TN
That U.S. opportunity is worth a conversation. Explore professional work through the TN pathway.
A U.S. immigration question for a White City household can arise through work: a hospital recruiter, a head office asking someone to run the American side, a client who wants a specialist on site for a year, or a family weighing whether savings should buy a business south of the border. Each of those has one document that will settle most of the argument. Start by finding it, then bring it to the consultation unedited.
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Six routes are described on this site, and they answer different questions. TN asks whether a named profession, a qualification and a U.S. employer line up. The two L-1 categories ask what the applicant did for a related company abroad and what they will do for the U.S. one. E-2 asks whether money is genuinely at risk in a business the applicant will run. EB-5 and the Gold Card ask about permanent residence, funded very differently. Reading the guide for the route that resembles your situation is the fastest way to discover which facts you have not yet confirmed.
Choose what brings you here. Leave with a short list of things to discuss—not another long form to fill out.
A TN file is decided by three documents agreeing with each other.

A file can stall for a reason that was visible from the start: a nursing licence that was still pending, a subsidiary that had never actually traded, a purchase agreement whose money could be returned if the visa failed, or a spouse who assumed the household move came with a work permit. None of these is fatal if it is named early. The point of a first consultation is to find the fact that is still soft, decide who can harden it, and set the order of the remaining steps around that.
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For a job it is the employer's letter and the licence or degree it relies on. For a transfer it is the corporate record linking the two companies. For an investment it is the agreement that moves the money.
A promised state licence, a subsidiary in formation or an unsigned purchase agreement is a plan. Write down what is signed, what is pending and who controls the delay.
Check citizenship, the qualification rule, ownership percentages and the family's own plans against the route being considered, one condition at a time.
Decide what must be signed, licensed or transferred before a filing or a port-of-entry application, and what can safely wait until after approval.
There is no need to arrive with a polished story. A nurse can bring the recruiter's email and the licensure board's last message; a business owner can bring the shareholder register and a draft of the U.S. role; a couple can bring the term sheet and a bank statement showing where the funds sit today. Original documents with their dates intact are more useful than a summary that smooths over the gaps, because the gaps are what the consultation is for.
Find your pathwayOur consultations are remote. Tell us the decision in front of you, who else is involved on the U.S. side, and the date by which someone expects an answer. We will say plainly which questions belong to immigration law and which belong to a licensing board, an accountant or a commercial lawyer, so that you can line up the right people instead of waiting on the wrong one.
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The registered-nurse listing relies on a state or provincial licence, and a U.S. hospital will normally need the state licence before you start. Confirm what the employer letter will cite and whether the licensing board's timeline fits the start date before applying at the port of entry.
It changes the category of petition. A U.S. entity that has been doing business for less than a year is treated as a new office, with different evidence and a one-year initial approval. It does not remove the need for the Canadian entity to be actively trading.
When it is irrevocably committed: spent on a lease, equipment or stock, or held in a way that cannot be recovered if the visa is refused. Money sitting in the investor's own account is not yet at risk, however sincere the plan.
No. Federal immigration rules do not vary by Canadian municipality. Your citizenship, your qualifications, your employer or business, and your family's individual facts decide the outcome.
Editorial source review: 2026-09-07.
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