USA Freelancing.-.-.-
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- ladybuggin
Is anyone here living and working (freelancing) in the USA, but not a US citizen?
I have recently been invited to move to the USA and work under the title of freelance until the company are able to get a proper work permit for me (they have used all of their permits up until next year).
Just wondering if anyone here has experienced this, and if there is a limit to how much freelance + living in the US work you can do before you get kicked out?
I am paranoid that the real visa thing may take a while to work out, and I might be asked to leave the country after a certain amount of time......?
(+ I am an aussie)Oh, I'm also wondering what kind of paperwork is reqired to enter the USA under these circumstances....?
Thanks! Any advice would be appreciated,
x.x
- tkmeister0
shall we start another fan club?
- jevad0
"Oh, I'm also wondering what kind of paperwork is reqired to enter the USA under these circumstances....?"
You should ask the company willing to sponsor you. As far as I am aware you CANNOT work without a visa...so I don;t see how you would work freelance while the company sorts out your working visa.
It took me f-ing months to get mine, and my wife is american!
- ladybuggin0
Yeah, I'm not really sure what they were thinking- I think they were gonna pay me into my canadian bank account or something to begin with. Gosh this could be sketchy.....
- jevad0
Highly sketchy...be careful...
- tkmeister0
how big is the company?
if it's one of those global agencies, i would assume it should be fine.
if the company is asking you work without visa, then that's a bad sign. you can't not work without work permit. unless you are acting as an international consultant, i think...
- highrise0
Hi, I would be careful, there is no way to be offically freelance I don't think. You could work unofficially for however many months you are allowed to stay on a tourist visa. Also there is a way if you have a company to set up a contract with the US company and you get sent out on behalf of your comp, if that makes sense. Not sure but it was one of the possibilities I look at. Be careful though, the US immigration is not one to fuck with!
- jevad0
hows US life ben!
Like the new update - smoove
- highrise0
yeah loving it, living in Venice by the beach and driving around in a Muscle car, sweet!
- jevad0
hahahha
awesome!
- horton0
harry perry, is that you?
- highrise0
Jevad, nice photos btw
- rasko40
"DONT FORGET THE PIZZA"
- ********0
I'm french, and I'm working as a freelancer, have my own company in France. I'm in the US with a tourist visa(3months). I've worked with a lot of NY based companies. They paid me via direct transfer on my french Bank account. Some companies require a ITIN (Identification Tax Number), I only had to fill a W7 form, bring it to IRS and with a letter from an employer that is interested working with me, I began the application process. So, no problems.
- rasko40
sp to do this from the UK you would need a ltd company or can you do it as a sole trader?
- ladybuggin0
Cool, so Ideal, 3months is the maximum amount of time you would be allowed to stay in the US with a tourist visa? Then I guess you would have to leave, but could you come back? Are you also applying for a perminent work visa? >.