Canadian Citizen going to the US on H1B

[Samoinp]

When we go for only visit to US as a Canadian citizen we can not pull our i-94 online .

Recently been on a vacation and able to pull I-94 and travel records. Not just that, the travel history shows up when querying old passport as well.

 

[fr72]

Do you mean the CBP officer can update your NEXUS profile with the new I-94? (no need to go to an enrollment center to update?)
thanks.

I thought so and the CBP officer told me so. But either they made a mistake or its not possible, because when I entered next time using Nexus, it gave me B2 instead of H1B. It was an easy fix though, I just emailed the SFO CBP with my scan of i797 and they fixed it in a day. The hard part is finding the email id of your port of entry. Worst case, you have to visit nearest CBP office.

 

[ksd_1970]

I don't have the answer to your question but i have a question for you. I am considering moving to US for a short term. While TN is what i found to be preferrable choice, why did you go for a H1B? What is the advantage. Good luck to you.

TN is not accepted by many employers where as almost everyone hires H1B employee and are aware of that. I worked for a company in US for 5 years before moving to Canada but when I want to go back on TN, my manager was fine but the immigration team didn’t accept that, it was one of the top 5 credit card companies in the USA.

 

[swan0206]

TN is not accepted by many employers where as almost everyone hires H1B employee and are aware of that. I worked for a company in US for 5 years before moving to Canada but when I want to go back on TN, my manager was fine but the immigration team didn’t accept that, it was one of the top 5 credit card companies in the USA.

Why is immigration team bothered about your status? Aren't they aware of the TN status or they do not want TN status in particular??

 

[Samoinp]

TN is not accepted by many employers where as almost everyone hires H1B employee and are aware of that. I worked for a company in US for 5 years before moving to Canada but when I want to go back on TN, my manager was fine but the immigration team didn’t accept that, it was one of the top 5 credit card companies in the USA.

Not always the case, some job postings explicitly mentions "No sponsorship available for this role".

Also, a company supporting both TN and H1 would prefer TN for the convenience.