9:00am reached reception. got txt frm ajit saying that mtg with George moved to 9:30am
Sit it out in the car. Enter around 9:20 and the security lady lets me in without escort. So get into the room and call up ajit and let him know.
9:45 he comes by and we go to meet George, nice guy who was one of the client team that interviewed me a few days ago. Then he takes me the high security War room ment for the CTI (computer Telephony Integration). The door has its own unique security code to enter and I am the only guy in Cognizant give that. hmmm niceeee.
Thou I have not got my Id card and Laptop, he gets me in so that I could help him fix some broken functions in the current Environment. They are going live with enhancements in May and hence are in UAT phase too. Ahhh again another project in the UAT phase. oh no ! it looks like UAT karma is catching up with me.
Well there starts my CTI at Merck.
George starts by telling me the details of the project and the history behind some of the happenings.
We get to the 2 issues that he has as priority.
the first one, related to spanish language, I felt we needed more info about data from the middle ware known only thru their logs, which we might only be able to get to on monday.
2nd related to internal calls ending up getting pop ups.
We go about trying to increase the log levels.
then around 12:45 head for lunch. George wanted to go to his desk and eat there while working, I decided to stay put in the cafetria. George comes back saying that he is sorry for been rude and joins me. wow! so its not a western or white folk thing when people decide to go away on their own. Its a individual personalty thing.
After going thru the months of torture of trying to figure out, what the issue was in my relationship. And why I am feeling so sensitive to certain behavior, i realize, its really not me. Different people Different attitude! Some are team oriented, some are very individualistic, which to sensitive team players like me would mean too selfish and self centered attitude. But then again its my own built up of expectations about someone special in my life.
Anyways after lunch we went back to trying to understand the problem, george heads off to a series of meetings he has after giving me access with his id.
After doing a few tests, I come up with a temp solution to remedy the symptom, THOU YET TO DEFINE THE PROBLEM and find the right solution
'PrimaryDNIS' = '99{AgentExtension}' OR 'PrimaryDNIS' = '{AgentExtension}'
Filter.SiebelViewBmk ?????*
FilterSpec.ANI
090_Inbnd_ANI_Int-->InboundCallNoInfoFilterSpec = 'PrimaryDNIS' IS NOT '99{AgentExtension}' OR 'PrimaryDNIS' IS NOT '{AgentExtension}'
5:00 head to Station Sq and check on the apartment again and to confirm about the heat and other charges....
The new lady there tells me that the apt is no longer available for 1150 and its now 1195 and the heat and electricity comes to about $150 / month. So now the price has gone up by $200.
Meaning that I end up paying about $4000 to $5000 more per year compared to the Older apartment -> Penbrook Apts.
The go to Prembrook and try asking if the apt could be ready sooner. Looks like the people who are staying are vacating in on May 8th and the management do not know the condition of the place. Hence the issue of promising the date.
6:00pm Reach Bank of america on VanForge street after the one on Forty feet rd seemed to be have closed down for good. not really impressed.
Phew what an end to an traumatic high pressure week.
lets see sat and sunday to NJ . to the temple and then some time with narayan and family
Friday, April 2, 2010
April 1st , 1st day at work
With a sense of anticipation and not knowing how deep the well is I jump in...
10:15 reached Merck gate 39 - reception room 1076
got call from Ajit saying its spilling over to 10:45am. So go and sit it off in the Car and meditate... seems to calm me and help me focus more.
11am Ajit comes to the reception and takes me in, Shows me around the maze of buildings. There seems to be about 100 buildings all connected and about 10 Entry points into parking... wow.
12:10 meeting with Sangeeta the Merck Project MGR who gives me a brief about the project.
Got info about their various business groups
Our project is Model D project. => Corner stone ==> US Customer Connect (USCC).
May release - Rel 18 - Siebel 8.07 --Avvaya 7.x
Services the functional areas of :
MVCC (Vaccination)
NSC (National) - (inbound call)
NVG outbound
OMC Order management Center
DTC Distribution - Consumer.(inbound call)
Lots of acronyms been thrown around.
go the cafeteria 12:45 to 1:15 then I am shown to the room where there are about 10 Indian guys from Cognizant. Remember a few names.. let me see ..Rajshekar (Andhra Pradesh) and Rajan ( Tamil from Karnataka) helps me with info about accommodation, Bacho (Andhra Pradesh), Krish (chennai). Sudendo(bengal seems to be the newest here) staying @ penbrook Mohan (maharastra), Dharmesh (mumbai) another guy who is busy talking on the phone from Karnataka.
