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THIS IS NOT TRUE! BEWARE OF THIS! In reality, you are basically relying on the fact that no one can tell when you open your laptop whether you check personal e
by chx 4y ago
THIS IS NOT TRUE! BEWARE OF THIS!
In reality, you are basically relying on the fact that no one can tell when you open your laptop whether you check personal email or work email etc. But legislation wise you very well might be in breach of visitor conditions. And if you stay long enough, taxes might kick in.
Canada is a notable exemption because IRCC issued a note on What kind of activities are not considered to be “work”?:
> long distance (by telephone or internet) work done by a temporary resident whose employer is outside Canada and who is remunerated from outside Canada;
However, unless the relevant immigrant authority or legislation did this , the law still applies.
There are now numerous countries which issue special digital nomad visas. See https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/45092/4188 https://travel.stackexchange.com/q/45092/4188 for more.
- sidewndr46 4y agoA C-level executive at a place I worked went to another country specific to scout out talent the company could hire remotely. Given that he was obviously working there I asked how he got a permit for that. His answer was that he got a tourist visa and was on vacation, so it was obviously legal for him to work while in the country.
- chx 4y ago> His answer was that he got a tourist visa and was on vacation, so it was obviously legal for him to work while in the country. Well, that depends. For example, the United States has a B1/B2 visa where you can do business things like meetings. That's not work. But still, if you are a tourist aka you get a rare B2 only visa then no what he did was not legal -- and just because he is C level doesn't mean he won't breach the law in this. Might be out of arrogance or ignorance, even. His answer sounds like "I am a rich man, laws, pfft" to me.
- sidewndr46 4y agoI don't think it was quite that. But from the conversation, he apparently was of the opinion that wherever the business was incorporated at was his place of work. As in even if he was in Norway but the business was registered in New York, he'd be working in New York. I'm not an employment lawyer, but I don't think it works like that.