The timetable may explain the beginning, but the genuine professional duties still need evidence.
Show the engagement beyond the first week
Connect the employer’s accurate role description with any relevant early schedule. A list of meetings and access setup should not replace the account of the actual services the applicant will perform.
Use the onboarding timetable as a supporting exhibit, not the centre of the TN record. Assemble the employer letter describing the prearranged professional services, worksite, pay, duration, supervision, and why the duties fit one listed USMCA profession. Add proof of Canadian or Mexican citizenship and that profession’s precise degree, licence, or experience requirement; permanent residence in Canada is a different fact. If credentials were earned elsewhere, consider a reliable evaluation and keep any required U.S. professional licence separate. The recurring mistake is submitting a polished meeting calendar while leaving the adjudicator unable to identify the real job. Ownership must be disclosed because TN permits employment, not U.S. self-employment.
Hypothetical example: A civil engineer living in L’Anse-Saint-Jean receives an offer to review structural calculations for a U.S. engineering company. His first-week schedule lists introductions, security training, and database setup but says nothing about engineering judgment. He should retain it, then lead with the accurate job letter, engineering degree, citizenship evidence, project-duty explanation, and reporting line. The packet should also distinguish employer-controlled assignments from independent client solicitation. Those records let the opening schedule explain how work begins without asking it to prove the qualifying profession by itself.