4:45 plan on going and visiting Narayan Reddy in NJ after visiting Temple in Bridge water, on Saturday. So talk to him the logistics of it.
5:pm Ajit helped fill out the I-9 form. very much needed for Homeland security with in 3 days of joining the company...
Drop ajit off at his house and he invites me for Tea. End up talking to him about
stocks and and playing the market. meet his family A boy and a cute 2 yr old babe girl.
Happy family, Came to US when I was in Indianapolis, he was project Manager there for the Congnizant team. I moved to Vancouver after that. Been with the same company he has his own house. .....
10:15 reached Merck gate 39 - reception room 1076
got call from Ajit saying its spilling over to 10:45am. So go and sit it off in the Car and meditate... seems to calm me and help me focus more.
11am Ajit comes to the reception and takes me in, Shows me around the maze of buildings. There seems to be about 100 buildings all connected and about 10 Entry points into parking... wow.
12:10 meeting with Sangeeta the Merck Project MGR who gives me a brief about the project.
Got info about their various business groups
Our project is Model D project. => Corner stone ==> US Customer Connect (USCC).
May release - Rel 18 - Siebel 8.07 --Avvaya 7.x
Services the functional areas of :
MVCC (Vaccination)
NSC (National) - (inbound call)
NVG outbound
OMC Order management Center
DTC Distribution - Consumer.(inbound call)
Lots of acronyms been thrown around.
go the cafeteria 12:45 to 1:15 then I am shown to the room where there are about 10 Indian guys from Cognizant. Remember a few names.. let me see ..Rajshekar (Andhra Pradesh) and Rajan ( Tamil from Karnataka) helps me with info about accommodation, Bacho (Andhra Pradesh), Krish (chennai). Sudendo(bengal seems to be the newest here) staying @ penbrook Mohan (maharastra), Dharmesh (mumbai) another guy who is busy talking on the phone from Karnataka.
4:45 plan on going and visiting Narayan Reddy in NJ after visiting Temple in Bridge water, on Saturday. So talk to him the logistics of it.
5:pm Ajit helped fill out the I-9 form. very much needed for Homeland security with in 3 days of joining the company...
Drop ajit off at his house and he invites me for Tea. End up talking to him about
stocks and and playing the market. meet his family A boy and a cute 2 yr old babe girl.
Happy family, Came to US when I was in Indianapolis, he was project Manager there for the Congnizant team. I moved to Vancouver after that. Been with the same company he has his own house. .....
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Loyalty
You will know your true friends and who will be in your life forever, when you go thru the tough and low times in your life. The fake people just abandon you and run away in search of Greener pastures, cause they are just about themselves. And its natures way of helping you shed the unwanted. Un-Divided LOYALTY in Character reveals during tough times. Foundations of most Indian Marriages.
I mentioned Un-divided, because if one of the partners tend to have some kind of feelings or loyalty towards someone else, then they would not be able to give their 100% to the person they are with. And in time the cracks appear cause of the stress it causes and break up is inevitable.....Tuesday, March 30, 2010
1st Day at West point Phildalphia, Pa
Tue, March 30, 2010
Start day of getting print outs of all the HR documents at the Hotel office for guests.
Need to send them ASAP to the HR dept after the email asking me to do it soon.
Call Amit regarding the docs and joining time change with Merck.
12:29 pm EST had sent eamil Amit.Bhardwaj
Debra.Henriquez
1:40 EST called up amit around . said start date with Cogn is Mar-30-2010
was told that I will be paid form mar-30-2010 so all is good!
2:20 pm called up Debra Henriquez For info about the package to be sent by fedex.
4pm to 5pm extend current stay at hotel upto 11th April 2010 @ 79 + taxes = 85.32per day
then discovered that they have a deal going on Expedia comes to 59.33 per day + tax of 5.05 per day.
So then go back and ask the lady there. She seems to be very helpful felt sorry for bothering her like that.
