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Canadian citizen here, working at a late stage startup. I could not fly out to renew my visa due to the pandemic, so we went through USCIS. My visa appeal has g
by dev_throw 6y ago
Canadian citizen here, working at a late stage startup. I could not fly out to renew my visa due to the pandemic, so we went through USCIS. My visa appeal has gone into an RFE, and there is a chance it could get denied. I have a couple more months left.
Do American companies have to do anything special immigration-wise for an employee to work from Canada (either temporarily or permanent)? Or is it just a matter of me moving back to Canada and invoicing the company as a sole proprietor (contractor)? Is that a simple solution I could pitch my company?
- proberts 6y agoReally, the company doesn't need to do anything since US immigration doesn't apply. What's the job and what's your educational background?
- dev_throw 6y agoMy educational background is a Canadian Bachelor's in an unrelated engineering branch (chemical). I took a few CS courses, got some experience, and have been working in the US for the past 5 years as a software engineer on TN at multiple places. I'm now getting RFE pushback on my latest renewal (same job - backend engineer) that I do not fit the software engineer designation, so our team is seeing what they can do. I thought there would be major accounting/tax headache for my company to have employees in Canada, although it wouldn't be an immigration issue for me. If it was as easy as flipping a switch, I'd make the move. I also have another US job offer that is going through the same issue (RFE), so I'm sensing a pattern here.