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An Otterburn Park business or household may decide that a different person should take the U.S. role. Start the citizenship and individual-evidence assessment again for that person rather than carrying over the first applicant’s eligibility. The first review should identify the proposed principal’s own citizenship, immigration history, qualifications, and source of authority in the business. The concrete decision is whether that person has an independently supportable route now or whether the organization needs a different principal or timeline. Canadian permanent residence can be an important fact, but it does not convert into citizenship or transfer another person’s eligibility.
Identify the replacement applicant’s actual citizenship
Canadian permanent residence is not Canadian citizenship. TN requires a Canadian or Mexican principal with the listed professional qualifications and arrangement. Another person’s passport or a shared residence does not establish those conditions for the proposed replacement. The passport or citizenship certificate that belongs to the proposed principal settles nationality, while a permanent-resident card establishes a different Canadian status. Check expiry dates and name consistency before relying on either record. A shared household, employer, or corporate role does not make citizenship evidence interchangeable.
Keep the alternative category specific to the person
An L transferee needs their own qualifying foreign employment and actual U.S. role, with the qualifying corporate relationship and required international business. An E-2 investor needs relevant treaty nationality, qualifying ownership and control and substantial lawful funds committed at risk in a real nonmarginal enterprise. A company’s unchanged name does not eliminate the new individual assessment. For each possible route, list the governing condition beside the document that proves it. L requires the person’s qualifying foreign employment, the corporate relationship, and a qualifying U.S. role; E-2 requires treaty nationality, qualifying ownership or control, and lawfully sourced capital irrevocably committed at risk to a real enterprise that is not marginal. Do not use a company profile to fill an individual factual gap.
Revise the documents to reflect the actual proposal
Identify which evidence remains relevant and which concerns only the earlier applicant. Hypothetical example: a company nominates a colleague after the original candidate changes plans. Explain the new person’s actual record instead of replacing the name on an old account of employment, education or nationality. Hypothetical example: a watchmaking-tool distributor changes the proposed principal from its Canadian citizen operations director to a permanent-resident sales manager. The decision is to rebuild the evidence around the sales manager’s own nationality, foreign work, and authority, rather than editing the director’s documents to use a new name.
What else is on your mind?
Does Canadian permanent residence give me access to TN?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?Editorial source review: 2026-09-07. General preparation guidance, not an individual assessment.