TN Visa for Canadian Nurses to Work in the US

Tanya Freedman, CEO of Connetics USA nursing recruiting agency: I'm a Canadian citizen planning to go to the US to work. Can you talk a little bit, Denise. I know you've touched on the TN visa, but can you answer maybe Collins's question of is it better for her to go on the TN? Can she go on the TN visa?

Denise Gavica Perez, Immigration Lawyer: Absolutely. If there was a company that's willing to sponsor her. It's a pretty straightforward process because she's Canadian. She's visa exempt. She doesn't need a visa in her passport.

So basically, the first thing she needs the first thing any of the nurses need is a company that's willing to sponsor them. So the company can provide Coleen with a letter confirming that they wish to hire her as a registered nurse.

She would take that letter, along with her academic credentials, met her nursing license and her degrees etc. And she would cross the border with the documentation and as soon as she enters the US she would be in TN status, which will allow her to work immediately upon arriving to the US with the TN visa classification.