So the 1st day I get charged @79 + taxe = 85.32per day and the remaining 13 days she worked it to 61+ taxes approx 65 per day amounting to about 811+ taxes ==>( 875.88 with taxes)
4:40pm Call up Enterprise and they say that they will be sending in someone by
5:30pm to pick me up at the best western hotel.
5:15 pm mail To Ajit regarding project Id and name.
5:45 Enterprise guy arrives and by 6:10 have the car.
Drive up and down on Broad st in search of Fedex. That needs to be shipped to Cogn-> Debra Henriquez
Find the Penn station for trains to Downtown Philadelphia. reasonable cost for 5 zones around 12 dollars onboard, and 9.75 advance for off peak. Plus $2 for peak hrs. week end round trip 9 and ten trip is 57.50
8:00pm come back to room and talk with Anil for a few mins.
8:45 called up AV who is now in CA with his family for 30 mins. Still need to coordinate SAP CRM trainning with him in Atlanta.
9:50 returned call to Narayana of Satyam.
Tried to get print out from the hotel printer room but the system seems to be used by someone every time. will try again tomorrow morning and need to drop off the docs to be sent to HR by Fedex.
And then go about town hunting for apartment to stay.
Wonder when I will get time to work on the taxes.. ahhh another major hurdle to over come.
In all this the weather outside was really damp with constant rain and this place is like a very very remote Village 40 miles from the downtown Airport.
Feeling lonely and lost in the new place. Thoughts of past seem to come and on the edge of becoming depressed again.
Going to read the Bible in the hotel before hitting the bed. :) hope to feel better tomorrow.
Have Face Book Chat with Sweet Delma. She seems so pure at heart. Hope that she keeps up her sincere god fearing simple thoughts for ever.
Well its not going to rain for ever either, soon there will be sunshine (atleast expect one from tomorrow). Cheers to a bright future. :)
Start day of getting print outs of all the HR documents at the Hotel office for guests.
Need to send them ASAP to the HR dept after the email asking me to do it soon.
Call Amit regarding the docs and joining time change with Merck.
12:29 pm EST had sent eamil Amit.Bhardwaj
Debra.Henriquez
1:40 EST called up amit around . said start date with Cogn is Mar-30-2010
was told that I will be paid form mar-30-2010 so all is good!
2:20 pm called up Debra Henriquez For info about the package to be sent by fedex.
4pm to 5pm extend current stay at hotel upto 11th April 2010 @ 79 + taxes = 85.32per day
then discovered that they have a deal going on Expedia comes to 59.33 per day + tax of 5.05 per day.
So then go back and ask the lady there. She seems to be very helpful felt sorry for bothering her like that.
So the 1st day I get charged @79 + taxe = 85.32per day and the remaining 13 days she worked it to 61+ taxes approx 65 per day amounting to about 811+ taxes ==>( 875.88 with taxes)
4:40pm Call up Enterprise and they say that they will be sending in someone by
5:30pm to pick me up at the best western hotel.
5:15 pm mail To Ajit regarding project Id and name.
5:45 Enterprise guy arrives and by 6:10 have the car.
Drive up and down on Broad st in search of Fedex. That needs to be shipped to Cogn-> Debra Henriquez
Find the Penn station for trains to Downtown Philadelphia. reasonable cost for 5 zones around 12 dollars onboard, and 9.75 advance for off peak. Plus $2 for peak hrs. week end round trip 9 and ten trip is 57.50
8:00pm come back to room and talk with Anil for a few mins.
8:45 called up AV who is now in CA with his family for 30 mins. Still need to coordinate SAP CRM trainning with him in Atlanta.
9:50 returned call to Narayana of Satyam.
Tried to get print out from the hotel printer room but the system seems to be used by someone every time. will try again tomorrow morning and need to drop off the docs to be sent to HR by Fedex.
And then go about town hunting for apartment to stay.
Wonder when I will get time to work on the taxes.. ahhh another major hurdle to over come.
In all this the weather outside was really damp with constant rain and this place is like a very very remote Village 40 miles from the downtown Airport.
Feeling lonely and lost in the new place. Thoughts of past seem to come and on the edge of becoming depressed again.
