAFTA Party. The formal arrangement
may be through an employee-employer relationship, or through a signed
contract between the business person or the business person's employer
and an individual or an enterprise in the receiving NAFTA Party."


 


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