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TN document checklist
TN is the lightest packet of any employment classification, which is exactly why it gets under-prepared. The profession must appear on the USMCA list, the beneficiary's credential must be the one that list specifies, and the role must be professional rather than a management position in disguise. Border and USCIS adjudicators both focus on whether the duties genuinely fall within the listed profession.
Governing standard
USMCA Appendix 2 profession list with credential match
8 CFR 214.6; USMCA Chapter 16 Appendix 2
Top RFE trigger: Duties describing a management role rather than a listed profession
Criteria and evidence mapping- Documents listed
- 8
- Always required
- 3
- Median exhibit pages
- 45
- Initial RFE rate
- 9.2%
The checklist
Grouped by the purpose each document serves.
Documents marked as always required belong in every filing of this type. The rest apply where the fact pattern calls for them.
Core documents
3 required of 5
Employer support letter
Naming the exact USMCA profession and mapping duties to it
Degree certificate and transcripts
Matching the credential the profession list specifies
Credential evaluationwhere applicable
For non-US, non-Canadian, non-Mexican degrees
Proof of citizenship
Canadian or Mexican passport
Professional licencewhere applicable
Where the listed profession requires state licensure
If filing with USCIS
0 required of 3
Form I-129 with TN supplementwhere applicable
For change of status or extension inside the US
Form G-28where applicable
Executed by petitioner and attorney
Current I-94 and prior TN approvalswhere applicable
Status continuity
This page prints cleanly — use it as a client-facing document request list.
Failure modes
What draws a request on a TN.
Having every document on the list is necessary and not sufficient. These are the structural problems that produce requests even when the evidence is present.
Full RFE trends hub- Duties that describe a management role rather than the listed profession
- Support letter that names a job title instead of the USMCA profession
- Degree in a field the profession list does not accept
- Open-ended employment described in a way that undercuts temporary intent
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