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Yet another reason never to enter the USA.
by Raphmedia 10y ago
Yet another reason never to enter the USA.
- Mikeb85 10y agoCanada requires this too. I'm sure other countries do as well.
- leesalminen 10y agoThere's a show on Netflix that follows the Australian immigration cops. They go hard and frequently examine text messages, email, social, etc. for non resident entrants. If you think this is just the US, you are mistaken.
- ythn 10y agoUSA is a surveillance state. Here in UK we are much more progressive and respecting of peoples' privacy /s.
- aw3c2 10y agoUSA, Australia, UK, Canada (other comment branch). Sounds like the Five Eyes?
- tom_mellior 10y ago> They go hard and frequently examine text messages, email, social, etc. for non resident entrants. Interesting. Do they ever find anything that's actually incriminating?
- leesalminen 10y agoNormally it's young people entering Australia to work "under the table" and only have a student/tourist visa. They denied entry for this reason very frequently.
- tom_mellior 10y agoYou mean they actually find emails saying "good luck with your illegal work in Australia on a tourist visa, lol"?
- gambiting 10y agoNo, but a text saying "we'll see you at work 8am on Monday" as you are entering Australia is probably good enough reason to be denied entry if you have a tourist visa.
- tom_mellior 10y agoIt probably is, yes. Does that actually happen on this TV show? (Not sure why I get downvotes but no clear answers to simple yes/no questions.)
- leesalminen 10y agoYes, this exact scenario occurs quite frequently on this Netflix show. It's almost invariably a 20-something working as a server at a restaurant.
- drusepth 10y agoI got a not-quite-as-bad grilling at the UK CBP, where they required me to log into my banking apps and show them my accounts & balances, as well as transaction histories to determine whether I was currently working remotely (and, therefore, would continue "illegally" working remotely while in the country).
- Raphmedia 10y agoWait. So if I am a tourist in, let's say, the USA and I keep working remotely on Canadian projects and getting paid in Canadian dollars, do I need a work visa?
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