I'm Canadian and finishing up my PhD in a stem field at a US university. I have a promising job offer but they would like me to start in July, before I officially finish my degree in August. I'm being told conflicting info about whether it is better to pursue a TN-2 or apply for OPT. Some of the points that have been mentioned to me:
-travel ban might make it difficult to do TN (not sure if it makes a difference that I could drive to a border crossing)
-OPT processing time is 1.5 to 5 months, and if I'm not going to graduate until August I can't apply until May
-I-129 processing time is 3 weeks to 4 months
Would appreciate thoughts and general advice about how to know what the "right" thing to do is. Would the company give me pointers? My school's immigration advisor admitted she doesn't know much about TN which makes me nervous. Thank you.
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