U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on May 6, 2008 that it is publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to increase the maximum length of time a Trade-NAFTA (TN) professional worker from Canada or Mexico can remain in the United States before seeking readmission or obtaining an extension of stay. The proposal will extend the maximum period of admission for TN workers from one year to three years, the same term that USCIS currently may grant to H-1B specialty occupation workers. To read the USCIS "Update," please
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