USCIS Increases Period of Stay

Qualified professions identified within NAFTA include, but are not limited to accountants, engineers, attorneys, pharmacists, scientists, and teachers. This final rule will ease administrative burdens and costs on TN workers as well as benefit US employers by increasing the amount of time TN nonimmigrants will be able to work for them before having to seek an extension of status.  Spouses and unmarried minor children of TN nonimmigrants in their corresponding nonimmigrant classifications will also benefit from the new regulation.