NAFTA Professional List
8 CFR § 214.6
Appendix 1603.D.1 (Annotated)
- Accountant - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or C.P.A., C.A., C.G.A., or C.M.A. A business person seeking temporary employment may also perform training functions relating to the profession, including conducting seminars.
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- Architect - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license. The terms "state/provincial license" and "state/provincial/federal license" mean any document issued by a state, provincial, or federal government, as the case may be, or under its authority, but not a local government, that permits a person to engage in a regulated activity or profession.
- Computer Systems Analyst - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary
Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate and three years experience.
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(a) "Post Secondary Diploma" means a credential issued, on completion of two or more years of post-secondary education, by an accredited academic institution in Canada or the United States.
(b) "Post Secondary Certificate" means a certificate issued, on completion of two or more years of post-secondary education at an academic institution, by the federal government of Mexico or a state government in Mexico, an academic institution recognized by the federal government or a state government, or an academic institution created by federal or state law.
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- Disaster relief insurance claims adjuster (claims adjuster employed by an insurance company located in the territory of a Party, or an independent claims adjuster) - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims; or three years experience in claims adjustment and successful completion of training in the appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims.
- Economist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
- Engineer - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
- Forester - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
- Graphic Designer - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate and three years experience.
- Hotel Manager - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree in hotel/restaurant management; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate in hotel/restaurant management and three years experience in hotel/restaurant management.
- Industrial Designer - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
- Interior Designer - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
- Land Surveyor - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree or state/provincial/federal license.
- Landscape Architect - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
- Lawyer (including Notary in the province of Quebec) - L.L.B., J.D., L.L.L., B.C.L., or Licenciatura degree (five years); or membership in a state/provincial bar.
- Librarian - M.L.S., or B.L.S. (for which another Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree was a prerequisite).
- Management Consultant - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant, or five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement.
- Mathematician (including Statistician) - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree. The term “Mathematician” includes the profession of Actuary. An Actuary must satisfy the necessary requirements to be recognized as an actuary by a professional actuarial association or society. A professional actuarial association or society means a professional actuarial association or society operating in the territory of at least one of the Parties.
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- Range Manager/Range Conservationist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
- Research Assistant (working in a post-secondary educational institution) - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
- Scientific Technician/Technologist- Possession of (a) theoretical knowledge of any of the following disciplines: agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, or physics; and (b) the ability to solve practical problems in any of those disciplines, or the ability to apply principles of any of those disciplines to basic or applied research. A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry for work in direct support of professionals in agricultural sciences, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology or physics.
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- Social Worker - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Sylviculturist (including Forestry Specialist) - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Technical Publications Writer - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree, or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience.
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- Urban Planner (including Geographer) - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Vocational Counselor - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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Medical/Allied Professionals
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- Dentist - D.D.S., D.M.D., Doctor en Odontologia or Doctor en Cirugia Dental or state/provincial license.
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- Dietitian - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
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- Medical Laboratory Technologist (Canada)/Medical Technologist (Mexico and the United States)- Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or Post-Secondary Diploma or Post-Secondary Certificate, and three years experience. A business person in this category must be seeking temporary entry to perform in a laboratory chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic or bacteriological tests and analyses for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases.
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- Nutritionist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Occupational Therapist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
- Pharmacist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
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- Physician (teaching or research only) - M.D. Doctor en Medicina; or state/provincial license.
- Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or state/provincial license.
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- Psychologist - state/provincial license; or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Recreational Therapist-Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
- Registered nurse - state/provincial license or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Veterinarian - D.V.M., D.M.V., or Doctor en Veterinaria; or state/provincial license.
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Scientists
- Agriculturist (including Agronomist) - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
- Animal Breeder - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Animal Scientist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Apiculturist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Astronomer - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Biochemist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Biologist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree. The term “Biologist” includes the profession of Plant Pathologist.
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- Chemist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Dairy Scientist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Entomologist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Epidemiologist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Geneticist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Geochemist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Geologist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Geophysicist (including Oceanographer in Mexico and the United States) - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Horticulturist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Meteorologist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Pharmacologist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Physicist (including Oceanographer in Canada - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
- Plant Breeder - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Poultry Scientist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Soil Scientist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Zoologist - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- College - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- Seminary - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
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- University - Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.