Going to read the Bible in the hotel before hitting the bed. :) hope to feel better tomorrow.
Have Face Book Chat with Sweet Delma. She seems so pure at heart. Hope that she keeps up her sincere god fearing simple thoughts for ever.
Well its not going to rain for ever either, soon there will be sunshine (atleast expect one from tomorrow). Cheers to a bright future. :)
Management Consultant.
Mon, March 29, 2010
Reached JFK in the morning. Cathy pacific CX888 landed around 7:20am after a turbulent ride and shakey landing.
got out of immigration around 9:30am as the officially Approved and Labeled as ""Management Consultant"" by the US dept of Immigration and Border Services :))))) yea another progress in 2010 and its just end of Q1 ;)... bye bye NY, Philly here I come ..... :)..... What a swing from the Lows of Feb to the Highs of March ,
funny how I was playing advisor to the Immigration official and telling them that TN is now for 3 years and that I need a new I-94 with the name of the new company I am going to work with.
10:40 Booked Avis with GPS and drop off at Philadelphia location for $250 plus. beats taking $100 taxi to down town NY and then ticket costs to Philly from NY
12: Thanks to GPS navigated thru Brooklyn and Manhattan and reach jersey city parking by PATH near journal sq. $8 parking fee.
1:00pm reach Guardian office.
Send out resignation mail to Beulah, Narayana and krishna hand over lap top and id card to Narayana. Say bye to jose and Krishna and Kishore.
1:30 out of the Guardian building.
Was so glad that i was able to exit out of the project. As they had been in Development (DEV) phase for the past 7 months and did not do anything worth while. Suddenly now its Unit and Application Testing (UAT) phase and they want me to come and do the 7 month job in 1 month. Then if things don't work the way its supposed , I would be the temporary guy they got in to take the blame..... no way am I going to be there to take the blame for someone elses Mistakes and bad planning.
And to top it all, there seems to be lots of political power struggle within Satyam - mahindra. The young Account manager Beulah had a show down with Krishna who has been playing his own games since he was with the project the longest and maybe harboring resent as he was not appointed project manager. It seems he was going to the Client and talking with them on his own and not been a team.... hot words and argument.. like little kids.... just feel lucky that I got out of that place.
2:10 get back to Parking near Journal square
Drive to Red Carpet and park in the parking to access internet.
Call up Radish Pillia of Apex 2000 (middle man/recruiter) and explain the stuff to him about the happenings in Satyam
2:40pm Start off from Red Capet parking
Around 4:50 REach Merck office in West point... 2hrs of driving in the rain and poor visibility. wow talk about stress and lack of sleep.
Call up Ajit who is Cognizant project manager and someone I worked with in Indianapolis when we were working for Client Sallie Mae and tell him i am at the Merck parking lot. He is in a meeting so says will be out soon to meet me.
Send out text msgs to Anup to call up home and tell them that i have arrived safely.
Ajit calls around 6 and is wondering where in the Visitors parking I am, turns out That I am at gate 5 and he is at gate 2. Getting scared with the cell phone rates that I will be dinged with cause of the internationla calls from US. costs about $1.3 per min.
MEt with Ajit after getting lost in the huge Merck campus. wow. then talked to him about my concerns of dropping off the car at PHI airport. He offered to drive me at night to drop off and drive me back.
So go and get into the Former Best Western hotel lady said 79 per night. (have to cross confirm).
Ahhhh what a great feeling to brush my teeth have a warm shower. My first since I landed in the morning at JFK.
8:30 Ajit comes and picks me up and after dropping off the car at the Airport which is around 44 miles..and driving thru downtown Philly get back home around 10pm.
Get text msg from Anup that he called up home and told parents.
Restaurant at hotel is closed. So walk over to the nearest intersection and find a Family owned Carols Pizzeria run by guys sounding like they are speaking Arabic.
Order a medium Chicken pizza. about $15.
had two slices and it was more than I could have eaten. And that was my lunch and dinner and also break fast I guess.
Saving the rest for tomorrow.
Phew what an coming to an end to an Hectic and very Event full month.
Everything seems to be falling into place except my personal life. ,,,,,, which seems to have taken a turn for the worse.
Well atleast I tried and tried with out giving up hope. And it takes effort from two (100+100 = 200%) to make it work and happen......
