TN Visa (Internship) Finance (engineer undergrad)

Hello,

I am in a predicament which I am hoping is not unique. I am a Canadian citizen and am currently in New york doing my masters in financial engineering. My undergrad is in mechanical engineering. I recently got a spring internship offer to work for a big bank in new york that will start at the end of January. It is an internship doing financial statement analysis and credit risk related work and it will be only 20 hours a week. I will also be taking classes part-time. I have taken 4 finance and mathematics courses at graduate level in my first semester and I am entering my second semester. I took 2 finance and an economics course in my final year at my undergrad in Canada in engineering.

Can I apply for TN Visa? I am really hoping I can. If so what would be a possible category? I have heard Economist is a way to go. The internship is 3 months long and paid.

My parents live in Canada if that helps and I am 24 years old.

Any help is appreciated.

You need CPT under your current F visa.

I have a very similar situation in terms of an undergraduate degree in civil engineering, and a masters in financial engineering and work in the field of banking/finance. I'd like to know if my degree doesn't match the working title (e.g. financial economist) but all my working experience (7 years+) have been in the banking/finance field performing functions that can be loosely defined as a financial economist, would that be enough to apply for a TN? Please help.

Not likely. None of your education fits Economist TN. An H-B would be more your fit.

Experience is not used for TN, unless you only have a 2-year diploma in the category you are applying.

Thanks for the comment. Would a CFA be considered an education or a professional license towards the economist category? H1B is not an option here, I'm seeking an alternative to H1B.

Professional license is not one of the qualifiers for Economist.