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I believe that’s not what government laws says (for any country). Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but pretty much all countries/states consider you working
by maxlamb 4y ago
I believe that’s not what government laws says (for any country). Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but pretty much all countries/states consider you working there if you are physically present there. Your VPN or where your “commercial output” is, is not considered a factor at all by governments.
- oxfordmale 4y agoMost countries only care if you are taking a job that a local could have done. That is clearly not the case if you work remotely. If anything you are increasing local jobs by paying for your accomodation and food. Once again this has been reviewed by laywers at different companies who have deemed this risk to be acceptable. There might be countries that will arrest you if you read your corporate mail while on holidays, however, these generally not on the green list of safe countries to travel too.
- jefftk 4y ago> deemed this risk to be acceptable Acceptable to the company. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's acceptable to you, especially if penalties would primarily fall on you for illegally claiming the wrong immigration status.
- maxlamb 4y agoI understand that it would make sense for governments to not care since it’s money coming in and not displacing local workers. But the laws are still there, saying it’s illegal. If they weren’t, governments wouldn’t come up with special “digital nomad visas” for that specific situation.
- digianarchist 4y agoMexico is one of the few countries that legally allows remote work on tourist visas and a common complaint is that remote workers are driving up rents. Allowing unrestricted access to your country by remote workers will have economic impact.