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The sham marriage is technically illegal, and vaguely dangerous. Though in fact it is indeed a common occurrence. You can, however, get a TN visa for part-time

The sham marriage is technically illegal, and vaguely dangerous. Though in fact it is indeed a common occurrence. You can, however, get a TN visa for part-time work, that is completely allowed. Also, the letter of the law seems to indicate that you're allowed to get a TN visa for a company you own partially, provided you don't have a controlling share (i'm not sure if this holds up in court, though). If it does, (i'd talk to an immigration lawyer to make sure), find three other Canadians, split a company equally, and nominate each others visas.

omakase 19y ago
Just found this: http://www.naftatnlawyer.com/nafta-tn-blog/2008/1/14/tn-visa-and-opening-new-business.html http://www.naftatnlawyer.com/nafta-tn-blog/2008/1/14/tn-visa... << Looks like "controlling" doesn't just refer to shares.
- DaniFong 19y ago
  Interesting; they have the clause 'as a matter of fact'. What we're doing is we've actually founded a company (some americans are part of the company), but it's an actually entity, and the shares are split equally so nobody has a 'sole or primary' share of the stock or income. Again, this seems to be legal, and we don't see anything wrong with what we're doing. But we do see that some things that would be quite dubious could slip by the laws as well, and that makes us wonder if our interpretation is correct.
  - omakase 19y ago
    Hmm interesting, did you ever look at moving on a J1? Or for that matter does anyone else reading have experience with J1 visas?
    - DaniFong 19y ago
      I think you need to get some sort of legitimized sponsorship. I bet this is fairly complicated.
      - omakase 19y ago
        A friend of mine did this to work as a waitress for four months in SC. http://www.swap.ca/out_eng/destinations/usa_internship.aspx http://www.swap.ca/out_eng/destinations/usa_internship.aspx Apparently she found work after she had received the visa and didn't have to report it. I don't want to do anything shady though. I guess you can't sponsor yourself (or your co-founder) for a J1 either?!
  - gregomebije 19y ago
    Thats good

omakase 19y ago

Just found this: http://www.naftatnlawyer.com/nafta-tn-blog/2008/1/14/tn-visa-and-opening-new-business.html http://www.naftatnlawyer.com/nafta-tn-blog/2008/1/14/tn-visa... << Looks like "controlling" doesn't just refer to shares.

DaniFong 19y ago
Interesting; they have the clause 'as a matter of fact'. What we're doing is we've actually founded a company (some americans are part of the company), but it's an actually entity, and the shares are split equally so nobody has a 'sole or primary' share of the stock or income. Again, this seems to be legal, and we don't see anything wrong with what we're doing. But we do see that some things that would be quite dubious could slip by the laws as well, and that makes us wonder if our interpretation is correct.
- omakase 19y ago
  Hmm interesting, did you ever look at moving on a J1? Or for that matter does anyone else reading have experience with J1 visas?
  - DaniFong 19y ago
    I think you need to get some sort of legitimized sponsorship. I bet this is fairly complicated.
    - omakase 19y ago
      A friend of mine did this to work as a waitress for four months in SC. http://www.swap.ca/out_eng/destinations/usa_internship.aspx http://www.swap.ca/out_eng/destinations/usa_internship.aspx Apparently she found work after she had received the visa and didn't have to report it. I don't want to do anything shady though. I guess you can't sponsor yourself (or your co-founder) for a J1 either?!
- gregomebije 19y ago
  Thats good