I'm a Canadian, and would like to be able to legally live and work in
the United States. It seems to be very hard to find information on how
to do this that's thorough, yet easy to understand unless you're a
lawyer, which I'm not.

I have a Bacehlor's degree in biology (but no experience). I've worked
as a travel consultant for the past 9 months or so. Based, however, on
what I've been looking at, the H1 visa requires one to basically be a
"proessional" in some certain category. I hear that the TN-1 visa for
Canadians is easier to get, but you still must fall within a
"professional" category, and in both cases you must be offered a job
first. I'm not a Doctor... I don't have a Ph.D or anything. :(

My boyfriend lives in California so that's where I want to end up,
with him. Can anyone help me figure out what to do??????? I'm Canadian
- it can't be that hard, is it??? And getting married wouldn't help,
because he's not an American either, but managed to qualify for Asylee
status (I obviously could not, coming from Canada).

I know there's the option of "working under the table," but I'd really
rather not get into that. But is this my only choice if I'm ever to be
there with him???

Sooooooo.... if anyone could help me out, and tell me what to do, I
would really appreciate it. Thanks for your help. :)

There are 63 NAFTA exemptions and biologist and post-secondary
research assistant are both on the list.
CA has land and sea and lots of Universities.


The following is a list of the sixty-three NAFTA professions:
accountant; architect; computer systems analyst; disaster relief
insurance claims adjuster; economist; engineer; forester; graphic
designer; hotel manager; industrial designer; interior designer; land
surveyor; landscape architect; lawyer; librarian; management
consultant; mathematician; range manager/range conservationist;
research assistant (working in a post-secondary educational
institution); scientific technician/technologist; social worker;
sylviculturist; technical publications writer; urban planner;
vocational counselor; dentist; dietitian; medical laboratory
technologist; nutritionist; occupational therapist; pharmacist;
physician; physio/physical therapist; psychologist; recreational
therapist; registered nurse; veterinarian; agriculturalist; animal
breeder; animal scientist; apiculturist; astronomer; biochemist;
biologist; chemist; dairy scientist; entomologist; epidemiologist;
geneticist; geochemist; geologist; geophysicist; horticulturalist;
meteorologist; pharmacologist; physicist; plant breeder; poultry
scientist; soil scientist; zoologist; college, seminary, or university
teacher