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colder13   0

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I want to visit the USA to stay with my girlfriend and was hoping to find a way to work while down there. I do not have a degree or qualify under any specific field for a TN visa. Is there any way for Canadians to go to the states and work in customer service positions without requiring a visa?

thetreble Experienced

thetreble   19

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Not really.

I searched on how to qualify for a work visa for months, but at the end came up with nothing that applied to me. The only way to really work while you are down visiting your girlfriend would be to find an employee pre-travel to the US to sponser you. That is the legitimate way of doing things.

I will say however, that a friend of mine here owned two small companies and needed extra help..... :whistle: You get my drift :)

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You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

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Kathryn41   3,205

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Not legally.

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Chica Yeyé   41

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I want to visit the USA to stay with my girlfriend and was hoping to find a way to work while down there. I do not have a degree or qualify under any specific field for a TN visa. Is there any way for Canadians to go to the states and work in customer service positions without requiring a visa?

Nope.

SapphireDreams Experienced

SapphireDreams   71

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I'm afraid there is no legal way to work there in customer service.

I also researched it to death and didn't find anything and I even have a degree and know people who have found job in the US in my field.

We just sucked it up and dated long distance until we were both ready and financially stable for me to move down there. So far it's really working to our benefit. Our relationship is stronger than ever, my career has taken off in Canada which is good my resume and we have saved a significant amount of money.

Long distance sucks, but it's not forever - thank goodness!!

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warlord Proficient

warlord   73

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The only other way other then a specific visa or going on a TN status would be to have a immediate relative sponsor you like a immediate family member if they were US citizens. Without a company willing to sponsor you (which there probably won't be in customer service), then the only other way is to get married down the road and go through the seemingly never ended immigration process we all know and love...

I'm just a wanderer in the desert winds...

Timeline

1997

Oct - Job offer in US

Nov - Received my TN-1 to be authorized to work in the US

Nov - Moved to US

1998-2001

Recieved 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th TN

2002

May - Met future wife at arts fest

Nov - Recieved 6th TN

2003

Nov - Recieved 7th TN

Jul - Our Wedding

Aug - Filed for AOS

Sep - Recieved EAD

Sep - Recieved Advanced Parole

2004

Jan - Interview, accepted for Green Card

Feb - Green Card Arrived in mail

2005

Oct - I-751 sent off

2006

Jan - 10 year Green Card accepted

Mar - 10 year Green Card arrived

Oct - Filed N-400 for Naturalization

Nov - Biometrics done

Nov - Just recieved Naturalization Interview date for Jan.

2007

Jan - Naturalization Interview Completed

Feb - Oath Letter recieved

Feb - Oath Ceremony

Feb 21 - Finally a US CITIZEN (yay)

THE END

thetreble Experienced

thetreble   19

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I'm afraid there is no legal way to work there in customer service.

I also researched it to death and didn't find anything and I even have a degree and know people who have found job in the US in my field.

We just sucked it up and dated long distance until we were both ready and financially stable for me to move down there. So far it's really working to our benefit. Our relationship is stronger than ever, my career has taken off in Canada which is good my resume and we have saved a significant amount of money.

Long distance sucks, but it's not forever - thank goodness!!

:thumbs:

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

 
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