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That U.S. opportunity is worth a conversation. Explore professional work through the TN pathway.
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Hypothetical example: a Portugal Cove-St. Philip's couple both receive interest from U.S. employers in the same month. One is a hospital laboratory technologist with a written offer, the other a remote software developer whose U.S. client wants them on site. They assume the household will move under whichever offer arrives first. In practice each adult's own citizenship, profession and employer arrangement produces a separate answer, and a dependant status obtained through one spouse may leave the other unable to work. The first planning task is to decide which person's route the household is built around, and whether the second adult needs a route of their own.
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The six routes on this site answer different questions. TN asks whether a Canadian citizen has prearranged professional work in a listed profession with the credential that profession requires. L-1A and L-1B ask whether a person has spent a continuous year with a related company abroad and will fill a managerial, executive or specialized-knowledge role. E-2 asks whether a Canadian national has put substantial funds at risk in a real enterprise they will direct. EB-5 asks whether qualifying capital will create ten jobs. Gold Card is an official gift-based framework tied to existing immigrant categories, not a visa of its own.
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Match the credential to the listed profession
A hospital or university title is not the same thing as the profession named in the USMCA list.
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THINK SMALL.
Write each adult's name at the top of a separate column and, under it, their citizenship, their present employer, the entity that would employ or be owned in the United States, and the work they would actually perform there. Then add every child with their age and school year. A Portugal Cove-St. Philip's household that does this usually discovers that the two adults are not interchangeable: one may qualify for TN on their own credentials while the other's plan depends on a spouse-based status, or on a business purchase that is still only an idea.
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Name the principal and the reason
Identify which adult's offer, transfer or investment is the foundation, and write down why that person rather than the other.
02
Test the second adult separately
Ask what the partner will do for income and whether a dependant status permits it; if not, look for that person's own route.
03
Collect the documents that decide it
Gather citizenship proof, the credential the profession requires, the employer's letter or the company relationship records, and any purchase agreement.
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Fix the order of notices and filings
Set the sequence in which people resign, file and travel so that nobody loses Canadian income before U.S. permission exists.
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A consultation is most useful when the household has already sorted its facts into what is settled and what is still negotiable. Bring the written offer, the client's request or the business listing, and be explicit about what the second adult intends to do for income. Applicants with hospital, university or public-service credentials may have a comparatively direct credential question; a partner whose income is remote, self-employed or tied to a Canadian licence presents a separate issue.
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Portugal Cove-St. Philip's TN guide: the order in which a dietitian should gather documents
Read the guide INVESTMENT GUIDEPortugal Cove-St. Philip's E-2 guide: buying a boatyard with seller financing
Read the guide NEW OFFICE GUIDEPortugal Cove-St. Philip's L-1 guide: opening a first U.S. office for an occupational-health consultancy
Read the guide PORTUGAL COVE-ST. PHILIP'S IS HOME. THE WORLD IS OPEN.SUPPORT THAT REACHES YOU.
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The review team works remotely with Portugal Cove-St. Philip's clients and reads the actual documents rather than a summary. Shneur Herman, Jo Kubti and Alexander Paton divide a household file by person: one column at a time, so that a spouse's remote work, a child approaching 21 or a permanent-resident partner is examined on its own facts. Nothing on this page is a promise about processing time or outcome. The aim is that no one resigns, sells or enrols on the strength of a status that only one family member actually holds.
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A FEW THINGS UP.
Which of us should be the principal applicant?
Usually the adult whose facts are strongest: a Canadian citizen with a listed profession and a written offer, or an employee with a documented year at a related company. The choice affects whether the other adult can work, so it is a household decision, not a personal one.
My partner works remotely for a Canadian firm. Can they keep doing that from the United States on my status?
A TD dependant is not authorized to work, and remote work performed while physically in the United States is still work. L-2 and E-2 spouses are treated differently. The answer depends on which status your partner would hold.
We live in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's but one of us is a permanent resident, not a citizen. Does that matter?
Yes. TN and E-2 both depend on citizenship or treaty nationality, and a permanent-resident card does not supply it. That person may still have an L-1 or dependant option, but it has to be examined on its own.
Our eldest turns 21 next year. Should we file sooner?
Dependant status for children ends at 21 regardless of when the family arrives, and immigrant-category age protection depends on specific dates. Bring the birth date and the intended filing so the timing can be checked rather than guessed.
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