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Worth noting that it isn't legal to work on a tourist visa in most countries.

• ghaff 5y ago
  You're almost universally not allowed to take local work. But many (the vast majority in my personal experience which tends not to extend to countries with a lot of paperwork requirements) either explicitly allow business purposes like conferences and meeting with customers or don't care. If you decide to remote work from someplace for a month or two, I might not get a co-working space or blog about it, but in most cases no one cares.
  • digianarchist 5y ago
    Businesses purposes usually has a strict definition that doesn't extend to operating a business from said country for extended periods of time. Nevermind the tax implications. Other countries are far more explicit in law that any paid (or unpaid) remuneration is a visa violation. Thailand for example. > don't care That's the key phrase here. Personally I don't care that authorities don't enforce their immigration laws but it should be explicitly stated that you are violating your visa on sites such as this and Nomadlist.
• Mikeb85 5y ago
  But there's definitely legal grey areas. Like, if you're on vacation but have a job back home, are you prohibited from answering work emails? Sending a commit from your hotel room? When does it go from doing work on vacation to 'working'?
  • ghaff 5y ago
    For that matter, even if I'm attending an event, meeting with customers, talking to press, etc. I think the only place I've ever needed to get a "business visa" is China. I'm guessing there were other cases where I was technically supposed to but no one does.