Are you a citizen? Software QA/Test Engineer, Resume

   ROB DAVIS, P.E.

Q28: Are you a citizen?

The short answer is, yes, I'm a Canadian citizen. and I can work in the United States. Whenever I want to work in the United States, I can easily get one-year "TN" permits in approximately twenty MINUTES.

The long answer is, do you know what TN permits are? Do you need more information? Would you like to read the rules? Feel free to read the words of a United States Immigration Attorney who spells out in plain English why the TN permit is the quickest and easiest of the work permits for Engineers with University degrees who are also Canadian citizens. The attorney's web site is on http://grasmick.com/nafta.htm.

Does this TN permit enable me to accept a "permanent" position in the United States? The answer is a definite YES, because, as the attorney explains, "temporary" in immigration rules is not the same as "temporary employment" in the business world. Visit his web site, and scroll down to find his "Plain English Letter Re: Temporary TN-1 Intent". Alternatively, click here to view the Attorney's Letter.

To obtain this TN permit, what am I going to need from you? From you I'm going to need only one piece of paper. And you can generate that one piece of paper on your own typewriter.

Sometimes a contract firm needs one full 'week' to generate that one-page form letter that even a high school kid could copy and type in 15 minutes. Think about it for a second; all you need is a company letterhead and a typewriter! If you're wondering as to what to say, "afraid to make a mistake", have never seen a "proper" border letter before, or need an example of a "properly" worded one, then I can send you one that was written by an United States Immigration Attorney, and has been used successfully. Why wait for one full 'week'? If you have any questions or concerns, please ask, so that you and I can start the assignment today. Why wait for seven days?

As Business Week Magazine says, "Talent is hard to find. For companies on the cusp of the Internet age, the resource in the shortest supply is neither raw material nor capital, neither powerful technology nor new markets. What keeps managers up nights is the scarcity of brainpower, the talent to give wings to visions of a future that becomes the present at the speed of light. For many companies today, talented people are the prime source of competitive advantage". And one of the good things about NAFTA is that U.S. employers can now freely recruit throughout the U.S. and Canada.

FYI, the United States - Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) went into force on January 1, 1989, and the final text of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed in 1992.

Please don't tell me "you need a work visa" or that "you have to be sponsored". I know, things are changing, and it's not easy to keep up with the changes. Most recruiters I meet over the telephone are real professionals who do keep up with the changes. A couple of years ago I found it frustrating to talk with some recruiters who erroneously believed the most recent change was the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, and that "you have to be sponsored". People believe what they want to believe... how do you convince them that things have changed since 1986?

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