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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WEST ST. PAUL · TN FIELD GUIDE

Does owning a Canadian company automatically rule out TN?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No blanket disqualification follows from foreign ownership alone; assess the actual U.S. arrangement.

Identify the real services and control

Services to a U.S. entity solely owned or controlled by the applicant are outside the permitted arrangement. Do not substitute a general owner label for this factual analysis.

A degree from an institution outside Canada, Mexico and the United States requires a reliable foreign-credential evaluation; do not treat a résumé abbreviation as that evaluation. Where the role plausibly fits a listed profession that allows an experience-based alternative to a degree, identify exactly what that profession's own rule requires and document the applicant's experience against that rule, not against a general trades reputation. Review the actual professional employment, Canadian or Mexican citizenship, credentials and temporary entry requirements, together with all compensation terms. Use a signed support letter, duty description, credential record, citizenship document, and contracts that identify the employer or client arrangement. The listing accepts a baccalaureate degree or a state or provincial licence, so a Canadian engineering degree alone satisfies the qualification.