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BALDWIN · TN FIELD GUIDE

Does a one-year appointment automatically satisfy TN?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Its duration is relevant to the temporary proposal, but the work must fit a listed profession and the applicant must meet its qualifications.

Review the appointment as a whole

Ask which duties are essential and how they relate to the stated occupation. A contract with a clear end date can still describe nonqualifying work. Record the institution’s actual expectations instead of relying on the words visiting or temporary as a complete eligibility explanation.

Managing people is not itself a listed profession, and the Management Consultant listing is a defined category with its own requirements, including an alternative route based on five years as a management consultant or five years in a specialty related to the consulting agreement. The Engineer entry expects a degree or licence; a technologist with a diploma must independently satisfy the Scientific Technician/Technologist entry, including its direct-support requirement, rather than assuming the diploma establishes eligibility. The category also contemplates temporary professional work for a prearranged employer: an applicant intending to work for themselves, or through a company they control where no genuine separate employer relationship exists, falls outside it however well the profession otherwise fits.