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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Olaf Alders <olaf.alders@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> faisal@akber.net <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> toronto-pm@pm.org <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:04:43 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [tpm] tn1 visa and remote work?<BR></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>On 2013-01-27, at 7:49 PM, Syed Faisal Akber wrote:<BR><BR>> It depends what you call work in the USA. If it is meetings, then you do not need a special Visa to enter the US. <BR>> <BR>>
However, almost everything else constitutes work and requires a Visa. I hear that an H1 is easier to get than a TN1. Either way, a proper Visa is required. <BR>> <BR>> Most people who travel occasionally and have to do work, say that they're going for meetings anyways instead of getting a Visa. If the customs officer beleives you, you're in. <BR>> <BR>> I would suggest talking to an immigration lawyer to be certain of what you can and cannot do. '<BR><BR>I work via telecommute for an American company. I had to fly down for some meetings in September and the customs official gave me an extremely hard time because I didn't have any paperwork from HR stating exactly what I would be doing while in the US. Eventually he let me continue on, but for a while it felt like he was going to send me back home. So, while it worked for me to travel without the paperwork, it was a really unpleasant
experience.<BR><BR>Olaf<BR>--<BR>Olaf Alders<BR><A href="mailto:olaf.alders@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:olaf.alders@gmail.com">olaf.alders@gmail.com</A><BR><BR><A href="http://www.wundercounter.com/" target=_blank>http://www.wundercounter.com/</A><BR><A href="http://twitter.com/wundercounter" target=_blank>http://twitter.com/wundercounter</A><BR><BR>866 503 2204 (Toll free - North America)<BR>416 944 8306 (direct)<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>toronto-pm mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:toronto-pm@pm.org" ymailto="mailto:toronto-pm@pm.org">toronto-pm@pm.org</A><BR><A href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/toronto-pm" target=_blank>http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/toronto-pm</A><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>