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US TN-1 Visa Eligible Professions List

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Eligible professions for TN 1 Visas

The following list details all the professions which are eligible for a TN 1 Visa, as well as the education and/or qualifications required for each:

  • Accountant – baccalaureate degree, C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A., or C.M.A.
     

  • Engineer – baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license
     

  • Scientist

    • Agriculturist (including agronomist) – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Animal Breeder – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Animal Scientist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Apiculturist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Astronomer – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Biochemist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Biologist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Chemist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Dairy Scientist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Entomologist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Epidemiologist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Geneticist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Geochemist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Geologist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico or U.S.) – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Horticulturist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Meteorologist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Pharmacologist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada) – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Plant Breeder – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Poultry Science – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Soil Scientist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Zoologist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Research Assistant (working in a post secondary educational institution) – baccalaureate degree

  • Medical/Allied Professional

    • Physician (teaching and/or research only) – M.D., or state/provincial license
       

    • Dentist – D.D.S., D.M.D., or state/provincial license
       

    • Occupational Therapist – baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license
       

    • Pharmacist – baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license
       

    • Physio/Physical Therapist – baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license
       

    • Recreational Therapist – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Registered Nurse – state or provincial license
       

    • Veterinarian – D.V.M., D.M.V., or state/provincial license
       

    • Medical Technologist – baccalaureate degree of post secondary diploma and three years' experience – must be seeking entry to perform chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, and bacteriological tests, procedures, experiments, and analysis in laboratories for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease

  • Architect – baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license
     

  • Lawyer – L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B.C.L., or Licencuature degree (five years) or membership in a state/provincial bar
     

  • Technical Publications Writer – baccalaureate degree of post secondary diploma and three years' experience
     

  • Teacher

    • College – baccalaureate degree
       

    • University – baccalaureate degree
       

    • Seminary – baccalaureate degree

  • Technical Publications Writer – baccalaureate degree or post secondary diploma and three years’ experience
     

  • Urban Planner – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Vocational Counselor – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Economist – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Social Worker – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Mathematician – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Hotel Manager – baccalaureate degree or post secondary diploma and three years' experience
     

  • Industrial Designer – baccalaureate degree or post secondary diploma and three years' experience
     

  • Interior Designer – baccalaureate degree or post secondary diploma and three years' experience
     

  • Librarian – M.L.S. or B.L.S. (for which another baccalaureate degree was a prerequisite)
     

  • Animal Breeder – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Sylviculturist (including forestry specialist) – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Range Manager (range conservationist) – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Forester – baccalaureate degree, or state/provincial license
     

  • Graphic Designer – baccalaureate degree, or post secondary diploma and three years' experience
     

  • Land Surveyor – baccalaureate degree or state/provincial/federal license
     

  • Landscape Architect – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Nutritionist – baccalaureate degree
     

  • Dietician – baccalaureate degree or state/provincial license
     

  • Computer Systems Analyst – baccalaureate degree, or post secondary diploma and three years' experience
     

  • Psychologist – state/provincial license
     

  • Scientific Technician/Technologist must work in direct support of professionals in the following disciplines: chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, meteorology, physics, astronomy, agricultural sciences, biology or forestry must possess theoretical knowledge of the discipline must solve practical problems in the discipline must apply principles of the discipline to basic or applied research
     

  • Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster – baccalaureate degree, or 3 years' experience in the field of claims adjustment (admissible only when a disaster has been declared)
     

  • Management Consultant – baccalaureate degree or 5 years' experience in consulting or related field