This is a list of occupations as specified in the NAFTA treaty that can be used as the basis for a TN visa. This is a list of occupations as specified in the NAFTA treaty that can be used as the basis for a TN visa.

• Accountant (baccalaureate, CPA, CA, CGA, or CMA) 
• Actuary (Subcategory of Mathematician, below. Must be in a U.S., Canadian or Mexican professional actuarial association or society.)
• Agriculturist/Agronomist
• Animal breeder
• Animal Scientist
• Apiculturist
• Architect (baccalaureate or state/provincial license. Also see Landscape Architect, below)
• Astronomer
• Biochemist
• Biologist (Includes Plant Pathologist, below.)
• Chemist
• Computer systems analyst. Must have baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma and 3 years of experience.
• Dairy Scientist
• Dentist (DDS, DMD, or state/provincial license)
• Dietician (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster. Must have baccalaureate or 3 years of experience in claims adjustment, and completed training in appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims.
• Economist
• Engineer (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Entomologist
• Epidemiologist
• Forester (baccalaureate or state/provincial license) (Also see Sylviculturist, below)
 • Geneticist
• Geochemist
• Geographer
• Geologist
• Geophysicist
• Graphic Designer. Must have: baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma and three years of experience.
• Horticulturist
• Hotel Manager. Must have: baccalaureate in hotel/restaurant management or post-secondary diploma in hotel/restaurant management and three years of experience in hotel restaurant management.
• Industrial Designer. Must have baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma and three years of experience.
• Interior Designer. Must have baccalaureate or a post-secondary diploma and three years of experience.
• Land Surveyor (baccalaureate or state/provincial/federal license)
• Landscaping Architect
• Lawyer (member of state/provincial bar, or LLB, JD, LLL, or BCL)
• Librarian (MLS, or BLS. BLS must be one for which another baccalaureate degree was a pre-requisite)
 • Management Consultant. Must have baccalaureate or five years of experience in consulting or a related field.
• Mathematician (Includes Actuary, above.)
• Medical Technologist/Medical Lab Technologist (Canada) Must have baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma and three years of experience. (U.S. job must be in a laboratory to perform chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, or bacteriological tests, and analyses for diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease)
• Meteorologist
• Nurse, Registered (must have state/provincial license)
• Nutritionist
• Occupational Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Oceanographer
• Pharmacist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
 • Pharmacologist
• Physician (teaching and/or research only, MD or state/provincial license)
• Physicist
• Physio/Physical Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Plant Breeder 
• Plant Pathologist (Subcategory of Biologist, above.)
• Poultry Scientist
• Psychologist (must have state/provincial license. Cannot qualify with just baccalaureate degree)
• Range Manager/Range Conservationist
• Recreational Therapist
• Research Assistant (baccalaureate and U.S. job in a post-secondary educational institute)
 • Social Worker
• Soil Scientist
• Statistician
• Sylviculturist/Forestry Specialist (also see Forester, above)
• Teacher (baccalaureate degree: must be coming to work for a college, seminary or university only); no secondary or elementary school teaching.
• Technician or Technologist, Scientific. (E.g.: Electronic engineering technician.) Must work in direct support of professionals in one of these disciplines:
- biology
- chemistry
- engineering
- forestry
- geology
- geophysics
- meteorology
- physics
The applicant must also possess theoretical knowledge of the discipline and solve practical problems in the discipline, or apply the principles of the discipline to basic or applied research.
• Urban Planner
• Veterinarian (DVM, DMV, or state/provincial license)
• Vocational Counselor
• Writer, Technical Publications (Technical Publications Writer) Must have a baccalaureate or post-secondary diploma and three years of experience.
• Zoologist

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