Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
by jarek on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @03:20PM
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> To get a TN Visa you need 3 years work experience in the relavent field (there's a list)
This is completely inaccurate unless you mean without a post-secondary degree. Tons of new grads head south on a TN straight after graduating, even if they didn't do co-op.
Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
by acchow on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:23PM
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Close. TN Visa requires a relevant degree but U.S. Labor department policies equate 3 years of work experience with 1 year of university. As such, interns generally don't have a degree or 12 years of work experience, so they can't get a TN. The standard internship visa is J1.
Disclosure: currently living in Waterloo as I was unable to obtain a TN.
Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
by justjimmy on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @11:37PM
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I stand corrected. I remembered my situation was different - I had a diploma (3yrs) in design, instead of the common degree (4yrs), so I needed 3 years to make up the 1 missing year. My apologies~
Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
by cbhl on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @03:45PM
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True, but if you're looking at those co-op/internship terms, the best you'll get is a J1 because you don't have your post-secondary degree yet.
Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
by acchow on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:26PM
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I am currently in Waterloo because I was unable to obtain a TN (lack of relevant degree). I recommend you re-check the laws because things may not be as rosy as you believe.
3 years of work experience is equivalent to 1 year of university. So, if you have no degree, you'd need 12 years of work experience.
1.5 years for me to go~ (currently in TO).