Can you apply under TN Economist for a Sales mgnt position?

I have recently had an interview with a US employer at their US office, although their HQ is in QC, Canada. At the US office, they only have their VP of Sales & Mktg and those in that dept. Therefore they asked me to provide the details of how to go about visas since there is no HR dept. at this office.

The position would be account management/sales/marketing research, basically handling existing accounts with OEM's, researching new markets on specific products and eventually developing new offices in Mexico.

I have a bachelor of commerce hon. in bus. admin., a diploma in international business (both from Cdn schools) and a masters in hospitality mgnt from Europe.

I have perused through the TN list and noticed that under the DOT section, there are subsections for managers and there is a sales manager...but is this directly subcategoried under Economist? Will this pass or am I not looking at the correct list? If not under what TN could I apply?

Your assistance would be greatly appreciated as I need to send this data over asap.

Thanks in advance,
jo

I have a similar question: Can I get a TN visa to take a position as Director of International Eudcation at a U.S. University? The position does not require teaching "courses" per se, but I will have to conduct seminars and workshops for students on Study abroad and on intercultural topics. Other duties are adminsitrative. The entry in section 214(e) of the act has one entry to work in a University: "teacher" does it imply the various functions of a university worker?
Thanks,
Jorge

I have perused through the TN list and noticed that under the DOT section, there are subsections for managers and there is a sales manager...but is this directly subcategoried under Economist? Will this pass or am I not looking at the correct list? If not under what TN could I apply?

I highly doubt you could apply as an Economist. When you apply for the TN, the officer will check the Occupational Outlook Handbook to see if your job description matches what's said in the book. I would post the link but I do not have enough posts as of yet -- if you do a search on "Occupational Outlook Handbook Economist" on Google, it should be the first link to come up. Based on the description here (and what I know of the category) your job description doesn't really match up. There isn't really a sales component to the Economist job category. You more than likely will need to go the H-1B route.

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I have a similar question: Can I get a TN visa to take a position as Director of International Eudcation at a U.S. University? The position does not require teaching "courses" per se, but I will have to conduct seminars and workshops for students on Study abroad and on intercultural topics. Other duties are adminsitrative. The entry in section 214(e) of the act has one entry to work in a University: "teacher" does it imply the various functions of a university worker?
Thanks,
Jorge

I do not think you would qualify for a TN either. I think the "teaching" category is geared more towards full-time university professors at the postsecondary level. You would qualify for an H-1B though. Universities are exempt from the H-1B cap.

Yeah, H-1B is usually the answer to this one. It's exempt from the cap but it's not exempt from the labour certification, i.e. they have to show they can't find anyone locally to do the job. And like TN-1 the job must require the degree, just having a degree isn't enough.

You might qualify as a teacher for TN-1 I suppose, but it sounds like an administrative job to me. Depends on how the job offer letter is worded.