Re: .NET Technical Architect - Looking for contract opportunities.

Hmm, I was under the impression companies do go the TN route for
longer-term (8-12 months, then potentially yearly renewal), however I'm
looking for significantly shorter-term engagements.

I appreciate your candor Hugh, thanks.

Regards
Jason J. Kaczor
mailto:[email protected]
Cellular:     (403) 870-NERD
Home:       (403) 547-8550


-----Original Message-----
From: Unmoderated DOTNET job forum
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hugh Brown
Sent: March 27, 2003 10:18 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-JOBS] .NET Technical Architect - Looking for
contract opportunities.


Re: "I'm not looking for permanent opportunities, so may not be able to
go the TN/NAFTA route."

A TN is specifically a work visa with temporary intent. Maybe you said
this wrong, but if you want to work in the States temporarily, the TN
visa is exactly what you want. It does what you want and it lowers the
bar for American employers who are concerned about the administrative
complications of permanent visas (like the L-1 and the H1-B).

Also, for Americans who are hiring, getting a TN visa for a Canadian is
pretty painless, as far as I can tell. There is no labor certification
process, for example. It ought to be as easy as sending a detailed offer
letter ("Dear Mr. Kaczor, We here at AmeriCorp are dying to hire you as
a Computer Systems Analyst on a TN Visa...") and then filing a photocopy
of the I-94 that the Canadian worker gets with the INS (recently renamed
to something else).

But that's just my perspective as a Canadian who has had a number of
such visas, not as an employer who has done the hiring.

Hugh

--- Jason Kaczor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, I am in the process of checking into authorization with a
> lawyer, the tricky issue is that I'm not looking for permanent
> opportunities, so may not be able to go the TN/NAFTA route.
>
> Regards
> Jason J. Kaczor
> mailto:[email protected]
> Cellular:     (403) 870-NERD
> Home:       (403) 547-8550
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unmoderated DOTNET job forum
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Glen Malan
> Sent: March 26, 2003 10:47 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-JOBS] .NET Technical Architect - Looking for
> contract opportunities.
>
>
> Jason,
>
> Are you authorized to work in the US?  I have a position open for an
> architect but it is permanent staff in the Chicago area.  I cannot
> sponsor any visas though.
>
> Glen
> 630-933-2155
>
> > Willing to travel worldwide.


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