You will know your true friends and the ones that will truly LOVE you and be in your life forever, when you go thru the tough and low times in your life. They will be there like family to support you and love you no matter what.
The fake people just run away, cause they are just about themselves. And its natures way of helping you shed the unwanted and help move on with the real and positive people who will be by your side thru good and bad times.
Reached JFK in the morning. Cathy pacific CX888 landed around 7:20am after a turbulent ride and shakey landing.
got out of immigration around 9:30am as the officially Approved and Labeled as ""Management Consultant"" by the US dept of Immigration and Border Services :))))) yea another progress in 2010 and its just end of Q1 ;)... bye bye NY, Philly here I come ..... :)..... What a swing from the Lows of Feb to the Highs of March ,
funny how I was playing advisor to the Immigration official and telling them that TN is now for 3 years and that I need a new I-94 with the name of the new company I am going to work with.
10:40 Booked Avis with GPS and drop off at Philadelphia location for $250 plus. beats taking $100 taxi to down town NY and then ticket costs to Philly from NY
12: Thanks to GPS navigated thru Brooklyn and Manhattan and reach jersey city parking by PATH near journal sq. $8 parking fee.
1:00pm reach Guardian office.
Send out resignation mail to Beulah, Narayana and krishna hand over lap top and id card to Narayana. Say bye to jose and Krishna and Kishore.
1:30 out of the Guardian building.
Was so glad that i was able to exit out of the project. As they had been in Development (DEV) phase for the past 7 months and did not do anything worth while. Suddenly now its Unit and Application Testing (UAT) phase and they want me to come and do the 7 month job in 1 month. Then if things don't work the way its supposed , I would be the temporary guy they got in to take the blame..... no way am I going to be there to take the blame for someone elses Mistakes and bad planning.
And to top it all, there seems to be lots of political power struggle within Satyam - mahindra. The young Account manager Beulah had a show down with Krishna who has been playing his own games since he was with the project the longest and maybe harboring resent as he was not appointed project manager. It seems he was going to the Client and talking with them on his own and not been a team.... hot words and argument.. like little kids.... just feel lucky that I got out of that place.
2:10 get back to Parking near Journal square
Drive to Red Carpet and park in the parking to access internet.
Call up Radish Pillia of Apex 2000 (middle man/recruiter) and explain the stuff to him about the happenings in Satyam
2:40pm Start off from Red Capet parking
Around 4:50 REach Merck office in West point... 2hrs of driving in the rain and poor visibility. wow talk about stress and lack of sleep.
Call up Ajit who is Cognizant project manager and someone I worked with in Indianapolis when we were working for Client Sallie Mae and tell him i am at the Merck parking lot. He is in a meeting so says will be out soon to meet me.
Send out text msgs to Anup to call up home and tell them that i have arrived safely.
Ajit calls around 6 and is wondering where in the Visitors parking I am, turns out That I am at gate 5 and he is at gate 2. Getting scared with the cell phone rates that I will be dinged with cause of the internationla calls from US. costs about $1.3 per min.
MEt with Ajit after getting lost in the huge Merck campus. wow. then talked to him about my concerns of dropping off the car at PHI airport. He offered to drive me at night to drop off and drive me back.
So go and get into the Former Best Western hotel lady said 79 per night. (have to cross confirm).
Ahhhh what a great feeling to brush my teeth have a warm shower. My first since I landed in the morning at JFK.
8:30 Ajit comes and picks me up and after dropping off the car at the Airport which is around 44 miles..and driving thru downtown Philly get back home around 10pm.
Get text msg from Anup that he called up home and told parents.
Restaurant at hotel is closed. So walk over to the nearest intersection and find a Family owned Carols Pizzeria run by guys sounding like they are speaking Arabic.
Order a medium Chicken pizza. about $15.
had two slices and it was more than I could have eaten. And that was my lunch and dinner and also break fast I guess.
Saving the rest for tomorrow.
Phew what an coming to an end to an Hectic and very Event full month.
Everything seems to be falling into place except my personal life. ,,,,,, which seems to have taken a turn for the worse.
Well atleast I tried and tried with out giving up hope. And it takes effort from two (100+100 = 200%) to make it work and happen......
