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On May 6, 2008, the USCIS issued a
press release announcing a proposed rule to increase the
validity period for TN visas from one-year to three-year
increments. If and when this regulation becomes final, annual
extensions for Canadian and Mexican citizens holding TN visa
status will no longer be necessary. Unlike the F-1 regulation
that was issued last month, this is a proposed rule that needs
to go through a comment period before it can take effect. The
proposed rule changes only the TN visa’s validity period from
one year to three years. This proposed rule will not remove the
TN visa category’s nonimmigrant intent requirement, nor does it
take away the ability of a qualified individual to extend the TN
status indefinitely. |
