04/10/2008: USCIS Proposes to Change TN Period From One-Year to Three-Year

USCIS intends to change the Canadian TN period from the current one-year period to three-year period. This plan will take time as it will have to amend the current TN regulation. The USCIS has just initiated the process by submitting the proposed rule to the OMB yesterday for its review and approval. Since the clearance will take from 30 days to 90 days, the proposed rule may not be published for the comment by the public for a while. After the comment period is over, the agency is likely to draft and go through the final rule making process. This plan is a part of Bush's administrative fix of immigration initiatives which was released by the White House last year. For the development of this TN rule change, please stay tuned to this website.

http://www.immigration-law.com/

USCIS sought OMB review for this proposed rule on 04/09/2008 and the OMB approved it in two weeks. Probably, this is related to the ongoing North American leaders free trade improvement talk initiated by the President Bush. It is anticipated that this proposed rule be published soon. As usual, this rule making process will still take time since the proposed rule should be published with a certain comment period, after which the USCIS must again draft a final or interim rule reflecting the comments received. The final version will have to then be cleared by the OMB again before this rule is published in the federal register as a legally binding rule which will benefit the border countries' professionals to come to and work in this country on a three-year increment indefinitely. Please stay tuned to this website for the development of this important rule-making process for border country professional workers

http://www.immigration-law.com/