L1 Visa

[MC]

Please study the Dictionary of Occupational Titles for the Management Consultant category at the following url:

http://www.grasmick.com/dot.htm

You may not function as a Manager under this category otherwise CBP would deny the application.

[Bhenrey]

Sorry i never said i was a manager i just asked if it would make a difference to say that i am either an independent contractor or a consultant.

Thanks for the read though

[MC]

I was only specifying what not to write.

You may be an independent contractor or employee, either one.

http://www.tnvisaexpert.com/articles/tn ... onsultant/

[Reba]

L1 visas are only available to transfer employees to a US office. So unless you are currently working for a Canadian office of the same company and transfering, I don't know how an L1 would be an option. By the sounds of it, this isn't what you'd need.

[agnelson]

The letter should already say you are consulting. Trouble is with the ammount of time you are doing it.

[Bhenrey]

Reba you are correct i am not going to get an L1 as i am a consultant with this company my original company does not have a large presence in the US and are totally clueless. In fact the first time when i told them that i would require a Visa argued that as a Canadian i don't require any visa.

I guess the reason was that they all came to the US for either a week or a month to work attend meeting, audit etc and went back so i guess they were a little bit confused.

[agnelson]

So you are back to your origianl Idea. As I said, all the items you first came here with are inconsequential (maneer of payemnt, sponsor, etc).

The only hiccup (and I did not intend it to seem like an insumountable hurdle) was that CBP is taking a harder line on MC's based on the that assumption that you aren't supposed to grow roots at this company that you are consulting for.

[MC]

L1 visas are only available to transfer employees to a US office.

This would be part of the minimum criteria that has to be met for an L-1 Intra company Transfer processed at the border.