Government charges for this category are modest and set out in the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, where a petition is filed, or collected at the port where admission is sought in person. The larger outlay is everything the licence and the credential demand: board application charges, examinations, verification, translations and the time lost if the start date has to move.
The immigration line item is rarely the expensive one
Budget in two columns. The immigration column contains the petition fee if the hospital files, premium processing if it wants a decision quickly, and the charge collected at the border for an application made in person; Form G-1055 is the only reliable figure, since amounts are revised periodically. The professional column is usually larger and is nobody's responsibility but Anneli's: the state board's application charge, any examination and its retake, verification of her Ontario registration sent board to board, credential evaluation if the board requires one, and certified translations of anything not in English.
Add the cost of a delayed start, which falls on a household that has already given notice and possibly listed a home. Ask the hospital in writing which of these it reimburses, because assumptions on that point are frequently wrong and expensive.
- USCIS: TN NAFTA Professionals
- U.S. Department of State: USMCA professional workers
- Department of State: 9 FAM 402.17, TN and TD guidance
- USTR: USMCA Chapter 16, Temporary Entry for Business Persons, Appendix 2
- eCFR: 8 CFR 214.6, Citizens of Canada or Mexico seeking temporary entry as business persons
- USCIS: Form G-1055, Fee Schedule