What does a TN cost a Wickham physicist when the offer letter says nothing about fees?

The government charge is small and set out in the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, whether the employer files Form I-129 or the applicant applies in person. Nothing in this category assigns the private costs to the employer, so where the letter is silent the applicant carries them: certified translation of French records, professional review of the duty description, travel, and the expense of a second attempt after a refusal.

Silence in the offer letter is an answer, and not the one you want

Hypothetical example: Cedric is a medical physicist and has been offered a post in an American radiation-oncology department. Physicist is an Appendix 2 profession satisfied by a baccalaureate degree, so the eligibility half of his file is straightforward; the money is where the surprises sit. Fee amounts change, so the only figure worth relying on is the current USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, rather than a number quoted in an email.

Around it sit costs no schedule shows. His degree, transcript and professional certification are in French, and each needs a complete certified English translation; translating only the useful paragraphs does not satisfy the requirement. A duty description that mixes treatment planning with equipment servicing is worth having reviewed before it is signed.

Travel to a port of entry that turns out to be premature is wasted, and a refusal recorded because the letter did not match the occupation carries a cost that recurs, because every later application answers for it. His offer letter says nothing about any of this. Unlike some employment categories, TN carries no rule assigning these expenses to the employer, so the allocation is purely contractual and silence means he pays.

The one money clause the letter does contain, requiring him to repay relocation costs if he leaves inside a year, is a commercial term as well, and a spoken promise to reimburse is a promise rather than a guarantee of anything.