IN THIS GUIDE · One proposed job across several work locations
Start with the TN eligibility and application overview
Define the job before mapping the sites
Confirm Canadian or Mexican citizenship, an eligible listed profession, its required credentials, prearranged employment, and temporary intent. Then identify where the proposed professional services will occur. A location list is useful only when it explains the underlying job. Ask whether the duties remain consistent at every site or whether one location introduces sales, operational management, or other responsibilities. Avoid treating a broad geographic assignment as permission to perform any work encountered during travel.
Distinguish sites from legal entities
Create a working table with each location, the entity operating it, the reason for attendance, and the person directing the work. Two buildings can belong to one employer; two offices using the same brand can belong to different corporations. That distinction can affect the immigration analysis. If a client site is involved, clarify the service arrangement and supervision rather than assuming the client is either automatically an additional employer or automatically irrelevant to the application.
Describe the proposed pattern proportionately
A hypothetical professional rotating between two branches could explain the expected schedule and how the same assignment is delivered at both. If the schedule is not final, state what is known and identify what remains subject to business planning. Do not invent an exact itinerary to make the evidence look complete. Supporting project or service documents may help where they clarify the actual arrangement; avoid presenting a suggested location table as a universally required government form.
Review changes before accepting new assignments
Keep a process for reporting changes to employer, duties, or service arrangements after approval. A move between sites is not interchangeable with a move to a separately incorporated affiliate or an additional employer. Ask for an immigration review when the underlying arrangement changes, instead of applying a blanket rule that all travel is covered. The proposed work should remain within the authorization obtained, and no U.S. services should begin merely because travel has been booked.
Work through the questions in a fixed order
Location facts are the last item to resolve, not the first. Begin with citizenship, because a Canadian or Mexican citizen is the only person who can use this route and permanent residence in Canada does not substitute for it. Move next to the profession: confirm that the offered position sits within a profession listed in the USMCA professionals appendix, and that the applicant holds the credential the appendix specifies for that category. Third, establish that the employment is prearranged with a U.S. employer or a U.S. entity contracting for the services, since self-employment is not permitted on this route. Fourth, confirm the temporary purpose. Only after those four are settled does the site map become useful, because it then describes a job that has already been identified. Reversing the order produces a common waste: a detailed itinerary assembled for a position that was never within a listed profession. Record each answer with the date it was reached, so a later reviewer can see which step is settled and which remains open.
Hypothetical example: a two-site research posting
Hypothetical example: an apiculturist receives a prearranged offer from a U.S. agricultural research company, with work divided between the company laboratory and a second field station the same company operates. Sequence the review as follows. Confirm citizenship first. Then check that the offered duties are the professional duties of the listed category rather than seasonal field labour, because the title written on an offer letter does not decide the category. Then confirm the credential the appendix specifies for that profession. Then ask one question about the second site: does the field station belong to the same employer, and does that employer direct the work performed there. If it does, a single employment arrangement covers both places and the schedule simply explains it. If a separately incorporated company operates the field station, the analysis changes and should be reviewed before the assignment is accepted. The order matters more than the volume of paper, because each step narrows what the next one has to examine.
Sources reviewed 2026-09-07. This guide covers a preparation focus; it is not an individual eligibility assessment.