Tn-1 Visa For Usa And Thai Wife?

[seanwg]

Hello Everyone,

I'm Canadian & working outside Canada/the USA right now.

I have a potential job in the USA, and the recruiter tells me I can get via a TN-1 visa at the border.

Not exactly sure on that, but lets suppose I can.

My Thai wife currently has a H1/B2 visa for the USA...

My question is, will my wife be allowed to live with me in the USA? She will not be working.

Normally a Canadian with a TN-1 visa, is allowed to take the spouse, but with my wife not being Canadian I'm not exactly sure? Will she need a different visa?

We don't intend on living in the USA forever, but the opportunity seems like a good one.

Thanks

Sean

[vinny]

Information on TN1 Visa.

She will need to get a TD (trade dependent) nonimmigrant visa from a U.S. embassy or consulate.

See Mexican and Canadian NAFTA Professional Worker:

Spouses and Children

Spouses and children (unmarried children under the age of 21) who are accompanying or following to join NAFTA Professionals (TN visa holders) may receive a derivative TD visa. Applicants must demonstrate a bona fide spousal or parent-child relationship to the principal TN visa holder. Dependents do not have to be citizens of Mexico or Canada. Spouses and children cannot work while in the U.S. They are permitted to study.

If the spouse and children are not Canadian citizens, they must get a TD nonimmigrant visa from a U.S. embassy or consulate. They must contact the U.S. embassy or consulate that serves their area for information on how to make visa applications.

Spouses or children following to join must show a valid I-94, thereby providing proof that the principal TN visa holder is maintaining his/her TN visa status.

See also Standard Footnote 5.

Edited April 7, 2006 by vinny