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The jobs for which it is permissible to get a TN visa are listed below, followed by the degree and experience requirements in each case, if any:

General Professional Positions

  • Accountant – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A., or C.M.A.
  • Architect – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
  • Computer Systems Analyst – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate and three years’ experience.
  • Disaster relief insurance claims adjuster (claims adjuster employed by an insurance company located in the territory of a Party, or an independent claims adjuster)–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years’ experience in claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims.
  • Economist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Engineer – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
  • Forester – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
  • Graphic Designer – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate and three years’ experience.
  • Hotel Manager – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate in hotel/restaurant management and three years’ experience in hotel/restaurant management.
  • Industrial Designer – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years’ experience.
  • Interior Designer – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years’ experience.
  • Land Surveyor – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or state/provincial/federal license.
  • Landscape Architect – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Lawyer (including Notary in the province of Quebec) – L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B.C.L., or Licenciatura degree (five years); or membership in a state/provincial bar.
  • Librarian – M.L.S., or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree was a prerequisite).
  • Management Consultant–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years’ experience as a management consultant, or five years’ experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement.
  • Mathematician (including Statistician) – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Range Manager/Range Conservationist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution) – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Scientific Technician/Technologist – Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines to basic or applied research.
  • Social Worker–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Sylviculturist (including Forestry Specialist) – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Technical Publications Writer–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years’ experience.
  • Urban Planner (including Geographer) – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Vocational Counselor – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Medical & Allied Health Care-Related Professionals

  • Dentist – D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or state/provincial license.
  • Dietitian – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
  • Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada)/Medical Technologist (Mexico and the United States) – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years’ experience.
  • Nutritionist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Occupational Therapist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
  • Pharmacist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
  • Physician (teaching or research only) – M.D. Doctor en Medicina; or state/provincial license.
  • Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
  • Psychologist – state/provincial license or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Recreational Therapist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Registered nurse – state/provincial license or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Veterinarian – D.V.M., D.M.V., or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial license.

Scientists

  • Agriculturist (including Agronomist) – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Animal Breeder – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Animal Scientist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Apiculturist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Astronomer – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Biochemist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Biologist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Chemist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Dairy Scientist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Entomologist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Epidemiologist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Geneticist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Geochemist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Geologist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States) – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Horticulturist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Meteorologist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Pharmacologist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada) – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Plant Breeder – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Poultry Scientist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Soil Scientist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Zoologist – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Teachers and Professors

  • College-level – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • Seminary-level – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
  • University-level – Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.