In the May 2013 issue of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) New Members' Newsletter, Green & Spiegel U.S. lawyers Karen Jensen and Jonathan Grode provide some key practice tips for obtaining Trade NAFTA (or TN) status for professionals from Canada and Mexico seeking to enter the United States to work temporarily. After providing an overview of the unique advantages of the TN visa, Karen and Jonathan go on to explain how TN visas can help facilitate the entry of resources from Canada to help serve the needs of North American businesses, and also draw attention to some stumbling blocks that can arise in the application process.

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