You will know your true friends and the ones that will truly LOVE you and be in your life forever, when you go thru the tough and low times in your life. They will be there like family to support you and love you no matter what.
The fake people just run away, cause they are just about themselves. And its natures way of helping you shed the unwanted and help move on with the real and positive people who will be by your side thru good and bad times.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
NAFTA
NAFTA
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/en/view.aspx?x=343&mtpiID=147#Ap1603.D.1
Appendix 1603.D.1
Management Consultant :
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant, or five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement.
Bureau of Labor -> Occupational Outlook handbook link below:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ooh_index.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos019.htm
Nature of the Work:
As business becomes more complex, firms are continually faced with new challenges. They increasingly rely on management analysts to help them remain competitive amidst these changes. Management analysts, often referred to as management consultants in private industry, analyze and propose ways to improve an organization's structure, efficiency, or profits.
In recent years, information technology and electronic commerce have provided new opportunities for management analysts. Companies hire consultants to develop strategies for entering and remaining competitive in the new electronic marketplace.
(For information on computer specialists working in consulting, see the following statements elsewhere in the Handbook: computer software engineers and computer programmers; computer systems analysts; and computer scientists.)
http://www.naftatnlawyer.com/nafta-tn-management-consultant/
NAFTA Requirements for TN Visa as a Management Consultant.
To qualify for TN visa status under NAFTA as a Management Consultant, an applicant must possess one of the following:
1. A Bachelor’s (Baccalaureate) degree;
2. Licenciatura Degree;
3. Equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant; or
4. Five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement.
See 8 C.F.R. § 214.6 (c).
NAFTA Handbook Guidance.
As defined in the NAFTA Handbook, a manual utilized by immigration officials for guidance on NAFTA issues, Management Consultants “provide services that are directed toward improving the managerial, operating, and economic performance of public and private entities by analyzing and resolving strategic and operating problems and thereby improving the entity’s goals, objectives, policies, strategies, administration, organization, and operation.” NAFTA Handbook(Nov. 1999).
Management Consultants are usually independent contractors or employees of consulting firms under contracts to U.S. entities. Management Consultants may be salaried employees of the U.S. entities to which they are providing services only when they are not assuming existing positions or filling newly created positions. As a salaried employee of such an U.S. entity, they may only fill supernumerary temporary positions. Id.
On the other hand, if the employer is a U.S. management-consulting firm, an applicant for TN visa status as a Management Consultant may be coming temporarily to fill a permanent position. Id.
Articles:
Management Consultant Checklist.
Independent Contractor & Management Consultant.
Supernumerary Requirement .
Additional Materials:
Blog Posts - Management Consultant TNs.
References:
NAFTA Handbook (November 1999).
OOH, Management Analysts (2008-09).
Career Guide to Industries, Management, Scientific and Technical Consulting (2008-09).
http://www.naftatnlawyer.com/management-consultant-tn-che/
Management Consultant TN Visa - Checklist
Factors to evaluate when considering eligibility and preparing an application for TN visa status as a Management Consultant under NAFTA:
1. Do the proposed services fall under the duties normally undertaken by a Management Consultant as that term is defined for purposes of NAFTA TN visa status?
The TN application should reference the particular business problem or issue that needs to be solved or improved.
Consulting services should be directed toward improving the managerial, operating, and economic performance of the company.
Consulting services should involve analyzing and resolving the strategic and operation problems.
The TN application should describe how the TN applicant’s consulting services will improve the company’s goals, objectives, policies, strategies, administration, organization, and operations.
See INS Inspector’s Field Manual § 15.5.
2. How is the Management Consultant TN applicant qualified to solve the management problem?
The TN applicant should possess a related Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
If non-degreed, the TN applicant should have five years relevant experience as a management consultant documented by previous employment letters or professional credentials.
Alternatively, the TN applicant should have five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement documented by previous employment letters or professional credentials.
The TN applicant should also have a detailed resume documenting the necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to solve the management problem.
See NAFTA TN Regulations 8 C.F.R. § 214.6.
3. Will the Management Consultant TN applicant’s services be limited to a purely advisory role?
The TN application should describe the reason for the short-term need for an outside consultant.
The TN applicant’s duties should not involve active management of the company or a department.
