Would a Canadian CFA qualify for TN visa under NAFTA in the US?

CFA General
#1

Does anyone know if a Canadian CFA charterholder would qualify for the TN visa to work in the US? Under the list of NAFTA qualified professions the only 2 I think CFA might fit under is accountant and economist, but I am doubtful a CFA will be counted as either. Anyone?

#2

I don’t think so.

#3

a you know the NAFTA list is

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-17197/0-0-0-21051.html

I think this was asked here a long long time ago and someone said they had managed to do it by fitting into another category.

You won’t get it as a CFA, but you may get it if you’re working as a CFA but hired as an economist or a mathematician if you have a degree in either of those

accountant, I think not unless you have one of the accounting qualifications listed

#4

Thanks for the list and information. I do have a masters in economics, but do they look at degree exclusively? Comparing to the degree/liscence reqirement for other professions, like medicine or law, a bachlor in ecnomics is relatively easy to obtain. Anyhow I guess I need to find a firm willing to hire me as an “economist” but actually let me do CFA work. Kinda glad I chose economics over finance for grad school now. Finger crossed Trump or Clinton don’t get rid of NAFTA.

#5

The original list seems to be long gone, and NAFTA has been replaced by USMCA Trade Agreement.
There seems to be a list of professions in Appendix 2 of this link
SEE APPENDIX 2