Today I tackled once more the beast that is travelling into the US for work purposes. In case you missed it, I tried to enter in early Dec 2011 and was “allowed to withdraw my application” at that time. The agent felt I had insufficient documentation to apply for a TN Visa as a Computer Systems Analyst. Since then I have had my client write up exactly the letter the agent wanted to see – one that describes my role, salary, and anticipated tasks. I combed through the online documentation about TN Visas in an effort to prepare for the day that I knew was coming – the day I needed to cross the border to meet with customers. And today was that day.
So how did it go? Well, the short version is “not well”. The longer version is worth a read if you want some insight into how ridiculous this whole thing is.
Canadian consultants working for US-based companies be warned ….