The TN application should provide the name and title of the individual the TN applicant will report to and the department or staff that will implement the TN applicant’s plans, suggestions, recommendations.
4. What is the nature of the business relationship between the U.S. company and the Management Consultant TN applicant?
Preferred scenario, case least suspect: the TN applicant is a permanent full-time employee of a Canadian management consultant firm providing consulting services to the U.S. company.
Acceptable scenario, not as suspect: The TN applicant is temporarily filling a permanent position at a U.S. management consulting firm.
Most prevalent scenario: the TN applicant is engaged as an independent contractor. Indicia of employer/employee relationship or permanence of job will raise red flags.
Least favorable scenario, high rate of denials: The applicant is a salaried employee of the U.S. company filling a supernumerary temporary position. Application will face severe resistance.
Prohibitive: the TN applicant is assuming a position within the regular operational or personnel structure of the U.S. company.
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/en/view.aspx?x=343&mtpiID=147#Ap1603.D.1
Appendix 1603.D.1
Management Consultant :
Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree; or equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant, or five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement.
Bureau of Labor -> Occupational Outlook handbook link below:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ooh_index.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos019.htm
Nature of the Work:
As business becomes more complex, firms are continually faced with new challenges. They increasingly rely on management analysts to help them remain competitive amidst these changes. Management analysts, often referred to as management consultants in private industry, analyze and propose ways to improve an organization's structure, efficiency, or profits.
In recent years, information technology and electronic commerce have provided new opportunities for management analysts. Companies hire consultants to develop strategies for entering and remaining competitive in the new electronic marketplace.
(For information on computer specialists working in consulting, see the following statements elsewhere in the Handbook: computer software engineers and computer programmers; computer systems analysts; and computer scientists.)
http://www.naftatnlawyer.com/nafta-tn-management-consultant/
NAFTA Requirements for TN Visa as a Management Consultant.
To qualify for TN visa status under NAFTA as a Management Consultant, an applicant must possess one of the following:
1. A Bachelor’s (Baccalaureate) degree;
2. Licenciatura Degree;
3. Equivalent professional experience as established by statement or professional credential attesting to five years experience as a management consultant; or
4. Five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement.
See 8 C.F.R. § 214.6 (c).
NAFTA Handbook Guidance.
As defined in the NAFTA Handbook, a manual utilized by immigration officials for guidance on NAFTA issues, Management Consultants “provide services that are directed toward improving the managerial, operating, and economic performance of public and private entities by analyzing and resolving strategic and operating problems and thereby improving the entity’s goals, objectives, policies, strategies, administration, organization, and operation.” NAFTA Handbook(Nov. 1999).
Management Consultants are usually independent contractors or employees of consulting firms under contracts to U.S. entities. Management Consultants may be salaried employees of the U.S. entities to which they are providing services only when they are not assuming existing positions or filling newly created positions. As a salaried employee of such an U.S. entity, they may only fill supernumerary temporary positions. Id.
On the other hand, if the employer is a U.S. management-consulting firm, an applicant for TN visa status as a Management Consultant may be coming temporarily to fill a permanent position. Id.
Articles:
Management Consultant Checklist.
Independent Contractor & Management Consultant.
Supernumerary Requirement .
Additional Materials:
Blog Posts - Management Consultant TNs.
References:
NAFTA Handbook (November 1999).
OOH, Management Analysts (2008-09).
Career Guide to Industries, Management, Scientific and Technical Consulting (2008-09).
http://www.naftatnlawyer.com/management-consultant-tn-che/
Management Consultant TN Visa - Checklist
Factors to evaluate when considering eligibility and preparing an application for TN visa status as a Management Consultant under NAFTA:
1. Do the proposed services fall under the duties normally undertaken by a Management Consultant as that term is defined for purposes of NAFTA TN visa status?
The TN application should reference the particular business problem or issue that needs to be solved or improved.
Consulting services should be directed toward improving the managerial, operating, and economic performance of the company.
Consulting services should involve analyzing and resolving the strategic and operation problems.
The TN application should describe how the TN applicant’s consulting services will improve the company’s goals, objectives, policies, strategies, administration, organization, and operations.
See INS Inspector’s Field Manual § 15.5.
