Last week at a liaison meeting between Michigan Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials and members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA -Michigan Chapter), CBP officials announced that they would begin requiring "wet" signatures on TN letters and L-1 petition documents submitted by Canadian citizens for processing at Michigan land borders.
For clients preparing their TN-1 applications in-house, we recommend that applicants be provided with original letters with "wet" signatures going forward.
Over the past few years, Michigan CBP has been accepting scanned signatures on these documents. It appears that this practice is about to end.
