PROFESSIONALS UNDER NAFTA
By Andy J. Semotiuk a U.S. and Canadian Immigration Lawyer.

What professions are recognized under NAFTA?

Unless noted otherwise, the following Professionals qualify for Professional status if they have a baccalaureate degree or a licenciatura degree in their professions:

• Accountant (baccalaureate, CPA, CA, CGA, or CMA)
• Actuary (subcategory of Mathematician, below; must be in a U.S., Canadian or Mexican Professional actuarial association or society)
• Agriculturist/Agronomist (baccalaureate)
• Animal breeder (baccalaureate)
• Animal Scientist (baccalaureate)
• Apiculturist (baccalaureate)
• Architect (baccalaureate or state/provincial license; also see Landscape Architect, below)
• Astronomer (baccalaureate)
• Biochemist (baccalaureate)
• Biologist (includes Plant Pathologist, see below)
• Chemist (baccalaureate)
• Computer systems analyst (baccalaureate or post secondary diploma, plus three years of experience)
• Dairy Scientist (baccalaureate)
• Dentist (DDS, DMD, or state/provincial license)
• Dietician (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster (baccalaureate or three years of experience in claims adjustment and training in insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims)
• Economist (baccalaureate)
• Engineer (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Entomologist (baccalaureate)
• Epidemiologist (baccalaureate)
• Forester (baccalaureate or state/provincial license; also see Sylviculturist, below)
• Geneticist (baccalaureate)
• Geochemist (baccalaureate)
• Geographer (baccalaureate)
• Geologist (baccalaureate)
• Geophysicist (baccalaureate)
• Graphic Designer (baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years of experience)
• Horticulturist (baccalaureate)
• Hotel Manager (baccalaureate in hotel/restaurant management or post secondary diploma and three years of experience)
• Industrial Designer (baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years of experience)
• Interior Designer (baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years of experience)
• Land Surveyor (baccalaureate or state/provincial/federal license)
• Landscaping Architect (baccalaureate)
• Lawyer (member of state/provincial bar, or LLB, JD, LLL, or BCL)
• Librarian (MLS, or BLS. BLS must be one for which another baccalaureate degree was a pre-requisite)
• Management Consultant (baccalaureate or five years of experience in consulting or related field)
• Mathematician (includes Actuary, above)
• Medical Technologist/Medical Lab Technologist (baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years of experience)
• Meteorologist (baccalaureate)
• Nurse, Registered (must have state/provincial license)
• Nutritionist (baccalaureate)
• Occupational Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Oceanographer (baccalaureate)
• Pharmacist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Pharmacologist
• Physician (teaching and/or research only, MD or state/provincial license)
• Physicist (baccalaureate)
• Physio/Physical Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
• Plant Breeder (baccalaureate)
• Plant Pathologist (subcategory of Biologist, above)
• Poultry Scientist (baccalaureate)
• Psychologist (must have state/provincial license, cannot qualify with only baccalaureate degree)
• Range Manager/Range Conservationist (baccalaureate)
• Recreational Therapist (baccalaureate)
• Research Assistant (baccalaureate and job in a post-secondary educational institute)
• Social Worker (baccalaureate)
• Soil Scientist (baccalaureate)
• Statistician (baccalaureate)
• Sylviculturist/Forestry Specialist (also see Forester, above)
• Teacher (baccalaureate degree; must be coming to work for a college, seminary or university only, no secondary or elementary school teaching)
• Technician or Technologist, Scientific (must work in direct support of professions in one of these disciplines: biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, physics, and possess theoretical knowledge of discipline, and solve practical problems in discipline)
• Urban Planner (baccalaureate)
• Veterinarian (DVM, DMV, or state/provincial license)
• Vocational Counselor (baccalaureate)
• Writer, Technical Publications (baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years of experience)
• Zoologist (baccalaureate)

If you require the assistance with an immigration matter please feel free to contact Andy Semotiuk at Andy@myworkvisa.com or by contacting him at the address found on this web site.