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An offer withdrawn during preparation changes the facts the file is supposed to describe. TN rests on prearranged professional employment that exists when the application is made, so a letter the employer has retracted no longer describes an arrangement. Before deciding what to do next, establish in writing what has been withdrawn, by whom, and whether anything remains. Two facts control what happens next: whether a professional offer exists today, and from whom. Everything else in the file is preparation that either attaches to that offer or attaches to nothing. Ask the employer directly, in one email, whether any offer remains open in any form, and keep the reply.
Fix the date the offer stopped being current
Ask the employer for dated confirmation of what was withdrawn and who authorized the change. Preserve the earlier letter and the withdrawal together as history; do not present the earlier letter as proof of a current offer. Record whether the change concerns the entire position, a start date or a location. If a filing or earlier representation already relied on the offer, disclose that sequence to counsel and ask what correction or notification applies. Keeping history is different from continuing to rely on superseded terms. Where the withdrawal came by telephone, write it up the same day and send the summary to the employer asking them to confirm or correct it. A confirmed summary is a document; an uncorrected memory is not.
Do not present a document that no longer describes the arrangement
Any replacement evidence must describe the employer and professional employment now proposed. Obtain the actual duties, location, dates and remuneration from the employer responsible for that offer. If no offer remains, identify that fact before proceeding; completed credential documents do not supply prearranged employment. Ask which parts of the preparation can still be useful and which depend on a new arrangement. Do not substitute a similar job title for confirmation that a genuine professional offer exists. Hypothetical example: a medical librarian's credential file was assembled for one hospital's offer and a second institution is now interested. Librarian appears on the USMCA professions list, so the credential work survives the change, but the new employer's letter has to describe its own position, its own duties and its own terms rather than adopting the earlier text.
Rebuild around whatever employment is now proposed
With a revised or new offer, re-check the profession claimed, the profession-specific credentials it requires, who the employer of record is, and whether the entry remains genuinely temporary. Hypothetical example: an applicant living in Longueuil had gathered transcripts and an evaluation for one employer's offer when the position was cancelled, and a second employer proposes a similar job title with a different scope of duties. The credential records often carry over, since a degree does not change when the employer does; the duties analysis does not carry over and must be redone. Foreign-language records submitted to USCIS require a full English translation with the appropriate translator certification.
What else is on your mind?
Is a matching job title enough for TN?Can years of experience replace a degree for TN?Can my own U.S. company employ me under TN?Can my spouse work if I hold TN status?Editorial source review: 2026-09-07. General preparation guidance, not an individual assessment.