<p>alwaysamon, as I understand it, he is on a NAFTA TN visa, I didn’t ask why his firm didn’t sponsor a H-1b visa. There are also several Irish and British colleagues who have worked at the firm for a while and not on a green card track.Perhaps my SIL didn’t feel he wanted a green card as he is a proud Canadian. Now that he’s married a US citizen, perhaps he’s changed his mind.</p>