The position must be prearranged professional work in an occupation on the USMCA professional list, and the applicant must meet that occupation's own qualification and citizenship requirements. A senior-sounding title is not a substitute for either fact.
Compare the job to the list, not to a job posting style
Place the actual duty description beside the wording of the specific listed occupation. Identify a document supporting every required qualification, and flag any duty that does not clearly match the claimed profession for individual review. If the employer later changes the role, reassess the new facts rather than continuing with the original description.
An initial review yields a claim list showing the selected profession, the real duties, the qualification record, the employer's control of the work, and any fact that needs clarification. The record that usually settles the issue is the signed employer description read beside the exact credential evidence, not the title, a résumé, or an informal assurance. Obtain corrected source documents from the person who issued them, then compare the final versions before requesting admission or using a USCIS process.
Trouble commonly arises when an agency, client, and employer describe different work, or when a material ownership fact is left unstated. Resolve the conflict before proceeding; a polished explanation cannot make contradictory records reliable. For qualifications, make a one-page comparison between every required element and the document that proves it.
If experience is being used, request letters that state duties, dates, hours, and signer authority. Decide whether the evidence supports the chosen profession before paying for supporting services. Hypothetical example: A conservation biologist is offered wetland-survey work, but the employer first supplies only a marketing title; the decision is to obtain the actual field and analysis duties before selecting a TN profession.