2. How is the Management Consultant TN applicant qualified to solve the management problem?
The TN applicant should possess a related Baccalaureate or Licenciatura Degree.
If non-degreed, the TN applicant should have five years relevant experience as a management consultant documented by previous employment letters or professional credentials.
Alternatively, the TN applicant should have five years experience in a field of specialty related to the consulting agreement documented by previous employment letters or professional credentials.
The TN applicant should also have a detailed resume documenting the necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to solve the management problem.
See NAFTA TN Regulations 8 C.F.R. § 214.6.
3. Will the Management Consultant TN applicant’s services be limited to a purely advisory role?
The TN application should describe the reason for the short-term need for an outside consultant.
The TN applicant’s duties should not involve active management of the company or a department.
The TN application should provide the name and title of the individual the TN applicant will report to and the department or staff that will implement the TN applicant’s plans, suggestions, recommendations.
4. What is the nature of the business relationship between the U.S. company and the Management Consultant TN applicant?
Preferred scenario, case least suspect: the TN applicant is a permanent full-time employee of a Canadian management consultant firm providing consulting services to the U.S. company.
Acceptable scenario, not as suspect: The TN applicant is temporarily filling a permanent position at a U.S. management consulting firm.
Most prevalent scenario: the TN applicant is engaged as an independent contractor. Indicia of employer/employee relationship or permanence of job will raise red flags.
Least favorable scenario, high rate of denials: The applicant is a salaried employee of the U.S. company filling a supernumerary temporary position. Application will face severe resistance.
Prohibitive: the TN applicant is assuming a position within the regular operational or personnel structure of the U.S. company.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Honest Conversation
Honest Conversation!
Secnario of conversation between friend1 (BF) and Girl (GF) who is going to India and taking a break en route to meet another guy friend (G1) in mumbai. Where a Hotel room is booked for a night and two days by G1:
BF: Can I ask you something and could please tell me honestly?
GF: What what? (a lil nervous)
BF : Are you going to stay with him in the Hotel or planning to stay with him in the hotel?
GF: "I don't know"
BF : what?
BF : Again are you planning or have you made plans to stay with him in the hotel?
GF: "I don't know,,,,pause for a few secs...I don't know, but I am going to stay in the hotel.
hmmmmm not sure what people reading this will understand as.
To me its a simple "yes, I am going to stay with him at the hotel" or "Yes I made plans to stay with him in the hotel" or "no I didn't plan or did not plan on staying with him at the hotel"
Maybe I am wrong, but not able to see whats wrong other than not able to have a Honest Conversation.
How can there be trust when someone is not able to speak honestly?
Can anyone accuse BF of not trusting GF in cases like this or when they get answers like this?
************************** Mar-20-2010 update **********************
Secnario of conversation between friend1 (BF) and Girl (GF) who is going to India and taking a break en route to meet another guy friend (G1) in mumbai. Where a Hotel room is booked for a night and two days by G1:
BF: Can I ask you something and could please tell me honestly?
GF: What what? (a lil nervous)
BF : Are you going to stay with him in the Hotel or planning to stay with him in the hotel?
GF: "I don't know"
BF : what?
BF : Again are you planning or have you made plans to stay with him in the hotel?
GF: "I don't know,,,,pause for a few secs...I don't know, but I am going to stay in the hotel.
hmmmmm not sure what people reading this will understand as.
To me its a simple "yes, I am going to stay with him at the hotel" or "Yes I made plans to stay with him in the hotel" or "no I didn't plan or did not plan on staying with him at the hotel"
Maybe I am wrong, but not able to see whats wrong other than not able to have a Honest Conversation.
How can there be trust when someone is not able to speak honestly?
Can anyone accuse BF of not trusting GF in cases like this or when they get answers like this?
************************** Mar-20-2010 update **********************
She got cornered like a RAT, when the BF and G1 talked.
And as the instinct reaction of a dirty RAT, she started accusing BF of lying. Not even a iota of remorse or regret or "sorry I lied beause,,,".
Either she will choose to be "Smart enough not to Lie" or "Become a Smarter Liar".
Going by her reaction, which speaks volumes about her deeper issues with Sincerity, Trust and Honesty. Looks like she choose to become a chronic Liar.
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