working in the usa...
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- paddywop
Hi there,
i'm based in london but may have the opportunity to go to new york and do some freelance work for a company.
How would i do this in terms of visas and things? i never worked abroad before...
- rafalski0
I wonder if you can just stay there and invoice them in £
- emptyempty0
I wonder if you can just stay there and invoice them in £
rafalski
(Dec 5 06, 02:07)or one year working visa?
- paraselene0
you'd make more scratch if you set up a limited company here and invoiced them as a consultant, billing in sterling.
- Concrete0
you'd make more scratch if you set up a limited company here and invoiced them as a consultant, billing in sterling.
paraselene
(Dec 5 06, 02:34)Not only is para right, she has been nominated as Best Cake Jumper-Outer 2006!
Hows the cold, love?
- paddywop0
I just read that i cant freelance in the usa, i have to be sponsored by a company apparently...
Set up a Ltd company? That sounds a bit beyond me.
- mr_snuggles0
I think the company in the US must arrange everything, I remember hearing a horror story from Joost [renescent] about getting locked up for a day or two, when he arrived in the US for a freelance project, because the company hadn't done the paperwork correctly...
:|
from my experience, it's always best to make sure the agency sets everything up...
- paraselene0
aw, i won somethin? ace. cold's a bit better, we're now onto the hacking cough phase, which is fun for my fellow commuters.
i think it depends, raz. you need to know how long you'll be there and what kind of work you'll be doing. speak to the company and make them set it up if that's their job, but if you're freelancing for them they won't lift a finger to help you. (usually.)
- paddywop0
thats what i figured... haven't started my web page yet by the way, but i'll keep you posted. You around over xmas para?
- paraselene0
oh for pity's sake, look at that quagmire of nonsense:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/tem…
honestly, just blag it. pretend you're on holiday. don't even bother setting up any sort of incorporation over here, that's a headache. it's just america, it's not like getting deported would be that bad.
- paraselene0
yup, i'll be around. my mother is coming on the 28th, so i'll be pretty busy until the 2nd week in january. and i'm going to paris for four days right at christmas, but i'm here until the 23rd. gimme a bell. :)
- mpfree0
it's just america, it's not like getting deported would be that bad.
paraselene
(Dec 5 06, 03:16)that's just because you couldn't hack it. you probably were poor as hell and virtually living on the streets. the ability to adapt is an important thing in life.
talking shit are we?
- paraselene0
right on cue! a ghost bump tells me that jazx has just levelled in to regale us with the tale of his virile abduction of his african princess bride. rescuing her from a life destined to dusty obscurity and bringing her to the land across the big water where the steak sandwiches roam...
- mpfree0
yes and she loves the steak tube too.
forget me not!
woooooooooooot