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If someone is traveling on a tourist visa, they are not allowed to work in the host country. So now they are not only potential tax evaders both in their host

If someone is traveling on a tourist visa, they are not allowed to work in the host country. So now they are not only potential tax evaders both in their host country and their country of origin, a crime in many countries worthy of lengthy jail sentences, but also tack a visa violation on top of it.

sokoloff 4y ago
If I’m visiting country C and read my work email or take a work Zoom call, have I violated my tourist visa? If I check that email all 6 nights in my 7 day stay? At some point, I think it flips from “a genuine tourist” to “an undocumented worker”, but I don’t think it’s easy to tell exactly when, especially if the actual job isn’t a local one. If I’m on a tourist visa and taking a local job, the country’s documented workers should rightly feel cheated. If I’m on a tourist visa and brought my own job from outside the country, I’m not sure those workers have nearly as much standing to feel I’m cheating them.
- ben_w 4y ago
  > If I’m visiting country C and read my work email or take a work Zoom call, have I violated my tourist visa? If I check that email all 6 nights in my 7 day stay I would not be surprised, but that's a question for the lawyer and the answer may vary by which country you're in under a tourist visa. And likewise you may be owed overtime ;) > If I’m on a tourist visa and brought my own job from outside the country, I’m not sure those workers have nearly as much standing to feel I’m cheating them. Yeah well people are weird and not always consistent. From my point of view, people seem to care more about "immigrants taking our jobs" than they do about "foreigners staying at home and the factory was moved to where they already live" (not zero for the latter, this is just my opinion of the relative noise people seem to make).
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y ago
  Exactly. It's not a foreigner coming in and taking a local job. It's a tourist coming in and doing stuff on their computer.
  - dorchadas 4y ago
    And if they're using local housing, and paying more than locals can reasonably afford, I'd argue that's worse for locals.

sokoloff 4y ago

If I’m visiting country C and read my work email or take a work Zoom call, have I violated my tourist visa? If I check that email all 6 nights in my 7 day stay? At some point, I think it flips from “a genuine tourist” to “an undocumented worker”, but I don’t think it’s easy to tell exactly when, especially if the actual job isn’t a local one. If I’m on a tourist visa and taking a local job, the country’s documented workers should rightly feel cheated. If I’m on a tourist visa and brought my own job from outside the country, I’m not sure those workers have nearly as much standing to feel I’m cheating them.

ben_w 4y ago
> If I’m visiting country C and read my work email or take a work Zoom call, have I violated my tourist visa? If I check that email all 6 nights in my 7 day stay I would not be surprised, but that's a question for the lawyer and the answer may vary by which country you're in under a tourist visa. And likewise you may be owed overtime ;) > If I’m on a tourist visa and brought my own job from outside the country, I’m not sure those workers have nearly as much standing to feel I’m cheating them. Yeah well people are weird and not always consistent. From my point of view, people seem to care more about "immigrants taking our jobs" than they do about "foreigners staying at home and the factory was moved to where they already live" (not zero for the latter, this is just my opinion of the relative noise people seem to make).
zoklet-enjoyer 4y ago
Exactly. It's not a foreigner coming in and taking a local job. It's a tourist coming in and doing stuff on their computer.
- dorchadas 4y ago
  And if they're using local housing, and paying more than locals can reasonably afford, I'd argue that's worse for locals.