Under section 214(e) of the Act, a citizen of Canada or Mexico who seeks temporary entry as a business person to engage in business activities at a professional level may be admitted to the United States in accordance with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Business activities at a professional level means those undertakings which require the individual to have a least a baccalaureate degree or appropriate credentials demonstrating status as a professional in a profession set forth in Appendix 1603.D.1 of the NAFTA, and detailed below.

Business person, as defined in the NAFTA, means a citizen of Canada or Mexico who is engaged in the trade of goods, the provision of services, or the conduct of investment activities.

Engage in business activities at a professional level means the performance of prearranged business activities for a United States entity, including an individual. It does not authorize the establishment of a business or practice in the United States in which the professional will be, in substance, self-employed. A professional will be deemed to be self-employed if he or she will be rendering services to a corporation or entity of which the professional is the sole or controlling shareholder or owner.

Below is the list of acceptable professions for the TN Visa:

• ✔️ Accountant–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., CA., C.G.A., or C.M.A.
• ✔️ Architect–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license. (2)(note 2) The terms “state/provincial license” and “state/provincial/federal license” mean any document issued by a state, provincial, or federal government, as the case may be, or under its authority, but not by a local government, that permits a person to engage in a regulated activity or profession.
• ✔️ Computer Systems Analyst–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma (3) or Post Secondary Certificate (4) and three years’ experience.(note 3) “Post Secondary Diploma” means a credential issued, on completion of two or more years of post secondary education, by an accredited academic institution in Canada or the United States.(note 4) “Post Secondary Certificate” means a certificate issued, on completion of two or more years of post secondary education at an academic institution, by the federal government of Mexico or a state government in Mexico, an academic institution recognized by the federal government or a state government, or an academic institution created by federal or state law.
• ✔️ Disaster relief insurance claims adjuster (claims adjuster employed by an insurance company located in the territory of a Party, or an independent claims adjuster)–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years experience in claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims.
• ✔️ Economist –Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Engineer –Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
• ✔️Forester –Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree: or state/provincial license.
• ✔️ Graphic Designer–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate and three years experience.
• ✔️ Hotel Manager–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate in hotel/restaurant management and three years experience in hotel/restaurant management.
• ✔️ Industrial Designer–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree: or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
• ✔️ Interior Designer–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
• ✔️ Land Surveyor–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or state/provincial/federal license.
• ✔️ Landscape Architect–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Lawyer (including Notary in the province of Quebec)–L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B-C.L., or Licenciatura degree (five years); or membership in a state/provincial bar.
• ✔️Librarian–M.L.S., or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree was a prerequisite).
• ✔️Mathematician (including Statistician)–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree. (5)(note 5) The term “Mathematician” includes the profession of Actuary. An Actuary must satisfy the necessary requirements to be recognized as an actuary by a professional actuarial association or society. A professional actuarial association or society means a professional actuarial association or society operating in the territory of at least one of the Parties.

• ✔️ Range Manager/Range Conservationist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution)–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.Scientific Technician/Technologist (6) Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology. chemistry, engineering. forestry, geology. geophysics, meteorology, or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines to basic or applied research.(note 6) A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry for work in direct support of professionals in agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology or physics.
• ✔️ Social Worker–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Syiviculturist (including Forestry Specialist)–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Technical Publications Writer–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
• ✔️ Urban Planner {including Geographer)–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Vocational Counselor–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree. Medical/Allied Professionals

Medical/Allied Professionals

• ✔️ Dentist–D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or state/provincial license.
• ✔️ Dietitian–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
• ✔️ Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada)/Medical Technologist (Mexico and the United States) (7) –Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.(note 7) A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to perform in a laboratory chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic or bacteriological tests and analyses for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases.
• ✔️Nutritionist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree,
• ✔️ Occupational Therapist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
• ✔️ Pharmacist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
• ✔️ Physician (teaching or research only)–M.D, Doctor en Medicina; or state/provincial license.
• ✔️ Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree: or state/provincial license.
• ✔️ Psychologist—state/provincial license; or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Recreational Therapist-Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Registered nurse–state/provincial license or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Veterinarian–D.V.M., D.M.V., or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial license.

Scientist

• ✔️ Agriculturist (including Agronomist)–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Animal Breeder-—Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Animal Scientist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Apiculturist-Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Astronomer–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Biochemist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Biologist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree. (8)(note 8) The term “Biologist” includes the profession of Plant Pathologist.
• ✔️ Chemist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️Dairy Scientist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️Entomologist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Epidemiologist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Geneticist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Geochemist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Geologist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States)–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Horticulturist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Metcorologist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Pharmacologist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️Plant Breeder–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Poultry Scientist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Soil Scientist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Zoologist–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.

Teacher

• ✔️ College–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ Seminary–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
• ✔️ University–Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.